Thread: WANTED: Polish Radom Mod. 35 Barrel

Like the title says, looking for a barrel for a Radom M35 pistol.
Grips too.
Maybe a parts gun?
Moderator: Not sure if this is the correct place to post this. Please move as needed
Thanks,
Ken

C'mon guys, all I need is one.

Originally Posted by kendog

C'mon guys, all I need is one.

We all sat down when you were out and took a vote Ken.

YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE !

Originally Posted by speerchucker30x3

We all sat down when you were out and took a vote Ken.

YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE !

OK OK. I get it.

I'll take three, then.

I just KNEW you guys were hiding them.

My Numrich gun parts catalog shows the grips...

Barrel could have locking lug/chamber area bored out, and a new barrel silver brazed back in.

Barrel blank could be fit with a slight shoulder in locking lug stub to prevent barrel from going forward.

This IS a machinist forum...

Silver braze (I use the Brownells paste type for this kind of work...), a barrel blank, and a 9mm reamer needed...

Customer has a Radom with no barrel, so no can do liner! Found 1 barrel in Illinois, but the outside is worse than the inside. I'm waiting for Speerchuckster to hit his stash.

I'll check with Erv at Western Gun Parts for you on Monday on ViS wz.35 parts, but don't start doing hand stands. The odds are decidedly NOT in your favor. They are not on the prohibited list in Canada, just restricted and they have no serial numbers which means they can be exported with no paperwork and they are not on the USA government communist block blackball or Saturday night special list so they can be imported. But Canada is not a hotbed for handguns. You might call Marstars as well. They might have one kicking around they would sell you cheap. Its not like they are in high demand anywhere in the world.


Marstar Canada - Main Page

Thanks! I KNEW you had something up your kilt....I mean sleeve!

Originally Posted by speerchucker30x3

I'll check with Erv at Western Gun Parts for you on Monday on ViS wz.35 parts, but don't start doing hand stands. The odds are decidedly NOT in your favor. They are not on the prohibited list in Canada, just restricted and they have no serial numbers which means they can be exported with no paperwork and they are not on the USA government communist block blackball or Saturday night special list so they can be imported. But Canada is not a hotbed for handguns. You might call Marstars as well. They might have one kicking around they would sell you cheap. Its not like they are in high demand anywhere in the world.


Marstar Canada - Main Page

Marstar's out of them.
Found one in England, but those guys are more cranky than Cannuks.

LOL **** You better practice your "cheerios, wizards, blokes, wankers and what-L-it-be-today-mates". I called everyone here and no dice. Everyone says try John at Marstars.

One on ePay, if it's legal to post a link:

WW2 German Nazi Polish Radom P35(p) barrel | eBay

Grips on gunbroker:

WWII Radom VIS p-35 BLACK BAKIELITE GRIPS : Pistol Grips at GunBroker.com

Some repops also:

Radom VIS Grips : Pistol Grips at GunBroker.com

Originally Posted by kendog

Customer has a Radom with no barrel, so no can do liner! Found 1 barrel in Illinois, but the outside is worse than the inside. I'm waiting for Speerchuckster to hit his stash.

'Customer'? Sheesh! Thought yez was a collector with Californio proclivities trying to complete a collection.

Not that the firearm in question was a BAD one. Quite decent in its day, actually. Just nothing special compared to what followed.

If he can afford it, take the one in Illinois, pull the dimensions, verify, make a new one.

Otherwise, help him pick out a more sustainable replacement. Hardly a shortage of candidates.

Bill

Originally Posted by thermite

'Customer'? Sheesh! Thought yez was a collector with Californio proclivities trying to complete a collection.

Not that the firearm in question was a BAD one. Quite decent in its day, actually. Just nothing special compared to what followed.

If he can afford it, take the one in Illinois, pull the dimensions, verify, make a new one.

Otherwise, help him pick out a more sustainable replacement. Hardly a shortage of candidates.

Bill

$100 for a new barrel blank, a days labor, $300. And this is cheaper? You work as a bureaucrat Bill? he he he he he he

Originally Posted by speerchucker30x3

$100 for a new barrel blank, a days labor, $300. And this is cheaper? You work as a bureaucrat Bill? he he he he he he

Nah. But I've picked up several better handguns, used, for an average of about $300-$400 over the years. And in 9/10 or even 10/10th condition, not so much as worn blueing. New ones at $400 to $800, though it has been a while since the Megastar arrived.

Nor am I suggesting a rare or custom or expensive item, even if mass-produced.

So even if that price range has gone up - and prices I have seen for a PP Ultra chambered .380 ACP - not the most common of my lot - indicate it hasn't by all that much, the client would HAVE something beside a headache when the next bits of the Radom want care.

Now, if a family member was of the Polish Resistance or some such, and there is a 'history' with this particular item, then all bets are off.

While the SN may ID the frame as pre-war, for-sure I would trust a new barrel made one-off by your good self or similarly skilled craftsman than a used one of less-certain origin,

Pretty difficult to hold steel QC, heat-treat, or anything else when bombers are trying to put paid to all that and the labour force are not where they are by choice. That's a risk with most anything used in wartime, and more so anywhere on the continent of Europe than off.

Bill

My guy wants to complete THIS one, so I am not going to argue. I dont care if he wants to spend 4, or 40 times what the thing is worth. I just try to find the parts, as long as I don't spend a crapload of time on it. As far as making one, I am not that smart or that good (or that interested), so it would be MUCH harder for me to make it, take WAY too long, and cost him A BUNCH!

Shake the internet trees and they start falling out of the sky. I just found a parts gun (with barrel) at a shop that I do the "open heart surgery" (barrel fitting, muzzle brakes, etc.) for. Also tracking the one on ebay.

I hope this Radom thing is not habit forming.

The first thing I ask a customer when they approach me with this sort of job is "what's your budget?" If we arrive at a number that I think I can deal with, I take it. If not, see you on the next one.
So far, I'm not upside down by a long shot.

You have the right formula.

If more folks would be take that honest and pragmatic approach right up front, there would be fewer automobiles left for unpaid repair bills and less drag on a craftsman's time and finances that drives ALL his fees upwards.

Bill

Originally Posted by speerchucker30x3

LOL **** You better practice your "cheerios, wizards, blokes, wankers and what-L-it-be-today-mates". I called everyone here and no dice. Everyone says try John at Marstars.

Damn, where's my manners?? Thanks for looking for me. Still looking/finding random Radom stuff. Seems they were made from unobtanium, or expensium. Two or three parts cost more than a gun brings on Gunbroker!

Originally Posted by kendog

Still looking/finding random Radom stuff. Seems they were made from unobtanium, or expensium. Two or three parts cost more than a gun brings on Gunbroker!

More likely made from dontgiveadamnium, hence scrapped, or just kicked about 'til lost from sight, long-since.

And it isn't just that they bring more than an entire Radom in usable nick. They bring more than a wide selection of arguably BETTER used handguns - wherein 'better' depends on the beholder's wont, as a shortage of choice there is not.

Bill

Originally Posted by kendog

Damn, where's my manners?? Thanks for looking for me. Still looking/finding random Radom stuff. Seems they were made from unobtanium, or expensium. Two or three parts cost more than a gun brings on Gunbroker!

Close. The early ones were made from rare, air soluble, unobtanium while the later ones were produced with UV hardening, Zimbabwe, crystalline death steel. I think if it was me, I would move and send the customer back his gun with no return address on the package. AND NEVER WORK ON RADOMS AGAIN ! he he he