I was wondering if anyone knew what color grips would be correct for this gun. Also the serial number is a little confusing to me. I cannot tell if it supposed to be H0 (zero) or HO (letter O). It is all matching, non import marked, a 3 lever and it does not have a cut out for a stock.

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The first toy gun that I can remember: Uncle eldon came home from the war with the random I wrote of earlier on this thread. I was 5 years old, saw him get out of a car in front of our store with his war bag. He came in and mom and aunt isla went nuts kissing him. I wondered about that. Dad that night told me to look through his guns and pick one.

Here's the info for the last two grades Grade II Stock slot eliminated; military-blue finish; stamped left slide legend 'F.B. RADOM VIS Mod. 15567 P.35(p)'; both E/WaA77 or E/77 and E/623 acceptence stamp; barrel-recoil spring-guide in the white; Est prod 144,000 Grade II Subvariation 2: Wihout 'P.35(p)' on slide legend and at about serial number NO1 change to late E/77 acceptance stamp; the following changes also occur: elimination of finger clearance cuts; red, brown or black plastic or checkered wood grips; riveted trigger assembly; large grip screws and hollow head pins; serial range M8400 to Z2000. Est prod 73,600 Grade III: Take down latch eliminated; slide legend 'F.B.

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At the end of the day, at 6 p.m., we were lined up, counted again and we marched back to the camp. “There was one incident of escape that was found out at the end of the day. We stood in formation at the factory grounds for hours until the entire factory was searched. They did not find the person. Nobody knew who it was, because the counting was done by numbers, not by names. Only later, through the camp records, it was found out it was a young woman.

This appears to be an unmolested sample of the european gun trade, before the war, excepting only the slotting of the butt, which was arguably, a wartime change; the gun is entirely too clean to sell at bargain price. I had an early pre-occupation VIS P-35, ser. # under 2000 with no prefix or suffix. It had an extremely smooth, glassy finish (polish) but with a satin gloss bluing.

You could hear a series of punches as it made the hole.” What were your working conditions like at the factory? “I don’t remember much of the working conditions from this station. I don’t remember any people or how the production line was set up.

Radom Vis P35 Serial Numbers

Complete with a lanyard loop. Very high quality of machining and metal finish!

Vis (Polish designation pistolet wz. 35 Vis, German designation 9 mm Pistole 35(p), or simply the Radom in English sources) is a 9×19mm. Apr 03, 2008  Early Radom VIS Discussion in 'The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum' started. I can't help you on the wooden grips. All of the early VIS P-35s (Radom was the arsenal where they were made) that I've seen had the plastic grips. The very late ones were parkerized, pretty crude, and had plain wooden grips. The serial number.

I didn't have much choice in replacing the springs, they were so light I was afraid I'd damage the slide and/or frame if I tried firing it as it was. The springs on it were bent, and the internal spring appears to be a shorter replacement of the wrong size that had been 'stretched' to give it more tension. It was that way for a LONG time, the interior was covered in old, drying oil that was also relatively 'tacky'.

Upon seeing that the Russian offensive stalled, the Germans returned to the factory and evacuated the production line to Znaim a couple of months later where they continued making the Vis pistols in small numbers until the factory was finally bombed out of business on March 8, 1945. An Interview With Dora Zaidenweber Dora Zaidenweber is a public speaker and a survivor of the Holocaust. Her father was deported to Auschwitz in 1942 and survived the war in the infamous death camp. She is the translator and editor of his memoirs from the camp, titled Sky Tinged Red. At the time of the interview, she was the last living person to have worked in the Radom pistol factory under Nazi occupation. When did you start working at Radom factory? “It was about September of 1943 when I was put in the concentration camp on Szkolna Street, which was a subdivision of the Majdanek camp.

I hate myself for it. It still looked brand new in the holster. The serial # is H 1535.

I believe you are confused in your nomenclature. The 'Radom' is a Polish manufactured, 8 shot 9mm pistol. It is single action and has a decocker, I think. The 'P-35' is another name for the GP 35 or Browning High Power and holds 13 rounds. The GP35 was produced in large numbers for the SS and other German units once they overran Belgium. I am pretty sure that the Radom was also pressed into service after the defeat of Poland.

Check this thread out for more info if your interested - http://luger.gunboards.com/showthread.php?t=17812. Polishmike, Thanks for the link. I do believe you have a unique factory Radom. The frame appears to be an earlier model perhaps left in the white at the factory then mated to a later slide (or perhaps the slide was never stamped at the time) and given later slide engraving with a mid wartime finish.

Vis Radom Pistol Serial Numbers

I'm trying to locate an owner. I was very surprised to find this firearm when most of the people I deal with carry Jennings, Phoenix, or Bryco pistols. The photo on the handle is very interesting and appears to be a 1940's era photo. Scoutwookie: I recently read a book about a young American officer in WW-II who took a piece of plexiglass off of a downed aircraft and made grips similar to yours for his issued 1911. He then placed a photo of his wife and child under the plexiglass grips and carried it that way throughout the remainder of the war. Download tema windows 10. If I can find the book again (it was from the public library) I will post a reference to it. To me, I think the original or previous owner of your Radom did a very similar thing.