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Bernardelli Automatico VB – inertia system.

In the 1930s the German company of Walther experimented with an autoloader that employed the toggle system like the famous Luger pistol and there was also the Scandinavian Sjogren. In the 1960s Stoeger imported a Vincenzo Bernardelli produced autoloader that employed a different type of inertia breech bolt system on a one piece-stocked, box magazine-fed shotgun that looked more like a Rifle. Named the Automatico V.B., it was well-made but never caught on with the public, not here, not in Italy. It was made in 12, 16, and 20 gauges, but the smaller-gauge versions are extremely rare in the U.S.

The Cosmi is another non-gas operated system that has been around in Europe since the 1930s. It was developed as early as 1925 and has always been a strictly in-house, hand-made gun. Most shotgunners will never see a Cosmi, let alone handle one. It uses an inertia system on an action body that can be opened with a top lever like any break action gun! The magazine is contained in the buttstock. It is made in 12, 16, and 20 gauges and is, perhaps needless to say, very expensive.