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Trond Wikborg's (Norwegian gun collector) page on the Jarman M1884; Page with some pictures and information on the Jarmann Archived 30 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine; More pictures of the Jarmann; Closeups of the Jarmann bolt assembly; Photo of the M28 from the left side, right side with harpoon and closeup of harpoon and line.
Jarmann was born in the parish of Nord-Fron in Oppland, Norway.He was raised at the farm Øien in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdalen.He developed an interest in firearms at an early age, and he designed his first rifle—a breech loading rifle firing cardboard cartridges—in 1838, but this was turned down by the armed forces at the time.
Svend Foyn patented his grenade harpoon gun in 1870. He modified existing designs and utilized ideas developed by Erik Eriksen. It consisted of a cannon that fired a barbed explosive head harpoon. Aimed and fired, the harpoon barb would hook into the whale. A moment later an explosive charge in the head of the harpoon would inflict a mortal wound.
The M28 Jarmann harpoon rifle was a modification of the Jarmann M1884 Norwegian service rifle. Between the wars, several Norwegian gunsmiths attempted to create harpoon guns, [ 1 ] intended for hunting seals and shooting rescue lines to boats in distress.
The 10.15×61 mmR cartridge was designed by a joint Swedish-Norwegian rifle commission in the late 1870s and early 1880s, and approved for use in Sweden and Norway in 1881. . It was primarily used by Norway in the Model 1884 Jarmann rifle, but also saw limited use in Sweden in the m/1867-84 rolling block rifle and carbine ("kammarskjutningsgevär m/1884" and "kammarskjutningskarbin m/1884 ...
Costume designer Carlos Rosario on his design approach for the historical period drama, from researching the Sengoku period to constructing traditional Japanese garments. Shōgun’s Costumes Are ...
Harpoon cannon outside of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge. A harpoon cannon is a whaling implement developed in the late 19th century and most used in the 20th century. It would be mounted on the bow of a whale catcher , where it could be easily aimed with a wide field of view at the target.
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