Swedish Hamilton Trials Pistol

The Hamilton was a handgun entered into the Swedish military pistol trials of 1903, where it competed against guns like the Luger and Colt/Browning 1903. The Hamilton was a simply blowback action chambered for Bergmann, although it did have the interesting and unusual feature of a bolt which pivoted on a round path during recoil rather than traveling linearly. The Hamilton’s loss in military trials to the Colt 1903 is not particularly surprising, as it was hea