Prototype
Sunngård 1909 Pistol
Just a photo – of probably the nicest Sunngård pistol in existence today, along with its holster. Thanks to Lars for sending it!
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Prototype
Landstad 1900 Autorevolver Disassembly
You may recall seeing my post about the Landstad model 1900 semiauto revolver a while back… Well, the gun (only one was ever made) was in a British collections for a hundred years, but recently […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Nazi-Occupation “Stomperud” Krag Rifle at RIA
When the Germans occupied Norway, they took advantage of the arms production facilities at the Kongsberg Arsenal to make a number of Krag rifles to their own specifications. They were made with a mixture of […]
Semiauto Rifles
Hagen Rifle
One of the very first things I posted here on Forgotten Weapons was an article on a French rifle called the Hagen (it was designed by a Norwegian). I posted an article on it written […]
Prototype
Ole Krag’s Experimental Pistol: Made By Norinco
In 1908, Ole Krag (the same man associated with the Krag-Jorgensen rifle) applied for a US patent on an automatic pistol design. This design, along with many others, would be submitted to the Norwegian military […]
Semiauto pistol
Sunngård Automatic Pistol
Harald Sunngård was Norwegian inventor in the early years of the 20th century who noticed a common perceived weakness of automatic pistols: reloads under stress were often bungled by shooters, leaving them vulnerable to return […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Reader Questions: 6.5×55 Chamber, M47 Clips, Side-Mounted Oprods
Today I’m answering some questions sent in last week – I think this will be a fun and interesting regular feature for the site. If you have a question you’ve been wondering about, please email […]
Semiauto Rifles
Brøndby Military Rifle Cutaway View
Courtesy of reader Peter, we have this neat cutaway drawing of the Norwegian Brøndby military rifle. This rifle was originally chambered in 6.5×55 Swede and was sent to England for military testing. Neat – thanks, […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Landstad Patent and Another Mystery Gun
A couple pieces of Sunday miscellanea… First, thanks to Keith we have a copy of the Norwegian patent for the Landstad automatic revolver. He was able to coax it out of the Norwegian patent office, […]
Revolver
Landstad 1900 Automatic Revolver
We spent a bunch of time earlier this week covering the Webley-Fosbery “automatic revolver”, and I would like to close out the week with another pistol of that type, but one that’s even weirder than […]