EXHIBIT 1
                                    BOLT(R)

   NUMBER                                                          SHARES

   N 10033

 COMMON STOCK           BOLT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION            COMMON STOCK
            INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

                                             CUSIP 097698 10 4
                                             SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 THIS IS TO CERTIFY that



                                   SPECIMEN




 is the owner of


FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES WITHOUT PAR VALUE OF THE COMMON STOCK, OF

 BOLT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION transferable on the books of the Corporation by the
holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this 
certificate properly endorsed.

                        This certificate is not valid unless countersigned and 
                        registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
(SEAL of BOLT)          WITNESS the seal and the signatures of its duly 
                        authorized officers.

                Dated:


                           /s/ Raymond M. Soto             /s/
                                Treasurer                       President


 
                          BOLT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

        The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so 
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, 
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the
Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such 
preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporation or the 
Transfer Agent.

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full 
according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common         UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-______Custodian_______
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties                   (Cust)         (Minor)
JT TEN  - as joint tenants with right              under Uniform Gifts to Minors
          of survivorship and not as              
          tenants in common                        Act _______________
                                                        (State)
    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

  For value received, ___________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
   IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee

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________________________________________________________________________Shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby

irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation
with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated,___________________

                                        ______________________________


NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as 
written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without 
alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.