The Swiss Mini-Gun is a working miniature gun. Not that it has much in the way of stopping power. The 2.34mm rimfire ammunition puts out a measly 0.97 joule of energy. That is significantly less than most BB guns or air rifles. But a tiny gun that actually shoots real tiny bullets is interesting, don’t you think? If nothing else this can be appreciated for the level of craftsmanship and precision that the Swiss usually reserve for their watches. It is interesting to look at, but I fail to see why anyone would want to own one.
There are two models offered by the company, a stainless steel version and a solid gold version. The stainless steel version will ship with a leather holster, 24 live and 24 blank cartridges and a cleaning set. The solid gold version can be customized according to your wishes. You can bling it up with diamonds or whatever you want. Like the stainless steel version, it ships with 24 live and 24 blank cartridges, but it also has a rocket launcher tube and 36 luminous rockets. It is all packed into a green tinted maple presentation box.
As you probably already assumed, they are expensive. With the dollar at the level that it is now, the price of the stainless steel version works out to about $5418. Not that the price will matter, they are not importable into the United States. The Swiss mini-gun fails to meet minimum size requirements and is not considered sporting. The website will give you an up-to-date list of countries that they will export to and what, if any, permits you will need. There is no price on the solid gold version, but given the price of the stainless steel model, we are guessing that it is very, very steep.
Sources: Pop Gadget, Swiss Mini-Gun, TechEBlog, Gizmo Watch
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8 responses
Mar 29, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Dear Sir,
I have in my possession a gun that looks similar to the swiss mini gun – my late husbands father bought it is Switzerland in the late mid to late 60’s. The store bag says Bucherer and it is in a round container that says Xythos Automatic 6 shot – it has bullets in a small red box and it is gold – It also says Andres and Dworsky Austria 3827. Would you know anything about this? Thanks for any information you can send my way.
Darlene G
Aug 15, 2008 at 11:19 am
Dear Darlene, I would like to ask you if you could email me pictures of the little gun you have mentioned here in this post. Or are you looking to find out where the gun came from, what it originally cost, current market value if there is any, or collectors value, I am a disabled US Army veteran and actually picked up a gun that sounded similar to the one you have.. however it was stolen several years ago, so if your gun is the same or similar to mine I might be able to find out whatever information you are looking for… I tell you what though I was heart broken when mine was stolen.. I picked up the one I had when I was stationed in Germany where there arent as many gun control bans like there are here in the US
Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon
Bill
Aug 24, 2008 at 11:50 pm
It’s a perfect mini gun
Oct 4, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Hi!
I too have a small gun like this that belonged to my Great-Grandmother–according to her, it was given to her in the 1920s by a young farm-hand who had been orphaned during the first world war and sent to Canada–he told her that they were worn around the necks of some women in Europe as a means of extra protection if they needed to fight off any “unwanted advances”–supposedly if you aimed correctly you could blind your attacker, or, if you hit their temple, kill them.
This was the story I always knew, and although one antique dealer I spoke with agreed, another said it would be impossible for such a small gun to fire and that it is just a watch fob–if you do have any information on older versions of these guns so I could find out a little more it would be very much appreciated
Nov 2, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I have one of these guns that is on your web. It is in the case and made of gold. Let me know how to sell it. My uncle was a POW in Germany.
Dec 6, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I have one of the gold guns like this from Austria. It has been fired, it appears. It does have bullets in a red box, etc. and in a storage box, by xythos. I am interested in selling it, and going to a web site auction, called USASold.com in N.C. Any info I can get for this let me know. Thanks. Richard
Jul 12, 2009 at 1:37 am
Hello there,
I have a Andres & Dowrsky A-3822 Karlstein thaya mini gun. Had it for years and it appears that it is more of an emergency flare signal gun. Any idea as to where can I get more details or info.
Sep 12, 2009 at 10:22 am
I have a Andres & Dowrsky mini gun that is a flare pistol. I bought it in Switzerland back in 1990 and it is great fun but I have run out of ammo and flares. I have been trying to work out where you can purchase them. Does anyone know?
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