Some history and information on America’s first bolt action service rifle, the Krag-Jorgensen, nice article
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An Official Journal Of The NRA | The Krag-Jorgensen: America's First Bolt-Action Service Rifle
The U.S. Krag-Jorgensen was America’s first bolt-action repeater chambered for a smokeless-powder cartridge. In the hands of American troops around the globe, the Krag played a small, but key, role in the rise of the “American Century.”