If you are looking into going into the airsoft business and you want to differentiate yours from the other airsoft shops, then you might want to look into this business model that KRISS USA have put together. Whilst it is not an airsoft business, it is the importation of specialty, vintage, curios and relic firearms. The company announced the launch of Edelweiss Arms last 1st of March 2018.

Yeah, yeah. You might want to burst singing “Edelweiss” from the “Sound of Music” upon hearing the name of the new venture, which is the latest from the KRISS USA after the launch of KRYTAC for the airsoft market earlier in this decade.

With the U.S. having the biggest civilian arms market in the world, there are many who collect rare firearms from all over the world. Edelweiss Arms aims to tap this demand by focusing on Swiss firearms, being the KRISS is also based in Switzerland. Being in Europe also means that it can also tap into a network of suppliers via partnerships to also bring other vintage and C&R firearms from other parts of the continent, which has a rich history of firearms development for hundreds of years.

Edelweiss Arms will ensure that the items they bring to the discerning American firearms collectors are of high quality. Initially, they venture will offer the SIG P210 pistol, Lugers, P49, and the W+F BERN vintage rifle series.

You might want to follow this business model, like specializing in Classic airsoft guns released in the first twenty years of airsoft, as well as airsoft guns based on period guns. What you need to ensure is that these should be high quality pieces that should be working in order to command prices. The question now, is there a market of airsoft players collecting such vintage airsoft guns? There might be if you look hard.

Press release from KRISS USA below:

KRISS USA Launches New Division Edelweiss Arms

March 1, 2018 – Chesapeake, Virginia, USA – Today KRISS USA, manufacturers and developers of the KRISS® Vector family of firearms, launch Edelweiss Arms, a new division focused on the import and sale of C&R (curios and relics) and antique firearms, with a specialty on Swiss firearms, to collectors in the United States .

Edelweiss Arms is a direct to consumer e-commerce business that leverages strategic partnerships in Switzerland, and throughout Europe, to source only the highest grade and historically significant collector’s firearms.

“This is an exciting new venture for our business, and we’re looking forward to providing some value to the collector’s market in the United States,” states KRISS USA Marketing Manager, Tim Seargeant.

“Edelweiss Arms is positioned to provide the discerning collector in the United States unprecedented access to some of the most pristine condition antique and C&R firearms from Europe. Additionally, our Edelweiss Arms website is designed to streamline the decision making and ordering process, to reduce the guess work that is traditionally associated with shopping for collector’s pieces.”

Edelweiss Arms’ initial offerings include a wide variety of Schmidt-Rubin rifles. In addition to long arms, Edelweiss Arms also boasts a selection of Lugers in different variations from Waffenfabrik Bern (W+F Bern) and Deutsche Waffen Munitions Fabriken (DWM).

Other handguns include several SIG P210 semi-automatic pistols as well as the P49, the Swiss military version of the P210. Edelweiss Arms also specializes in antique firearms, as defined by 27 CFR 478.11, which can be transferred in the United States without a Federal Firearms License (FFL).

For more information about Edelweiss Arms, or to view the current inventory, visit:www.edelweissarms.com.