Editing Bolt action (section)

====Other designs====
[[File:Vetterli rifle action.jpg|thumb|Cutaway diagram of the Vetterli rifle's action]]
The [[Vetterli rifle]] was the first bolt-action repeating rifle introduced by an army. It was used by the [[Swiss army]] from 1869 to circa 1890. Modified Vetterlis were also used by the [[Royal Italian Army|Italian Army]]. Another notable design is the Norwegian [[Krag–Jørgensen]], which was used by Norway, Denmark, and briefly the United States. It is unusual among bolt-action rifles in that is loaded through a gate on the right side of the receiver, and thus can be reloaded without opening the bolt. 

The Norwegian and Danish versions of the Krag have two locking lugs, while the American version has only one. In all versions, the bolt handle itself serves as an emergency locking lug. The Krag's major disadvantage compared to other bolt-action designs is that it is usually loaded by hand, one round at a time, although a box-like device was made that could drop five rounds into the magazine, all at once via a stripper or en bloc clip. This made it slower to reload than other designs which used stripper or en bloc clips. Another historically important bolt-action system was the Gras system, used on the French Mle 1874 [[Gras rifle]], Mle 1886 [[Lebel rifle]] (which was the first to introduce ammunition loaded with nitrocellulose-based [[smokeless powder]]), and the [[Berthier rifle|Berthier]] series of rifles.