Sjögren shotgun

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Sjögren Shotgun
Automatiskt hagelgevär system Sjögren, 1909 - Livrustkammaren - 98439.tif
A Sjögren shotgun on display
TypeSemi-automatic shotgun
Place of originSweden
Service history
WarsWorld War I
World War II
Production history
DesignedPatents issued in 1900, 1903 and 1905[1]
ManufacturerAB Svenska Vapen- och Ammunitions Fabriken, Stockholm[1]
Håndvåbenværkstederne Kjøbenhavn, Copenhagen
Produced1908–1909
No. built~5,000
VariantsNone
Specifications
Cartridge12 gauge
Actionrecoil[2]
Feed system5-round internal magazine, tubular magazine on shotgun, box magazine on rifle
Sightsbead

The Sjögren Inertia Shotgun is a 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun that was designed by the Swedish inventor Carl Axel Theodor Sjögren, initially manufactured by AB Svenska Vapen- och Ammunitionsfabriken in Sweden[2] and then by Håndvåbenværkstederne Kjøbenhavn in Denmark.[1][3] It used an inertia system later revived by the Italian firm Benelli and today widely used in shotguns.

A small number of semi-automatic military rifles in 7.62mm x 63 calibre were based on the Swedish Mauser using the Sjögren system, fed from internal seven round magazines, were also built, and tested by potential buyers, but initially found no market.[1] Resurrected in the 1930s, it was offered in 3 distinct calibres for wider appeal. Though it failed to attract any European buyers, some 10,000 were eventually taken up by security forces in Siam, Paraguay and by various Chinese warlords.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Forgotten Weapons, Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Э. Штейнгольд. Самозарядное ружьё системы Шьёгрен // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, 1974. стр.32-33
  3. ^ Gundigest.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Ружья выпускались только до 1914 года, но некоторое количество их всё-таки попало в Россию, как в частном порядке, так и через продажу по каталогам, например, магазина А. А. Биткова в Москве ... В 80-е годы прошлого столетия они иногда появлялись в комиссионных магазинах Москвы и Ленинграда"
    Римантас Норейка. Самозарядное охотничье ружьё // журнал "Калашников. Оружие, боеприпасы, снаряжение", № 5, 2002. стр.34-45

Sources[]

  • (1972). Guns Review (11).
  • Marsh, Roger. (1947). "The Sjögren Shotgun and Sjögren Military Rifle". The Weapon Series (6).
  • Peterson, Phillip. (2010). "Gun Collector’s Corner - Sjögren, The First 12-Gauge Auto". Gun Digest (11).
  • Bates, James. (1977). "Sjögren Weapons - part I". The Gun Report (10).
  • Bates, James. (1977). "Sjögren Weapons - part II". The Gun Report (11).

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