Swiss revolvers and pistols 1933-1946...

Guisan · 08-21-2005, 02:05 PM

Liked the picture and added some additional info to it...

Thanks,
Guisan.

Pete Ebbink · 01-26-2006, 01:49 PM

Hi Guisan,

Great posting...sorry to have missed it when you posted...

One can only dream to own a Swiss revolver and a Swiss luger with the same serial numbers...

Ron Wood · 01-26-2006, 03:55 PM

Guisan,
Like Pete, I don't know how I missed this, but it is now in my reference files. This is great instructional material. Thank you for using the forum to share it.

Guisan · 01-26-2006, 04:27 PM

Ron these were made after 1918 and they are no reproductions

I like the fact that the revolvers and pistols had the same serials and that they were both made at the same time by Waffenfabrik Bern.
To reduce the cost price these guns were made more simple and nevertheless the precision of the 06/29 was said to be the best of all Swiss military Lugers.

Thanks,
Guisan.

Pete Ebbink · 05-22-2006, 12:55 PM

Guisan,

May I ask where the serial number ranges in terms of plastic color came from ?

Guisan · 05-22-2006, 01:12 PM

Sure, I took the Rutsch, Heer and the Stocker series books for those, as well as a little of my own notes.

Thanks,
Guisan.

Pete Ebbink · 05-22-2006, 01:36 PM

Thanks Guisan...now I can buy with confidence when a certain colored M1929 revolver shows up...

Pete Ebbink · 05-30-2006, 07:09 PM

Have a Brown M1929 Swiss revolver in the 589xx range coming home this week...it comes with a very nice holster (no strap) as well.

This will be my 5th. Swiss revolver...I will post a "family portait" this weekend when all are cleaned up.

Still need to find a nice black M1929 and then the very rare M1882 bicycle corps. variant...(not too optimistic about that one in the near future...).

the gunman · 05-30-2006, 08:48 PM

Pete looking foward to those photo's

Pete Ebbink · 06-02-2006, 10:19 PM

The Swiss revolvers have a way of getting in the way of collecting Swiss lugers...

drbuster · 06-02-2006, 11:51 PM

Wow, Pete. I didn't know that Swiss revolvers are descended from rabbits! What a great looking growing family!

wlyon · 06-03-2006, 01:05 AM

Pete Great collection!!!!!! Bill

Pete Ebbink · 06-03-2006, 01:08 AM

Thanks Guys...

I need to add two (2) more :

* A brown M1929 revolver...

* A M1882 bicycle corps. issue...brown plastic grips but a fixed, large landyard loop that does not swivel...

And...maybe a stocked/holster for the M1882's...

Seems like once ya start, ya gotta finish...

the gunman · 06-03-2006, 10:23 AM

"GOD PETE" They sure look lovely

minigun · 06-04-2006, 12:45 AM

Nice little Museum there Pete!

You can't just have one of these. They look a little odd in a collection by themselves with other weapons around.

Pete Ebbink · 09-09-2006, 03:34 PM

Latest addition to my Swiss revolver "family".

75BShooter · 09-09-2006, 08:24 PM

Pete, Good looking group. Are they all of the same caliber? and have you shot any of then, if so how do they shoot?
Tim

Pete Ebbink · 09-09-2006, 11:06 PM

Hi Tim,

The four smaller revolvers are all in 7,5 mm and I had bought some reloaded ammo a while back and have shot 10-15 rounds through each just to make sure they work before they went into the safe. Very accurate and easy on the hand to shoot with a nice balance.

The larger M1878 is a bigger bore at 10,5 mm and I have not found any ammo to shoot through that one, yet.

Pete Ebbink · 09-23-2006, 01:42 PM

If anyone is looking for a M1882 revolver holster with strap :

http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=1058798

Pete Ebbink · 01-04-2007, 03:25 PM

Collection grew by one over the Holidays. Picked up a missing holster shoulder strap as well. Those are tough to find...

08-21-2005, 02:05 PM	#1
Guisan User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Swiss revolvers and pistols 1933-1946... Liked the picture and added some additional info to it... Thanks, Guisan. __________________ Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets. No surrender. Fight to the death. --Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40

01-26-2006, 03:55 PM	#3
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,178 Times in 1,703 Posts	Guisan, Like Pete, I don't know how I missed this, but it is now in my reference files. This is great instructional material. Thank you for using the forum to share it. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

01-26-2006, 04:27 PM	#4
Guisan User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Ron these were made after 1918 and they are no reproductions I like the fact that the revolvers and pistols had the same serials and that they were both made at the same time by Waffenfabrik Bern. To reduce the cost price these guns were made more simple and nevertheless the precision of the 06/29 was said to be the best of all Swiss military Lugers. Thanks, Guisan. __________________ Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets. No surrender. Fight to the death. --Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40

05-22-2006, 01:12 PM	#6
Guisan User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Sure, I took the Rutsch, Heer and the Stocker series books for those, as well as a little of my own notes. Thanks, Guisan. __________________ Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets. No surrender. Fight to the death. --Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40

06-03-2006, 01:05 AM	#12
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,636 Thanks: 3,174 Thanked 2,559 Times in 955 Posts	Pete Great collection!!!!!! Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

01-26-2006, 01:49 PM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi Guisan, Great posting...sorry to have missed it when you posted... One can only dream to own a Swiss revolver and a Swiss luger with the same serial numbers...

05-22-2006, 12:55 PM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Guisan, May I ask where the serial number ranges in terms of plastic color came from ?

05-22-2006, 01:36 PM	#7
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Thanks Guisan...now I can buy with confidence when a certain colored M1929 revolver shows up...

05-30-2006, 07:09 PM	#8
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Have a Brown M1929 Swiss revolver in the 589xx range coming home this week...it comes with a very nice holster (no strap) as well. This will be my 5th. Swiss revolver...I will post a "family portait" this weekend when all are cleaned up. Still need to find a nice black M1929 and then the very rare M1882 bicycle corps. variant...(not too optimistic about that one in the near future...).

05-30-2006, 08:48 PM	#9
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Pete looking foward to those photo's

06-02-2006, 10:19 PM	#10
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	The Swiss revolvers have a way of getting in the way of collecting Swiss lugers...

06-02-2006, 11:51 PM	#11
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Wow, Pete. I didn't know that Swiss revolvers are descended from rabbits! What a great looking growing family!

06-03-2006, 01:08 AM	#13
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Thanks Guys... I need to add two (2) more : * A brown M1929 revolver... * A M1882 bicycle corps. issue...brown plastic grips but a fixed, large landyard loop that does not swivel... And...maybe a stocked/holster for the M1882's... Seems like once ya start, ya gotta finish...

06-03-2006, 10:23 AM	#14
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	"GOD PETE" They sure look lovely

06-04-2006, 12:45 AM	#15
minigun User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 424 Thanks: 15 Thanked 19 Times in 14 Posts	Nice little Museum there Pete! You can't just have one of these. They look a little odd in a collection by themselves with other weapons around.

09-09-2006, 03:34 PM	#16
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Latest addition to my Swiss revolver "family".

09-09-2006, 08:24 PM	#17
75BShooter User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pete, Good looking group. Are they all of the same caliber? and have you shot any of then, if so how do they shoot? Tim

09-09-2006, 11:06 PM	#18
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hi Tim, The four smaller revolvers are all in 7,5 mm and I had bought some reloaded ammo a while back and have shot 10-15 rounds through each just to make sure they work before they went into the safe. Very accurate and easy on the hand to shoot with a nice balance. The larger M1878 is a bigger bore at 10,5 mm and I have not found any ammo to shoot through that one, yet.

09-23-2006, 01:42 PM	#19
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	If anyone is looking for a M1882 revolver holster with strap : http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=1058798

01-04-2007, 03:25 PM	#20
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Collection grew by one over the Holidays. Picked up a missing holster shoulder strap as well. Those are tough to find...