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Landstad Automatic Revolver
Halvard Folkestad Landstad’s 1900 pistol is a fascinating combination of design elements from revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Designed during the late 1890s for military service, the Landstad Automatic Revolver proved to be overly complex and was ultimately rejected.
Landstad patented his design in several European countries including his native Norway, Great Britain and German. His Norwegian patent was granted in April 1899. The pistol combined a magazine with a more traditional revolving cylinder. The cylinder, however, was flat had just two chambers rather than five or six (see image #2). The pistol was 23cm long and weighed 1kg.
Once a magazine is loaded the rod beneath the barrel is retracted to charge the action. This pushes the bolt to the rear and as it returns it cocks the striker and strips a round from the magazine loading it into the lower of the two chambers. When the trigger is pulled the cylinder is rotated 180 degrees by a pawl indexing the loaded chamber with the striker. Once the trigger is fully pulled the striker is released and the weapon fired. Unlike other automatic revolvers the Landstad ejects spent cases. The bolt moves to the rear and the spent case is ejected. As the bolt returns forward the process repeated and a new round is loaded into the lower chamber.
The Lanstad pistol disassembled (source)
Landstad’s pistol chambered Emile Nagant’s 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance cartridge, using a curved box magazine (see image #3). With a magazine capacity of six rounds the Landstad pistol had little advantage over a more traditional revolver. The heavy trigger pull needed to index the cylinder for each shot had all the disadvantages of a double action revolver and none of the advantages of a semi-automatic pistol. What the unusual system did allow, however, was for the weapon to be carried fully loaded but without a round in the chamber preventing accidental discharge.
The pistol pistol failed to impress during trials and the Norwegian military rejected it. It seems that very few working prototypes were made. The Model No.1 pictured is the only Landstad pistol known to exist. The British NRA were given the prototype in 1955 following Landstad’s death and has since been purchased by a Norwegian collector.
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‘Improvements in Automatic Revolvers’, H. F. Landstad, January 1900, UK Patent #22479 (source)
‘Selbstthatiger Revolver’, H. F. Landstad, August 1899, German Patent #114184 (source)
Pistols of the World, I.V. Hogg & J. Walter (2003)
Landstad 1900 Automatic Revolver, ForgottenWeapons, (source)
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Presentation Sword made for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Dated: 1763 A.D.
Culture: French
Measurements: overall length 38cm
Bequeathed by Col. A. Martin Leake, V.C. (1953)
Presented to Stephen Martin Leake, Garter King of Arms
This sword was presented by Adolphus Frederick, 4th Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (brother of Queen Charlotte) to Stephen Martin Leake on the occasion of the Duke’s investiture at Strelitz with the Order of the Garter. The sword has a gold hilt, a blued steel blade and kid-leather scabbard. It is a rare survival of its period, as most gold hilts were melted down for the value of the metal.
The elaborate chasing and rococo motifs on the hilt are typical of goldsmith’s work produced at this time in the German princely states. Soldingen in Westphalia had a huge export trade in sword blades which were mounted up by sword cutlers using their own hilts. In this instance the hilt bears the maker’s marks of Jean-Frédéric Büttner of Strasbourg.
The ‘blueing’ of steel could be achieved in two ways: the first is by heat treatment of the steel, known as ‘tempering’. The second, more reliable method, is to dip the object into a chemical solution made up of caustic soda and saltpetre, followed by immersion first in cold then hot water. The blades were usually etched with stylised designs then blued and gilt. Blueing was frequently used to colour steel as it provided a vivid contrast to any gilt decoration. Most armour was blued, but over-cleaning has removed it.
Source: Copyright © 2016 Trustees of the British Museum
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Dated: 17th century
Culture: Spanish
Measurements: overall length 112 cm; blade length 92 cm; width at the ricasso 2.3 cm
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Dated: circa 1765 - 1770 (hilt)
Maker: probably William Kinman
Culture: British (hilt); German, Solingen (blade)
Medium: steel, silver, gold, silk and fish-skin, chiselled, pierced, engraved and etched
Measurements: overall length 82.6 cm; width 2.6 cm; weight 0.44 kg,
Inscription(s): engraving ‘DEALTRY / ROYAL EXCHANGE’; hallmarked with the Leopard passant Standard mark for silver; the maker’s mark: 'W’ and a second letter
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