The Sjögren Inertia Shotgun is a 12 gauge
semi-automatic shotgun
A semi-automatic shotgun is a repeating shotgun with a semi-automatic action, i.e. capable of automatically chambering a new shell after each firing, but requires individual trigger-pull to manually actuate each shot. Semi-automatic shotguns us ...
that was designed by the Swedish inventor Carl Axel Theodor Sjögren, initially manufactured by AB Svenska Vapen- och Ammunitionsfabriken in Sweden
[Э. Штейнгольд. Самозарядное ружьё системы Шьёгрен // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, 1974. стр.32-33] and then by Håndvåbenværkstederne Kjøbenhavn in Denmark.
Retrieved 29 February 2016. 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
"Swedish Mausers" are a family of bolt-action rifles based on an improved variant of Mauser's earlier Model 1893, but using the 6.5×55mm cartridge, and incorporating unique design elements as requested by Sweden. These are the m/94 (Model 1894 ...
using the Sjögren system, fed from internal seven round magazines, were also built, and tested by potential buyers, but found no market.
References
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).
External links
"Sjögren Automatic Rifles"
''Hansard, Volume 198''. 10 December 1908
material from Forgotten Weapons #1
material from Forgotten Weapons #2
* https://www.guns.com/news/2012/06/16/forgotten-weapons-sjogren-shotgun-rifle
Sjögren
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