Radom Vis P35 Questions

[rshackleford]

ok, i just found a christmas present. we were going through a box of my grandfathers old stuff that he brought back from world war ii

in it we found a P35 with serial number D63xx, take down latch, decocker, but no stock slot? all three serial numbers match slide, frame, and barrell.

any thoughts on what grade this is? the components above do line up with some of the other info i have found out there about grading.

i took it out today and shot it with some pmc fmj factory loads. it shoots nice but has a hard time chambering a new round. any thoughts on this?

 

[jonnyc]

Give it a real good clean and lube before determining if there's a problem. Might just need some new springs.

 

[Jim K]

I can just hear some German officer saying, "OK, Herrn, don't use any of those new mainspring housings until we reach number E0001; we have to conform to what some collector publication in America is going to say 50 years from now."

I am not sure things were done that way, but mainspring housings were numbered and if yours is correct, it doesn't matter it conforms to some "type" or not.

Jim

 

[rshackleford]

I am interested in two things.

1. When was this made or more info about the handguns time line?
2. How to I make it run right?

knowing the value is not a huge thing for me because i never intend to sell it; however, if it were worth insuring i would like to know that.

 

[Slinger]

G&A article

I have a short peice on the Radom Pistol I found in Guns & Ammo. According to the peice the P-35 designation indicates that it was built during the Nazi Occupation of Poland.

If you would like I could e-mail a scaned copy so you could read it yourself.

 

[rshackleford]

I have not had time to clean the handgun to see if that will make it run right as my wife and I decided to head to the big city, billings, montana. Population 100,000 and about 6 hours away. This puts me in a pickle. I read that the vis might require +p+ ammo but I was going to try the good cleaning before bought that ammo. Now I am headed to a place I have a chance of buying some but don't know if it is needed or if the vis can handle it so my question is:

Does the vis need +p ammo to run right?

Sent from my BlackBerry pardon any typos.

 

[markb]

Mine will run on standard 9mm. After 50+ years it will probably need to be stripped and given a good cleaning.

 

[jonnyc]

No, does not need +P or +P+, nor should you use them in the Radom. Too much wear on the innards and springs.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

The Radom is a strrong pistol, but you get down to the metalurgy. Steel from WWII is not as refined and occasionally not as properly heat treated as the modern stuff. I would only use +P sparingly, since it wasn't really designed for high pressures. As others have said, clean it and use a factory standard spring.

 

[rshackleford]

after a good cleaning i finally got back out to shoot. the vis ran perfectly as did the fn 1906 we found in the same crate of keepsakes.

the vis is a pretty awesome gun. thanks for all the advice all.

 

[navyretired 1]

A VIS model 1935 with Commercial markings on slide and a nice blue job was prewar, guns made for Nazi's were usually rough and as the war went on they started removing things like diassembly lever, slide stop lever and replaced them with roll pins. they also had Nazi acceptance stamps and proofs.
There is also a warning that Nazi guns were made by slave labor and they were often sabatoged by workers even worst than other slave labor factories.