Effective August 23, 2010, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources changed their guidelines for distance learning. Students are now offered a new online course that meets South Carolina guidelines.

Click here to go to the latest version of the Today's Hunter in South Carolina online course—the official hunter education course of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

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The following course material is for reference only. Please go to the new course to complete your South Carolina certification.

Common Actions on Firearms

Common Actions on Rifles

Single-shot rifles are usually break or bolt actions. Repeating rifles include the bolt-action, lever-action, pump-action, and semi-automatic types. Operating the lever, bolt, or forestock ejects the empty cartridge case, chambers a new round of ammunition, and cocks the gun.

Common Actions on Shotguns

Shotguns use many of the same actions as rifles—the pump action, semi-automatic action, and bolt action. They also use a break action as either a single barrel or double barrels. The double barrels can be arranged horizontally (side-by-side) or vertically (over-under).

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