The Sjögren Inertia Shotgun (marked: ''Automat, system Sjögren Patent'')
is a
12–16 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 use ...
that was designed by the Swedish inventor Carl Axel Theodor Sjögren, initially manufactured by AB Svenska Vapen- och Ammunitionsfabriken in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
[Э. Штейнгольд. Самозарядное ружьё системы Шьёгрен // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, 1974. стр.32-33] and then by Håndvåbenværkstederne Kjøbenhavn in
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
.
Retrieved 29 February 2016. It used an inertia system later revived by the Italian firm Benelli and today widely used in shotguns
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small ...
.
A small number of semi automatic military rifles in 7.62×63mm 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 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
/ Internet Movie Firearms Database
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(in films and video games)
Semi-automatic shotguns
Shotguns of Sweden
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1909
1909 establishments in Denmark
Goods manufactured in Denmark
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