breech-bolt

The man from Ao-chung clicked the breech-bolt of his gun impatiently, and made as to go downhill.

Kim 2003

And thrice he heard a breech-bolt snick tho 'never a man was seen.

Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various

He cocked his rifle, and examined the breech-bolt and the foresight carefully.

Told in the East Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

He cocked his rifle, and examined the breech-bolt and the foresight carefully.

Told in the East Talbot Mundy 1909

For a moment their spears were shaking in their hands, and I heard the click of a breech-bolt.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

Their daily march led them along broken tracks or boulder-strewn beds of torrents, winding through a land where "the face of God is a rock"; -- a land feigning death, yet alive with hidden foes who announced their presence from time to time by the snick of a breech-bolt, the whing of a bullet, or a concerted rush upon the rear-guard from some conveniently narrow ravine.

Captain Desmond, V.C. Maud Diver 1906

They were few against fearful odds, but, as they sent the breech-bolt home and aimed and fired, they became aware that others fought beside them.

The Angels of Mons The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War Arthur Machen 1905

And thrice he heard a breech-bolt snick tho 'never a man was seen.

Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900

The man from Ao-chung clicked the breech-bolt of his gun impatiently, and made as to go downhill.

Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900

And thrice he heard a breech-bolt snick tho 'never a man was seen.

Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900