Sjögren shotgun

Sjögren Shotgun
A Sjögren shotgun on display
Type	Semi-automatic shotgun
Place of origin	Sweden
Production history
Designer	Carl Axel Theodor Sjögren
Designed	Patents issued in 1900, 1903 and 1905[1]
Manufacturer	AB Svenska Vapen- och Ammunitions Fabriken, Stockholm[1] Håndvåbenværkstederne Kjøbenhavn, Copenhagen
Produced	1908–1909
No. built	c. 5,000
Variants	None
Specifications
Cartridge	12 gauge 16 gauge[2]
Action	recoil[3]
Feed system	5-round internal magazine, tubular magazine on shotgun, box magazine on rifle
Sights	bead

The Sjögren Inertia Shotgun (marked: Automat, system Sjögren Patent)[2] is a 12–16 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[3] and then by Håndvåbenværkstederne Kjøbenhavn in Denmark.[1][4] 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 7.62×63mm 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.[1]

References

1. Forgotten Weapons, Retrieved 29 February 2016.
2. "Automathagelgevär kaliber 16". digitaltmuseum.se. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
3. Э. Штейнгольд. Самозарядное ружьё системы Шьёгрен // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, 1974. стр.32-33
4. Gundigest.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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 (in films and video games)