Bolt
Both words in one sentence
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The bolt handle of the Mosin closes in a recess of the receiver and acts as a third locking lug, the bolt handle of the Mauser does not.
Source: Cool Guns / Rifles - It would fire without the locking block, exactly once; the result would be the bolt immovably jammed in the full-recoil position (not very useful in a firefight).
Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns -
The most famous example is Saint Barbara's father, Dioscorus; he had his own daughter tortured and executed for converting to Christianity despite him locking her away from the world, then he was killed by a lightning bolt later that day.
Source: Bolt of Divine Retribution
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Locking and Bolt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bolt/locking
Bolt & Locking. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bolt/locking>.
Locking or Bolt. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bolt/locking.
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