My son and I have been on the prowl for a decently priced Radom vis 35 and finally scored one. Can't find any import marks.

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It arrived at my FFL's today, but I blew the pictures I tried taking with my phone...unfortunately my state has a 10 day "cooling off" period before I can take it home and get better pics.

Nice, very nice.

The Polish Radom vis-35 has been on my “short list.” I’m pretty much there with my wants, but still need a vis-35 for my eccentric collection. I have several Radom pistols, including a pellot trainer which freak’in smokes after the rebuild.

Not that I’m against Nazi marked pistols, (and I have a few,) but I tend to get commercial or pre-war examples. With Mausers and Walthers this works out for me as they are generally less expensive. Unfortuanatly a pre war, three lever vis-35 in excellent condition, like your occupation one is going to be hard to find, not to mention, spendy.

Great find and addition.

Jim

Looks like a very nice example. I’ve been after one for some time. They seem to be in horrible shape or incredibly expensive. One will pop up. Congratulations on the nice find

Back in my very early shooting days I had one, I think it had the Waffenamt stamp. I paid $25 for it at a local gun shop back in the late 1950s (you could have bought a Luger, P-38, or M1911 for the same price back then). I shot it for awhile then traded it off for something else. Another on the long list of guns I wish I had kept.

The one pasted on to me came with a hoslster with clip and the
pistol with its second clip, that was probably a war issue.

Nice weapon with easy break down and easy to clean.
The barrel was shot out and I finally got a replacement from one
of the Eastern part stores.

It did not like the Hornady 100gr fmj's but did ok with the 115gr FMJ
bullet from Speer and Sierra.
Back then I also shot the Speer 125gr JSD with Bullseye and Unique powder with a OAL of 1.16", that worked well, in this pistol.
Good shooting.

I had a Nazi stamped Radom a couple of years ago. It was the least disirable models for collectors. The Polish Eagle is suppose
to be the best one. I have had them in the past when they were
cheap and never paid any attention to them, they were all Nazi
models. I guess they cut quality and simplified some machining
for wartime production under Nazi control. I only shot a few mags
through them to make sure they functioned before offing them.

Many consider this the “Toppest Nine”, that is to say the greatest 9 para handgun yet.

If anyone remembers the now-defunct "Gun Week" newspaper (it was pretty good and did not deserve to die), they once had a rather lengthy and detailed article about the Radom. The author heaped considerable praise on it. But that was probably more than 30 years ago. It did make an impression on me at the time as I had been a former owner of one.

I wrote several articles for Gun Week back then on several of the really obscure and oddball guns I used to have. I don't remember what they were as it was so long ago.

Although not well known, the Polish VS35 is one of the most highly regarded battle pistols of the WWII era. I still kick myself for selling a nice 3 lever "B" block example, all original and matching. That looks like a beauty you have there.

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John