Sort of an interesting cross between a Hi Power and a 1911. The butt appears to have an A, an S and what could be an H.
There’s an S on the trigger, an X and what could be a cross on the trigger guard. A cursive capital B is also found on several parts. It has Nazi proof marks in several places. It is repeated on several interior parts. It appears to be fairly early because the finish isn’t bad, the take-down lever is still present and the grip bushings are still being used. I gather most of the records were destroyed at the end of the war. It would be nice to find out more about when this one was built. The trigger pull isn’t bad and the hammer-drop safety works fine. This one has a frosted bore, but the interior parts don’t show a lot of wear, so it may have been carried a lot and not shot much. The finish got rougher, and after a bit the take-down lever was deleted to save machine time, but they continued to be a reliable firearm. The pre-war versions are nicely finished, After Germany and Russia divided up Poland between them in 1939, the Germans took over the Fabryka Broni factory in Radom and continued production. This pistol is certainly an enigma within the collector field for those of us that collect Polish VIS or Nazi Radom Pistols.I have wanted a Polish VIS Model 35 or Radom as it’s commonly called for a while, and finally found one. Obviously the first and most distinguishing aspect of this pistol as noted is the serial number, which is "00000".
In the manufacturing world this would typically signify an early prototype or preproduction test pistol. It has also been theorized that this might have been the very first pistol that was produced with the new "dark salt blued" finish, vs. the old "dark rust blued" finish, however there is no definitive rationale to support that theory as this pistol is in immaculate, like new condition and if they were going to use this as a test piece (for finish durability) usually they are in terrible condition. However if we analyze this pistol more, the actual purpose of this pistol seems to point more to the fact that it was probably the very first Polish Radom produced under German (Steyr factory personnel) control which featured the new group two slide markings and new serial range. The characteristics which indicate this are that the pistol falls into an early group two pistol, which is when the Germans introduced the new slide marking and serial numbers, however still retained some of the characteristics of the old group one pistols.
This change probably took place sometime in early 1941 after most of the old Polish VIS parts were used up. Long Branch,sporter for sale mint condition, all matching serial numbers, birch stock in better than. As noted this slide has the new "single line" German markings of "F.B.RADOM VIS Mod. 15567" with no other Nazi model markings or proof marks on the slide, however it still has the old decocking lever on the side. It is correctly serial numbered "00000" on the underside of the slide in the frame slot, indicating they were obviously produced together. RANDOM.ORG offers true random numbers to anyone on the Internet.
The barrel is still in the machined white/bright factory finish and it is not numbered, however it does carry a small "Nazi Eagle" firing proof along with a single "Eagle/623" Waffenamt proof, clearly indicating German/Steyr factory acceptance/oversight. The pistol still has a group one frame with the old stock slot on the back strap, with the new black plastic checkered grips with the same old style "FB" and "VIS" markings inside an inverted triangle on each side.
#Radom model 35 serial numbers code
Code following the model name on arms made for Sears, Roebuck & Company.
#Radom model 35 serial numbers serial numbers
Dated 1936, 1937, 1938, or 1939 and having small sized serial numbers in the. #Radom Model 35 Serial Numbers serial numbersĬertainly there is no definitive proof as to what the exact purpose or production place this pistol represents, so it certainly would be worth conducting considerable research on this model within the collector community to establish it exact purpose. #Radom Model 35 Serial Numbers serial numbersĠ2 Code following the model name on arms made for Sears, Roebuck & Company.
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