Sweden - Forgotten Weapons

Swedish Army Documents

July 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 13

Thanks to Carolus L., we have a batch of Swedish military manuals for you today. We always enjoy getting international mail, and the package from Carolus was no exception. The most interesting piece of material […]

Swedish FM59 Ljungman

July 10, 2013 Ian McCollum 19

In the midst of World War II, the Swedish government adopted the AG-42 Ljungman self-loading rifle, which was chambered for their standard 6.5x55mm cartridge. It was issued to supplement squad firepower, and proved to be […]

Direct Gas Impingement Video

March 11, 2013 Ian McCollum 14

Many people already know everything I’m going to say in today’s video, but I think it’s important to get it out there for the folks who don’t have as much mechanical experience with their rifles. […]

Ljungman AG42B Video

February 25, 2013 Ian McCollum 17

Being right in the depths of winter, it seemed like a good time to take a Scandinavian rifle out to the range. Specifically, a Swedish Ljungman AG-42B. This is one of the few semiauto military […]

Mystery Swede

December 26, 2012 Ian McCollum 14

We found these photos of a Swedish semiauto conversion, and have no information on the design. Have you seen this rifle? Any insights? The only reason we’re even saying it’s Swedish is the “Stockholms Vapenfabrik” […]

Flapper Locking video

December 18, 2012 Ian McCollum 19

By request, today we’re going to look at one of the less common locking systems used in firearms design: flapper locking. The idea was first patented by a Swede named Friberg in 1870, but a […]

Snabb Semiauto Conversion

November 16, 2012 Ian McCollum 19

A reader named Roy sent us a link to a very interesting system for converting bolt action rifles to semiauto function. One of them was sold back in 2009 at auction, and (interestingly) the exact […]

Swedish Kulspruta m/36

June 15, 2012 Ian McCollum 6

The Swedish military started using the Browning machine gun design shortly after World War I, and chose it initially because its closed-bolt design made it simple to synchronize with an aircraft propeller. About 170 commercial […]

Sjogren Shotgun Photos

May 30, 2012 Ian McCollum 17

Thanks to reader David, we have several photos of a Sjogren 12ga shotgun. The Sjogren was a very early Swedish semiauto design using a recoil action with a fixed barrel. Most recoil orated firearms function […]

Ljungman AG-42B

April 16, 2012 Ian McCollum 51

The AG-42 was the first semiauto rifle adopted by the Swedish army, as well as the first production rifle to use a direct gas impingement operating system. Today we’re taking a closer look at the […]