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Gerber "Bolt Action"
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Esav Benyamin
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Check out this old thread for some information on the history and current fate of the design!
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum54/HTML/002314.html
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum54/HTML/002314.html
Jim March
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I consider the Bolt Action the ancestor of both the Axis and SOG's new Arclock.
The BA lock had a pin that rammed forward into a tang slot. It rode in a channel carved into the grip material, generally a high-tech plastic of some sort.
It reached it's pinnacle in the old Gerber Parabellum, the first megafolder. With a 4.5" blade, it wasn't all that long but it was a BEEFY 440C wide and thick blade. Damned fine knife even by today's standards...too expensive to produce now, or at least so Gerber thinks. They oughta re-issue it in a really good steel, at least ATS34, preferrably BG42, 420V or whatever.
Jim
The BA lock had a pin that rammed forward into a tang slot. It rode in a channel carved into the grip material, generally a high-tech plastic of some sort.
It reached it's pinnacle in the old Gerber Parabellum, the first megafolder. With a 4.5" blade, it wasn't all that long but it was a BEEFY 440C wide and thick blade. Damned fine knife even by today's standards...too expensive to produce now, or at least so Gerber thinks. They oughta re-issue it in a really good steel, at least ATS34, preferrably BG42, 420V or whatever.
Jim
