Selvladende Gevær M/1942

Designed in 1941 this rifle was made to compete in the Semi Automatic Rifle Trials of 1942. Although it was a rushed design as well as the trials being very short, this rifle was chosen to be the first semi automatic rifle of the Norwegian Army.
The core consept for this rifle was to use as much tooling from the Krag Jørgensen M/1929 Army as possible. Because of this Erik Jørgensen was tasked to consult on the project. The man behind the system was Olaf Hagen, a known Norwegian gunsmith and inventor. He had before in 1912 designed a interesting rifle and was even in the French semi automatic rifle trials of 1912. With this experience with the type of rifle, the two gunsmiths came up with the Selvladende Gevær Model of 1942. Also known as the Selvladegevær M/1942.
The guns front is almost entirely identical to the Krag Jørgensen. The only change being the new front gas block. Many internal parts was also kept such as the extractor, firing pin and other parts.
=== Rough start for the rifle. ===
The first batch of rifles where produced crudely due to the situation Norway found themselves in. At this point in time they had been pushed out of Oslo and the Kongsberg area, this caused the Kongsberg Våpen og Stridsvogn Fabrikk to have to move their tooling and equipment ahead of time to the to less developed Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker (RA) up north. 
After everything was set up the continuation of the Krag Jørgensen M/1929 Army continued production aswell as the Selvladende Gevær started its first run of production.
As an experiment, a small batch of rifles where produced at the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF). Only 125 of rifles where made.
=== Trial by Combat ===
The rifle first saw combat with the 4th infantry division when in 8th of June 1942 one company was tasked to attack Kongsvinger east of Oslo to start pushing the Germans back. In total 35 of the total 108 men where equipped with a Selvladegevær. When the attack begun the poorly supplied German soldiers where quick to realize the new weapons as they where used to bolt action rifles being used. The Germans where forced to retreat when the Norwegian retook control of the Town. 
The rifle had some issues like gas leaks and other minor issues. This was quickly resolved.