| Landstad revolver | |
| Origin: |  |
| Type: | Revolver |
| Is Ranged: | YES |
| Designer: | Halvard Landstad |
| Design Date: | 1900 |
| Cartridge: | 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance |
| Caliber: | 7.5mm |
| Action: | Blowback |
| Feed: | Single-stack, single-row-feed magazine |
The Landstad revolver was an automatic revolver of Norwegian origin. The weapon had an unusual feeding device that used both a 2 round cylinder and a grip inserted magazine.[1]
It was chambered for 7.5mm Nagant, which at the time of the creation of the Landstad was also used in the Swedish Model 1887 and Norwegian Model 1893 Nagant revolvers.[1]
The revolver design was patented in 1899 by Halvard Landstad, from Kristiana (now Oslo). Landstad designed the revolver with his own money and presented it to military trials in 1901.[2] The gun never went into production because the revolver failed in the trials, but the inventor kept a prototype of the gun. It was donated to the British National Rifle Association after the inventor's death in 1955. In 1977 the revolver was sold in an auction to a Norse weapons collector.[2]
