Radom

[R_Hessian]

I would like some of you "fellow" Radom fans to look at these grips, they are not like other Radom wood grips yet I think they are original.
The wood is the same as the "Ribbed" ones on late war pistols, both sets have grease and wear marks to the backside.
Comments?

Robert

[R_Hessian]

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[david w]

Hard to say, however the wood appears to be beech which is a good sign.
David

[Matt Weber]

Robert,

Very interestesting Robert. You can definately see the markings on the back that would indicate that these were once attached to a Pistol. The wood, as David stated, appears to be correct. Perhaps these are the same wooden grips, but they never were grooved out like the rest.

I've also seen some of these plain wood grips like these that have a large "BNZ" marked on them.

Matt

[R_Hessian]

Bnz

Matt,

Boy, I would of snagged those BNZ grips in a heart beat as long as they looked "Era" to me, there was also a member on this forum who said he had a set made out of Zinc!

The Radoms are a very neglected pistol when it comes to printed Ref. works, but I'll tell you this; when someone writes and English Lang. book one these the prices will take off.

Well, I'm going to go through my Radoms in the next couple of days and see if 1 or 2 might be put up for sale as I have a couple of items in sight and they won't be cheap.

If others have some unusual radom grips I would love to see them!

Robert

Robert,

Very interestesting Robert. You can definately see the markings on the back that would indicate that these were once attached to a Pistol. The wood, as David stated, appears to be correct. Perhaps these are the same wooden grips, but they never were grooved out like the rest.

I've also seen some of these plain wood grips like these that have a large "BNZ" marked on them.

Matt

[Johnnie]

Robert,
It was I who you mean about the "zinc" grips. Actually, they are cast aluminum, and I appologize for not getting back to you about them. They are currently packed away, and as soon as I dig them out with some other things, I will either send to you, or post pics.
They are standard looking Early Radom grips with normal markings, although a little thicker than the early plastic ones, and are cast aluminum,
Johnnie

Matt,

Boy, I would of snagged those BNZ grips in a heart beat as long as they looked "Era" to me, there was also a member on this forum who said he had a set made out of Zinc!

The Radoms are a very neglected pistol when it comes to printed Ref. works, but I'll tell you this; when someone writes and English Lang. book one these the prices will take off.

Well, I'm going to go through my Radoms in the next couple of days and see if 1 or 2 might be put up for sale as I have a couple of items in sight and they won't be cheap.

If others have some unusual radom grips I would love to see them!

Robert

[Paul R.]

Radom grips

These are Radom grips. I have several types just like these shown. I want to mention that my research into the mfg. of radoms especially late war. The styer mfg plant was even using old wooded crates. any thing that could be recycled for grips were used. I have seen some grips with other ammo markings under the wooden panel,and also oddly the thick end of a fruit crate.

[R_Hessian]

Radom

Paul,

I have been told by a person who did some minor digging at the "Old" Steyr plant that they used the wood from used Heer chesse crates.

If you like "late war" Radoms and you would be willing to PM me your email address I have some nice pictures of a nice one to show you.

Robert

[leer]

Radom grips

Hello everybody,

I just started writing the book Robert Zimkas mentioned - a Collector Grade Publications book of the Vis (Radom) pistols, so brace up for the expected prices skyrocketing. But seriously, it will take several years, I'm afraid, to finish it. I have already accumulated ca. 6 lbs of notes and photocopies from the Polish records about the developmental history of the pistol - which will allow me to turn the history of the Vis as we all know it from Mr Wilniewczyc's shamelessly auto-promoting "memoirs" head over heels. I also have two sets of blueprints - one dated 1937, and the other with German translated headlines and hand-written amendments dated between 1942 and January 1945. According to these even the basic black bakelite grips were in at least two variations - the pre-war blueprint states the thickness of the grip panel to be 7.1 mm at the top and 8.1 mm at the bottom, while the German one is 6.9 mm top and 7.9 mm bottom. I aslo got a (bad copy of the) Steyr drawing showing a simplified P35/1, with no disassy latch - sporting bakelite grip panels with rounded Steyr-Daimler-Puch logo! I have seen an early (1/G series) German Radom with such smooth wooden grips - probably retrofitted. Never heard of the aluminum or zins grip plates - anyone has the photos?

Cheers,
leer