TRX
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The first bolt actions used a small diameter bolt with lugs sticking out. That's still the standard way.
I've been wondering who came up with the full-diameter or "fat bolt" design. Otteson's book says that Roy Weatherby specified a full-diameter bolt when he handed his sketches over to his designer, Fred Jennie, in 1954, for the rifle that became the Weatherby Mark V.
Does anyone know of an example of a fat bolt before Weatherby? I'm not trying to say anything against Weatherby, it's just that lots of things get invented multiple times before they take off, and it seems like such an obvious and economical arrangement I figured someone would have done it in the early days.
I've been wondering who came up with the full-diameter or "fat bolt" design. Otteson's book says that Roy Weatherby specified a full-diameter bolt when he handed his sketches over to his designer, Fred Jennie, in 1954, for the rifle that became the Weatherby Mark V.
Does anyone know of an example of a fat bolt before Weatherby? I'm not trying to say anything against Weatherby, it's just that lots of things get invented multiple times before they take off, and it seems like such an obvious and economical arrangement I figured someone would have done it in the early days.