Here's A Strange (long)

The Wizard · 12-24-2002, 11:10 AM

I have a M1906 W+F Swiss Luger that was heavily "MODIFIED" at some point. About anch inch of the barrel was HACKED off, the safety was GROUNDED so it is a safety in name only now and crude clear plastic grips were installed (grips are pretty ugly but the pictures under them are quite interesting!). I thought great project gun for school (Gunsmithing, Trinidad State Junior College, Trinidad, Colorado). Wrote Waffenfabrik, Bern to see if they would send me the technical drawing for the barrel, grip safety aand grip panels. They wrote back saying their rules say "We do not supply drawing". Well, there are exceptions to all rules so I wrote to Federral Councilor Samuel Schmid head of the Fereral Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports asking for "special Permission to have copies of the required drawing released to me". Got a reply from the Division for Infantry Weapons and Ammunition stating "no drawing of sensitive weapon components are passed on to private persons or third parties". Am I missing something here? The M1906 W+F Swiss Luger has not been manfactured since 1946. Its basic design is over a hundred years old. It has not been a first line pistol for the Swiss military since 1949. It's a "sensitive weapon"? I am missing some logical point here? OHHHHHHHHH, I get it. When dealing with a government, its bureaucrats and bureaucracy logic DOES NOT apply!

Comments and suggestions welcome (especially from are Swiss readers).
The Wizard

Navy · 12-25-2002, 11:55 AM

Hey Wiz,
You are wasting your time and postage. There is NOTHING more intransigent and stubborn than a European bureaucrat and the Swiss are about as stubborn as they come. Their mentality is that unless the law specifies that something must be done, then it cannot be done.

You can find sources for patent drawings, which is what you seeek, I presume, on the web. Our fellow member Heniz Hahlers has some, which I believe he would share with you.

Tom A.

12-24-2002, 11:10 AM	#1
The Wizard User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Here's A Strange (long) I have a M1906 W+F Swiss Luger that was heavily "MODIFIED" at some point. About anch inch of the barrel was HACKED off, the safety was GROUNDED so it is a safety in name only now and crude clear plastic grips were installed (grips are pretty ugly but the pictures under them are quite interesting!). I thought great project gun for school (Gunsmithing, Trinidad State Junior College, Trinidad, Colorado). Wrote Waffenfabrik, Bern to see if they would send me the technical drawing for the barrel, grip safety aand grip panels. They wrote back saying their rules say "We do not supply drawing". Well, there are exceptions to all rules so I wrote to Federral Councilor Samuel Schmid head of the Fereral Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports asking for "special Permission to have copies of the required drawing released to me". Got a reply from the Division for Infantry Weapons and Ammunition stating "no drawing of sensitive weapon components are passed on to private persons or third parties". Am I missing something here? The M1906 W+F Swiss Luger has not been manfactured since 1946. Its basic design is over a hundred years old. It has not been a first line pistol for the Swiss military since 1949. It's a "sensitive weapon"? I am missing some logical point here? OHHHHHHHHH, I get it. When dealing with a government, its bureaucrats and bureaucracy logic DOES NOT apply! Comments and suggestions welcome (especially from are Swiss readers). The Wizard __________________ The Wizard Air Dropable AND Ground Recoverable Necat omnes! Deus suos agnoscet. The application of the proper amount of high explosives can solve any problem. War is an act of force and to the application of that force there is no limit! So say the philosophers (Carl von Clausewitz b 1780 d 1831) of war.

12-25-2002, 11:55 AM	#2
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Hey Wiz, You are wasting your time and postage. There is NOTHING more intransigent and stubborn than a European bureaucrat and the Swiss are about as stubborn as they come. Their mentality is that unless the law specifies that something must be done, then it cannot be done. You can find sources for patent drawings, which is what you seeek, I presume, on the web. Our fellow member Heniz Hahlers has some, which I believe he would share with you. Tom A.