Landstad 1900: A True Semiautomatic Revolver

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The Landstad Model 1900 is a magazine-fed, semiautomatic revolver designed by Norwegian Halvard Folkestad Landstad, who lived in Kristiana (now called Oslo). He designed the gun on his own dime, and presented it to military trials in 1901, which it failed miserably. The gun has a six-round detachable box magazine of 7.5mm Nagant cartridges, a two-chamber cylinder, and a simple blowback action. Its firing cycle is to chamber a round from the magazine into the bottom cylinder chamber by manually cycling the action. The trigger is a long double-action type which rotates the cylinder 180 degrees so the cartridge is in line with the barrel and releases the striker to fire the round. Upon firing, the bolt cycles open, extracting and ejecting the empty case, rechecking the striker, and chambering a new round from the magazine into the bottom of the cylinder.
The purpose of this overly complex system was to provide a semiauto action which did not ever leave a live cartridge under the striker, in the name of safety. Only one example was made, and its bolt broke after just 5 or 6 rounds fired. It was repaired almost immediately, but the Norwegian military had was not interested in further development, and nothing more came of the program. A few years later in 1908 Norway would institute a more serious semiauto pistol trials program which led to adoption of the Kongsberg 1914 (a slightly modified Colt 1911).
Thanks to Jan for allowing me to disassemble and film this one-of-a-kind piece for you!
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[@mattsgrungy]

That's very nice of them to sponsor this video, however did you talk them into doing that? 😂

[@exploatores]

So are we going to have a book on oddball early automatic pistols.

[@Broadsword999]

@@exploatores Take my money

[@TheLobstersoup]

Amazing pistol! How did they make blueprints for something this intricate back then, and do these prints still survive today? Even with a 3D-program some of these parts would be pretty difficult to create today. Did they build a wood dummy first to see if the construction was solid, before going through the immense work of shaping it in metal?

[@finaloption...]

Thanks Ian!

[@quangnguyenhorus3752]

The background makes it feel like this video was 12 years ago.

[@jl6569]

I can hear the intro music…. Iykyk

[@jessicahamby6373]

This is actually the original prototype video explaining it to investors.

[@adambelka6383]

Yeah I had to exit the full screen and look at the release date!! Haha

[@justhere4637]

I think it looks low quality too, unless it's just the lighting doing that (The Sun).

[@andrewgee241]

That looks like some 40 year old sofa at grandma's house.

[@MB-nn3jw]

Now this is a true “Forgotten Weapon”.

[@dlysachev]

Ant it's literally "one of a kind"

[@lancerevell5979]

In my 50+ years of being a gun enthusiast, reading dozens of gun books, I've never seen or heard of this gun. An interesting piece. Too bad the bolt broke. Imagine watching Ian shoot it at a range! 😎👍

[@maotisjan]

And a nice looking one too

[@maotisjan]

​@@lancerevell5979That proves that there are still new things for you to experience even after all those years

[@TsandLman]

What is?

[@saltzkruber732]

Gun matches the background which looks like its in a living room from a Norwegian cabin

[@ForgottenWeapons]

It was, in fact, filmed in a living room of a Norwegian cabin. 😂

[@DustyGamma]

​@@ForgottenWeaponsSounds like a fun adventure! How was the rest of the trip?

[@CurtHowland]

@@ForgottenWeapons I can hear him now. "Excuse me, Ian? Yes? I have the only existing Landstad. Would you like to film it? But you have to do so here, it's not leaving the building. Sure. See you Tuesday."

[@stopspammandm]

"Isn't it good Norwegian wood?"

[@mahbriggs]

Not too surprised that a one of a kind gun had problems. Most guns go through several iterations! A few more copies with some tweaking might have worked well! Still, that frame would have been a manufacturing nightmare! It is amazing what some of the early gun designers came up with!

[@joaoie]

"Striker fired, double action only, full sized pistol designed for the military to carry safely" sounds incredibly modern

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And the ATF goes into nervous sweats.

[@RiderOftheNorth1968]

It is the inner soul of the Glock!

[@user-zg1vm8ub7r]

@@RiderOftheNorth1968 Glocks have no soul.

[@colinsmith458]

Modern problems require a 1900s steampunk solution, apparently

[@user-rc3iu8hg8s]

Crazy part is it's only a decade older than the 1911 which is still a go to carry for some people.

[@jackmcslay]

I'd never have thought 2-chamber revolvers from Borderlands games had historical precedents

[@thegamerboy1000]

Haha my thought exactly!

[@brittakriep2938]

In France you can find one chamber revolvers in .22 lr, had been sold for law reason.

[@maotisjan]

My thoughts exactly

[@deranathonarkantos6712]

​@@brittakriep2938What is the point of a one chambered revolver?

[@klausbrinck2137]

But thought instead, that the game-developers of "Borderlands" had the original idea, well now, that makes sense, yeah, sure... ;-)

[@CurtHowland]

The only screw is the bolt rod. Wow. Goes together like a puzzle. What a beautiful piece of work.

[@jackboomslang5646]

Real engineering p*rn.

[@joelnotsure2871]

The bravery involved in taking that one-of-a-kind, barely-documented, basically priceless pistol completely apart demands recognition.

[@fisharmor]

Especially since it's basically the Hellraiser puzzle cube

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

@@fisharmor So, Assemble it wrong (or right) and you get an unwelcome visitor?

[@muffy469]

@@jon-paulfilkins7820 he can just watch the footage back when he assembles it again

[@Arthurzeiro]

The fact that the cylinder rotates 180 degrees makes it revolve more than any other revolver. The revolveriest one ever made.

[@ronwingrove683]

I'm not usually one to say "it belongs in a museum," but in this case, I genuinely believe this belongs in a museum.

[@andersjjensen]

The current owner probably has it in his will that this will go to the most prestigious firearms museum in Norway after his passing.

[@CrispyGFX]

Honestly I would consider this the most 'revolver' revolver considering the cylinder does a full 180 per trigger pull. The only way it could revolve any harder is if it did a 360.

[@chadblechinger5746]

Fair enough 👌

[@me.ne.frego.]

"Landstad Super Revolving Semiauto Pistol" is a better title for this video 😁

[@mikoajpietrych6168]

Well actually you could potentially have even more rotation than 360 degrees. One way I could see that be the case is in rotating chamber autocannon style contraption where loading process takes more than single rotation to complete.

[@AshleyPomeroy]

@@mikoajpietrych6168 Imagine if you could combine that with a Porter turret rifle - it would have a hexahedronal cylinder that rotates in fourteen dimensions, drawing cartridges from the warp.

[@sakamoto2467]

Dammit, youre right you sly dog. Only russian roulette is more revolver!

[@Qingeaton]

"The only one in existence" and "I'll take it apart for you" are two lines that almost no one but Ian gets to say back to back.

[@sigurdbjohansson]

Nothing ever on KZbin has looked more like a classic Norwegian living room or cabin! :D

[@Wolvenworks]

Ian said that it is, in fact, a living room in a Norwegian cabin.

[@CrinosAD]

My thoughts as well :D (I'm Norwegian)

[@DtWolfwood]

What do they call it when your imagination is confined to traditional designs so that you fail to come up with much easier means of doing things? This pistol is the epitome of that. Genius and obtuse all in one.

[@MandoWookie]

Thats the difference between innovation & evolution in engineering. This is the peak in evolutionary design, as it takes an innovative aspect( the blowback mag fed mechanism straight off a Browning 1900) & mates it to the known ergos & system of use of a revolver. Its an evolution of revolver, not automatic. In fact, John Browning was relatively rare in that he kept innovating whole new ideas his whole career, more or less. Many designers come up with some new thing that works, and just try to shove it into new roles with sometimes increasingly complicated mechanisms.

[@TestTestGo]

It's easy to say years later that this idea was a good idea, and that idea was a bad idea. It's much harder to make that call before anybody has tried and tested any of the ideas. Some inventors of famous successful things were genuinely genius level thinkers, others were just lucky that the idea that they happened to think of turned out to be the best way to do something. Their contemporary peers that were equal in talent happened to go all in on something that might have been good, but not as good as the best way.

[@MandoWookie]

@@TestTestGo nah, this was pretty apparent to be a non starter even the year it was tested. You already had not only the Browning 1900 put there, demonstrating you didnt need the complexity of the C96 or Bergmanns to make a reliable autoloader, but you also had the first of the OTHER Browning 1900s hitting the scene, proving you didnt even need the complexity & expense of the C96 for a locked breach, high potency caliber autoloader. Then the also the first of the Lugers too.

[@tomaspabon2484]

A lot of the best firearms designs in history were done by people who were complete novices. The MG-42 and Glock come to mind

[@owen1079]

Was *not* expecting a magazine in the grip panel. That's pretty slick.

[@TasDave]

Yea, when Ian said 'magazine fed' while the lanyard ring on the bottom of the grip was quite visible probably had quite a few people (including me) go... '...wait a minute, where?'

[@herbderbler1585]

"Do you prefer revolvers or autoloaders?" "Yes."

[@sandmansleeping]

Thanks Jan for letting Ian show us the pistol! Even let it be taken apart. The insides are astounding.

[@clemdelaclem]

This is the most steampunk you can get without actually involving any steam

[@ilikeboom100]

Isnt that just modern steampunk these days? All gears and cogs but no steam.

[@ericpode6095]

Now I want to see a steam powered gun!

[@ironwolfF1]

I'd also call it 'early dieselpunk' as well.

[@NovaAge]

@@ericpode6095 Put some water into the propellant, slam it into a gas-operated weapon.

[@suddenllybah]

Let's be honest, you can't actually use steam for all power source in a cowboy era but stuff is better for no good reason. Your energy guns will use electric bits, not steam bits

[@kentr2424]

That thing would've cost a holy fortune to make.

[@user-zg1vm8ub7r]

"Shoot...I'm out of ammo. Anyone got a spare grip panel they can loan me?"

[@jmartin4396]

That is one of the most attractive firearms I've seen. It is so functionally steampunk.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

Me: "Oh, that's a cool idea. I wonder what was wrong with it." Ian: * reveals the hand mechanism * Me: "Oh."

[@weswolever7477]

It looks like a mechanical failure waiting to happen

[@thealmightyaku-4153]

Love the aesthetics of early pistols like this.

[@chrisball3778]

On the one hand this is an unbelievably cool steampunk gizmo. On the other hand, it's one of the most cursed gun designs in history. Landstad managed to remove ONE of the disadvantages of early automatic firearms over contemporary revolvers... whilst simultaneously removing EVERY single advantage (capacity, reload speed, no cylinder gap), all whilst introducing insane levels of manufacturing complexity. I think it chose to blow itself up out of shame.

[@Ghelasin]

The 1911 had _one_ more round than this, and you can have more than one magazine and just swap with the landstad, just like with most other semiautos, it had many, _many_ flaws, capacity and reload speed are not actually among them.

[@STB-jh7od]

@@Ghelasin The Nagant revolver also had 1 more round than this.

[@STB-jh7od]

I pretty much agree with you, but I think they were looking to used stripper clips to feed the magazine, like the Steyr pistols.

[@paleoph6168]

I remember the "Handmade Auto-Revolver" video Ian posted years ago that I thought was the Landstad but it actually wasn't. Now Ian gets to show us the actual thing! Nice!

[@UXB1000]

Ah yes, *that* particular revolver. That one was crafted around 50+ years after the Landstad if I recall correctly.

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

@@UXB1000 Someone TRIED making a Landstad at home lol

[@Mia-eat62]

Christ ! Gun-smithing is mind-boggling

[@andersjjensen]

This isn't gun-smithing. This is a watchmaker, who had pistols and revolvers described to them by a layman, doing voodoo magic that ended up being able to fire cartridges (a couple of times).

[@LateralTwitlerLT]

@@andersjjensen You're replying to a comment-stealing pron bot

[@PershingDragoon]

The late 1800s to early 1900s is such a wild period of firearms development. Endlessly fascinating and quirky. Like a tidal pool of micro organisms.

[@raznaak]

And like microorganisms, only the "strongest" and/or most adaptable designs survived to make the base of basically all the following lifeforms/guns. The ones with the most vulnerable parts or needlessly complicated (for their period) parts to operate and/or make died out.

[@stephenbond1990]

Oh wow, I've been hoping for this ever since an animation for it popped up in my feed a year ago. I wasn't sure if you'd find an example and I am so glad you did. Thank you once again, Mr McCollum.

[@user-zg1vm8ub7r]

It's more than *an* example. It's *THE* [one and only] example!

[@TheWtfnonamez]

This gun is a thing of beauty.

[@es6460]

This has to be one of the most needlessly complicated guns I have seen Ian disassembled

[@findmurdock]

The Swedish Snabb-conversion wants to have a word... 😉

[@nicholas_scott]

The "curved hand" part was madness. That part seems like the most impractical way to rotate the cylinder, especially when revolvers were already at the peak of revolver advancement at that point. But I can appreciate the thinking- The idea was sound, making a safer gun for the military.

[@Psykomancer]

That pistol is a Rube Goldberg machine that fires projectiles as a side effect.

[@Ghelasin]

Yeah, the thing is that normal revolver cylinders don't rotate anywhere _Close_ to 180 degrees with each trigger pull, and the hand needs to actually follow the cylinder all the way around, hence the linked curving hand. It's probably the _most_ practical way of doing it tbh.

[@LGreymark]

It's really extremely smart to have the op rod be the cylinder axis. What a great way of making sure the cylinder will vertically locate with the bolt.

[@Mikkelltheimmortal]

Thank you Jan for allowing Ian to film and share this extremely rare example of firearms engineering. And thank you, Ian for doing what you do. Over all of the many years that I have been watching your channels I have never been disappointed.

[@JerryEricsson]

Being a Swede, well Swedish/American, if you will, I am usually found making jokes about the Norwegians, it is common here in the Dakota's where there are plenty of both nationalities. Mom married a Norwegian after dad died, and I married a Norwegian when I was 17, it allowed us to have a wonderful 51 years and 4 days of wedded bliss, God how I miss that wonderful Norwegian. This gun began to make me chuckle but when I saw the ingenuity of the build, I have a bet more respect for the builder and the gun, To bad he didn't have a better background in metallurgy so he could have heat treated the bolt properly to stand up to the pressures generated by the cartridge. I would love to have one of those in say 32 acp or maybe 380 just to take to the range and make my fellow gun enthusiasts scratch their heads. Thanks for showing such a rare bird, made my day, coffee with Ian is always a great start to a day here in the Dakota's.

[@tomhalla426]

Judging from earlier guns Ian has explored, it looks more Swiss-intricate machining and too many parts. My grandfather was Swedish.

[@oldesertguy9616]

Exactly the type of gun that got me started watching Forgotten Weapons. Beautiful.

[@codywood1157]

Truly unorthodox, unique, and forgotten. This is a fine example of why forgotten weapons exists, and is important for historical preservation of knowledge. Thanks again Ian!

[@mglisty]

Coolest magazine concept ever!

[@johanfredriksvendsen8482]

Might be patriotism speaking, but it warms my heart to see Ian covering these Norwegian guns of which there are not a whole lot to chose from with our lackluster history of invention and manufacturing and mostly just importing or reusing what others have introduced. I feel very strongly that some of the better videos/topics on the channel are some of the Norwegian ones. The Sungård pistol, the postmans knife gun are both classics and I dare say this one is just about crazy enough to become a classic as well.

[@Half_Finis]

"our lackluster history of innovation and manufacturing" This feels unjustified, Norway is a big fragmented country with few people, compare it to other countries with similar populations and I'd claim we did pretty ok

[@johanfredriksvendsen8482]

@@Half_Finis There are of course reasons and a few centuries of being the littler part of two-nation kingdoms and before that the Kalmar Union. But we are running around bragging about how we invented the paper clip and the cheese slicer (and the paper clip is apparently a bit of a myth). In terms of actual real inventions we had a short period where we were leaders in fertilizer production before our innovation in that field became obsolete. We also have developed great expertise in petroleum. We have basically no heavy inddustry and no/few other notable contributions to speak of. In fact I would argue fighting against progress and innovation is close to a core concept for Norwegians, rather than celebrating it. We saw Boklöv jumping further than anyone and were thinking this needs to be stopped. The very reasonable thing would be to think this is insane, how cool is it we can now jump so much further, how far can we push it? Being fragmented and with few people can also be an advantage. It is said necessity is the mother of invention and logistically the Norwegians definitely had a lot of necessity.

[@JunkyardBashSteve]

damn near expected the ad segment to be "get entered to win this one of a kind norwegian oddball"

[@KMac329]

I'm glad Ian was able to put it back together again.

[@arjen7024]

this is the most fantastically complicated forgotten weapon I remember seeing on your channel, it's glorious!

[@me.ne.frego.]

Old and weird revolvers are so charming! There's a story about the "triple action" gas-sealing cylinder and ammo being invented by an argentine man and the patent sold to the Nagant brothers. I don't remember the name of the inventor but his revolver was super weird and had a magazine for extra rounds. He wanted his gun to be adopted by the Ejército Argentino as a long range handgun, but to no avail.

[@madotsuki_mk1]

His name was Antonio García Reynoso. There are some photos and drawings of his revolver online.

[@RiderOftheNorth1968]

A glorious contraption!!! It is a true semiautomatic dao revolver. The combination of the blowback semi auto function on a revolver is, somewhat, redundant. But it is a beaut!!! The hand it self is a piece of art: It looks flimsy and weak but it is fully supported on all sides so it is much stronger than it looks. The magazines side removal is very innovative, borderland cute!! But the true innovation is the many new, and unhead of, ways it can jam!!!

[@chartreux1532]

Norwegians are some of the most respectful and professional as well as efficient People i ever met, and i say that as a German! I was with the Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 for 6 Years (did 2 Tours in Afghanistan where Norwegians also went) anyway, we also visited Norway several Times for Excercises in Winter Warfare, since this is our Specialty but also Norwegians having their own Group focusing on it. And i remember the first Time we went there, we were all like "Hah, what could we learn from those Norwegians? They don't have much War Experience like the Gebirgsjäger have!" Then... it came to Skiing..... Well, let's say one Norwegian Soldier with Skis, can easily shoot Tagets while moving while 20 of us Gebirgsjäger doing the same Run couldn't even remotely get close to his Score. Long Story short, you better be afraid of a Norwegian Soldier who is armed and on Skis, we learned a lot from them regarding this but also some other Topics. But luckily we also ended up teaching them a lot. Just wanted to share that. Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@andersjjensen]

Back in the day they said that Mongolian warriors were born on horseback. Norwegian and Finnish soldiers are born on skis... (Also: It's very German, but not correct, to capitalize the nouns in English)

[@murrayscott9546]

Christ ! Gun-smithing is mind-boggling !

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

Dr. Frankenstein called, says he wants his revolver pistol THING back

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

Didn't know Dr. Frankenstein was Rube Goldberg's cousin. It is, though, beautiful in its (over) complexity !

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

@@michaelmoorrees3585 crazy scientists think alike, it seems

[@henryturnerjr3857]

The only thing missing is a lever, and it would fit into every online search category.

[@gusbuzinski4499]

The action reminds me a little of the dardick tround gun. Magazine Fed revolver. Everything old is new again!

[@davidcarr7436]

Really nice that my grandparents let you film in their basement.

[@fademusic1980]

This gun is absolutely beautiful

[@Pestgrube]

Many thanks also to the owner for not withholding this wonderful piece from us.

[@DarkRavenhaft]

KZbin once again "pruned" my subscriptions apparently. Glad I caught this. Edit: Why do I feel like I've seen this one in Borderlands?

[@jonathanhill6064]

There are several revolvers like this in all the the Borderlands

[@irishpsalteri]

Love seeing the ingenuity on the way to the modern answer.

[@FortunePayback]

What an incredible piece of machinery! The fact that it's survived up until now, and in as good of a condition it is, is sensational! I never thiught i'd ever say this, but I think this thing beats the Mauser C96 as my favorite handgun of all time.

[@FyremaelGlittersparkle]

Fun fact, Forgotten Weapons DID do a video on the venerable Kongsberg M1914 mentioned at the end of the video, several years back. The factory there in Norway was still doing limited runs of those guns (the Norwegian copy of the 1911 produced under rights purchased from the invading German army) all the way up to 1987.

[@murrayscott9546]

Lovely, thanks Ian and all !

[@themodernancient6073]

The complexity of this thing for it's age is truly impressive.

[@ispacedesign]

My kind of crazy. Thanks for bringing this to us.

[@worldtraveler930]

I am simultaneously Impressed and Amazed!!! 🤠👍

[@ISOCATO]

Magazine fed Revolver

[@mementomori4972]

A big thank you to the Gentleman who invited Ian into his home to show us this unique gun.

[@Foodhat]

That checkering *chef's kiss*

[@madotsuki_mk1]

Woah, I never thought you'd actually get an opportunity to cover this one! I remember reading about this curious piece, and it's very interesting to see it examined in detail. Thanks to Jan for allowing access to it.

[@jansenart0]

This is insane. Marathon the bungie game had a hybrid revolver/mag fed pistol. I always thought it was impossible.

[@fricki1997]

That is the most beautifully integrated magazine I've ever seen.

[@mikeculhane1101]

Thank you Jan for sharing your pistol and letting it be disassembled.

[@Alaric_I]

That is the most hand looking hand ever. It even has a finger.

[@jamesoosten6297]

Very cool pistol

[@ricjona1069]

It disassembles and assembles like a puzzle box.

[@longnamedude3947]

Thank You Jan for making it possible for us everyday folks to witness the extremely awesome mechanics of this engineering marvel. While personally I would never own a firearm in these current times for self defence purposes I still have a great interest in the mechanical workings of these very individual & unique pieces of engineering and I find it very fascinating to see how each one works and how different techniques are used to get various parts to move or function, I have a huge appreciation for how much thinking goes into each design and I admire the thought process of these original designers. The size of this pistol alone would intimidate a lot of potential attackers and certainly make them think twice before making their next move. I love how square it is, everything is very robustly constructed on the outside, it is unfortunate that the same cannot be said for some of the internal components which failed during it's incredibly short military gun trial. Either way, a very nice looking piece with lots of interesting parts to it's functionality. Thanks once again Ian for bringing us another rare and unusual gun video, each one is insightful and teaches me of many different ways of solving things like door or cupboard latches, rotating mechanisms for bits & bobs, and many other ideas for all sorts of random stuff! Peace to you both ✌️

[@triggerfingerstudios]

What a bonkers crazy gun!

[@L_T_Z]

This thing is better described as a scaled down revolver autocannon than a mere semi auto revolver...

[@robnunya572]

What a fantastic piece of ordnance. Thank you Ian and Jan!

[@gregcampwriter]

Landstad demonstrated an extraordinary talent for getting every element--design, ease of manufacture, ease of use, safety--wrong.

[@hades1788]

Nice

[@Jimtheneals]

As complex as this is, I would've sworn it was Swiss. More like a Swiss watch. This makes the G-11 look simple by comparison.

[@Reinhard96]

Everyone has heard of Kraut space magic, but did they ever consider Viking precursor magic?

[@grassmaster3564]

Thank you @ForgottenWeapons been waiting so many years for this video

[@Fishdogfish]

Fantastic! The setting, the gun, the presentation. Love it.

[@LuvLikeTruck]

I want to see this gun in steam/sci-fi movies. Also how fancy is that wood grip clip

[@BoloH.]

It's like a puzzle box

[@user-ve5ei2xe8h]

I really love those old-timey evolutional dead end guns from the early days of self loading firearms. You can tell that some very smart people put a lot of work into developing elaborate systems. The counter-thesis to sheet metal tube SMGs of later times. Steampunkey and loveable.

[@sebastienlabbe4647]

So glad you revisited this. I remember reading your blog post about it many years ago.

[@alfredcarlson1392]

I've always wondered how others have taken on the idea.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

What's with the background? Has Ian gone into hiding in his 1970s Nordic cabin deep in the uncharted Norwegian forests?

[@RobertWallhead]

The engineering on the hand is amazing

[@Geroaergaroe]

That's a gorgeous item.

[@amazingjoe3635]

4 mins ago and i just woke up. I must be dreaming

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Good grief. 😮 That is a very complicated way to get from point A to point B engineering.

[@user-kr7yh8vw9m]

The Lanstad 1900 is truly one of a kind, one that lives up to the title of forgotten weapon. Thank you for showing it to us Ian.

[@user-og1ux8nr3i]

It always amazes me people’s ingenuity.

[@bulukacarlos4751]

1- Impressive manufacturing quality for a 123-year-old prototype. 2- It would be an excellent addition to the Star Wars arsenal (if it weren't so scarce) 3- I would love to see some expert trying to legally classify it as a pistol or revolver 4- Being a Norwegian weapon, was it never mentioned by Carl? 5- Greetings from Argentine Patagonia.

[@madotsuki_mk1]

Speaking of Argentina, have you heard of the Garcia-Reynoso revolver? It was also an attempt to make a magazine-fed revolver, but there isn't much info on it online.

[@TreeWizard648]

​@@madotsuki_mk1One went up for auction at Rock Island back in May, so it is possible that Ian already did a video on it. It sold for only 9400.

[@bulukacarlos4751]

@@madotsuki_mk1 I only read about that revolver a long time ago in a defunct Argentine weapons magazine called "Magnum." But I never saw one in person. Furthermore, the article only mentioned it tangentially as a curiosity.

[@agoogleaccount2861]

Unnecessarily complicated . Pretty amazing though

[@timdinch5598]

Truly an inventor who has a tin ear for manufacturing sensibilities!

[@davidh5903]

Wow what a fantastic piece! Congratulations to the owner for having returned it to Norway after all these years. Greetings from across the mountains

[@user23867]

Imagine going back in time, and telling this guy: "This project will fail commercially. But, in 120 years, a man known as Gun Jesus will give a sermon on it, which a million people around the world will attend using their personal magic glass slabs that they keep in their pockets. Your work will still look brand new, and the people will appreciate it." He would surely dismiss it as crazy talk, but here we are.

[@kenbrockfarm8656]

I've seen a picture of this for years now, it's great to finally have an explanation of why and how it works

[@spondulixtanstaafl7887]

Thanks, I love these funky early developmental pieces

[@PW.6060]

The more he disassembled, the more my engineering mind was blown. What a little marvel.

[@andersjjensen]

But then we remember the first rule of engineering: The best part is no part. If that is not possible the best part is multifunctional. If that is not possible the best part has simple geometry. If that is not possible you need to start over from first principles.

[@deadredherring]

Thank you Ian for bringing this to us all. I honestly never thought I'd see this gun in any other from than the patent print.

[@yt.602]

One of a kind and you get to take it to bits! Truly a unicorn and a fantastic opportunity.

[@Stevarooni]

That's elegant and well-built for a semi-prototype!