Effective December 15, 2010, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife changed their guidelines for distance learning. Students are now required to spend a minimum amount of time on each course page before proceeding to the certification exam.

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2.6 Bolt-Action Rifles

Bolt Action: Bolt-action rifles are strong and simple to use.

Lift the bolt handle up and pull it back to open the action.
To close the action, push the bolt handle forward and turn the bolt handle down. When the bolt is open, the rifle cannot fire.

Most bolt-action rifles are repeaters. That means they have extra cartridges in a magazine. The job of the magazine is to hold extra cartridges. After the rifle is fired, manually working the bolt ejects the empty case and loads a fresh cartridge from the magazine.

Different bolt-action guns have different types of magazines. Know where the magazine is and how it works on your gun.

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