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What is a bolt action rifle? What we know about the gun used to kill Charlie Kirk

What is a bolt action rifle? What we know about the gun used to kill Charlie Kirk

The rifle found in Charlie Kirk's assassination was a bolt-action weapon that requires manual operation between shots and often retains spent cartridges in the chamber.

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