Swiss Luger Book Lead...

[Pete Ebbink]

"Guisan" has a few Swiss luger books for sale at this site that do not show up in the USA market that often :

http://community.webshots.com/album/50473298aGVtWo

Several books are written in German, but the books are full of photos and translation attempts can be fun if not challenging.

Thought some of our Swiss luger "nuts" might want to have more than just Bobba's and Datig's works on Swis luger.

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

[Jamka]

Hi Pete,

Fully agree with you on the books 'Guisan' offers. I just got three of them, thanks to Frank, and I an quite happy with them.

1. Ha�¼sler, 'Swiss handguns' (1975,German, French & English and therefore ideal as help for translations) - all pistols/revolvers from 1801 through SIG 220. Very detailed and lots of data.

2. Fred Datig, 'Monograph IV - The Swiss Variations 1897 - 1947' (1992 , English) All about the Paraballum from DWM through Bern. Lots of pics, also of rigs.

3. Huber, 'Hand und Faustfeuerwaffen' (1971 German) Edited by the Swiss Union of Shooters. A comprehensive tutorial about Swiss Army armament. From Napoleon and flintlocks to Sturmgewehr 57. Also all revolvers and pistols. Many data. To understand the German you need book # 1 too.

These books are normally obsolete - but Frank seems to have saved some copies.

Good reading...

[Pete Ebbink]

Hi Joop,

Another Swiss book is by Horst Rutsch, titled "Faustfeuerwaffen Der Eidgenossen", also in German text...covering all the revolvers and pistols the Swiss used (up to 1946 or so). Lots of B&W photos and 304 pages in total. Lots of holster photos, as well.

ISBN 3-87943-586-3, published in 1978.

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

[Guisan]

Right, knowledge brings you in power as we say here and that made me a book freak always looking for obsolete books.

For Swiss Lugers the following books are worth to look for;

Die Faustfeuerwaffen von 1850 bis zur Gegenwart by Heer. Few pictures with a lot of (good)german text.

The Rutsch book Faustfeuerwaffen der Eidgenossen. Lots of pictures and german text.

Pistolen und Revolver der Schweiz seit 1720 by Reinhart & Meier. Lots of pictures and german text.

Pistolen und Revolver der Schweiz by Reinhart. Based on part 5 and 6 of the famous Stocker Schmid book series. Lots of pics and german text.

Swiss handguns by H�¤usler. Lots of pictures and text in german, french and english.

Thanks,
Guisan.