Political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10 during an event at Utah Valley University. Authorities uncovered a high-powered rifle in the woods and believe it was used against ...

Bolt-action rifles require the user to manually reload each time they want to fire. In comparison, semi-automatic rifles use a mechanism to chamber a subsequent round. The National Rifle Association ...

The rifle found in Charlie Kirk's assassination was a bolt-action weapon that requires manual operation between shots and often retains spent cartridges in the chamber.

The gun recovered by authorities in the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a bolt-action rifle — a common hunting weapon valued for its reliability but limited to a single shot before reloading. Utah ...