Landstad 1900: A True Semiautomatic Revolver (Ad-free)
Added 2024-07-03 12:00:02 +0000 UTCThe 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!
Comments
Fascinating stuff, thanks Ian!
Christian D. Orr
2024-08-04 20:26:35 +0000 UTCExactly; live and learn!
Christian D. Orr
2024-08-04 20:11:17 +0000 UTCThanks for showing us a truly "forgotten", if ever known, weapon.
Robert Beattie
2024-07-20 19:52:19 +0000 UTCWow thank you Ian and Jann(sp) for sharing this amazing pistol.
Ed McEneney
2024-07-04 02:02:22 +0000 UTCPlease tell me you did not figure by yourself how to disassemble this piece, but either was coached by someone familiar or literature.
Patrick Moran
2024-07-04 01:12:55 +0000 UTCNice video👍 hope you will return to Norway once more. We got a lot of nice firearms in Kongsberg if you havent already got to them👍😁
Phillip André Frontéri
2024-07-03 19:24:57 +0000 UTCAn amazingly functional rube goldberg-type gun.
Jason
2024-07-03 18:58:11 +0000 UTCThat hinged hand...
Minion
2024-07-03 14:31:07 +0000 UTCsounds VERY safe. that sure is the weirdest oddball magazin I've ever seen on a handgun. take down it gets only weirder.
Guido Schriewer
2024-07-03 14:06:29 +0000 UTCIt would be easy to make fun of this pistol. BUT when no one knows what is the best way to do something, trial and error is what works.!
Beccaskye
2024-07-03 13:12:32 +0000 UTCWhat an amazing unicorn of a pistol. I wouldn't have the guts to disassemble a one-of-a-kind a firearm, but then again, I'm not Gun Jesus. Thanks for the video and thanks to Jan!
Glenn Miller
2024-07-03 12:41:48 +0000 UTC
