Bern Prototype Carbine: Intermediate Cartridges in the 1920s

Failed to sell at auction. Designed by Adolf Furrer, this carbine represents a very early experiment with intermediate power ammunition. It is a long recoil semiautomatic carbine with an under barrel tube magazine - quite the interesting combination of 19th and 20th centuries! The cartridge used was the experimental Swiss , and a similar but slightly longer was also used. These were loaded with round nosed bullets, although spitzer bullets would be used in later prototypes with box magaz