Bolt action for firearms having a right or left hand operating handle

Claim 1

IN A DUAL BOLT FIREARM OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED A MEANS FORMING A FRAME, A BARREL HAVING A FIRING CHAMBER THEREIN SECURED IN SAID FRAME, A MAIN BOLT ADAPTED AND CONSTRUCTED FOR RECIPROCATION WITHIN A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE IN SAID FRAME COAXIAL WITH SAID CHAMBER FOR MOVEMENT FROM AN OUTER LOADING TO AN INNER FIRING POSITION WITH THE INNER END OF SAID BOLT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID CHAMBER, LOCKING MEANS COOPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FRAME AND SAID BOLT FOR LOCKING THE LATTER WHEN ROTATED ABOUT ITS AXIS THROUGH A PREDETERMINED ANGLE FOR LOCKING A CARTRIDGE IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID MAIN BOLT HAVING A COAXIAL CYLINDRICAL BORE ENTERING THE REAR END THEREOF, A SECONDARY BOLT HAVING A CYLINDRICAL FORWARD PORTION SLIDABLY RETAINED IN SAID BORE FOR PREDETERMINED COMBINED AXIAL AND RADIAL MOVEMENT THEREIN, THE REAR PORTION OF SAID SECONDARY BOLT SLIDABLY RETAINED ON SAID FRAME FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT ONLY, A HELICAL GROOVE IN SAID FORWARD PORTION OF SAID SECONDARY BOLT OF UNIFORM WIDTH AND PREDETERMINED PITCH AND LENGTH TERMINATING AT THE FORWARD END THEREOF IN A STRAIGHT AXIAL PORTION OF LIKE WIDTH, A FOLLOWER MEMBER SECURED IN SAID MAIN BOLT ENGAGED IN SAID GROOVE WHEREBY THE HELICAL GROOVE WILL DRIVE SAID FOLLOWER MEMBER IN A ROTARY PATH AND ROTATE AND LOCK SAID MAIN BOLT IN SAID FRAME WHEN SAID SECONDARY BOLT IS MOVED FORWARD IN A STRAIGHT AXAIL DIRECTION AND WHEREBY THE RETRACTION OF SAID SECONDARY BOLT SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE WILL ROTATE SAID MAIN BOLT AND UNLOCK SAME FOR MOVEMENT TO SAID LOADING POSITION.