Help with radom p35

[norc45]

hey im just trying to get tothe bottom of these markings i cant disagree with this statement because i just dont know what does SA stand for on bottom of magwell and no its not finnish because it doesnt match there stamp

[norc45]

on the bottom of magwell there are no symbols there is just 2 letters SA one letter on each end of magwell

[norc45]

And this symbol is a runic symbol as per my diagram one symbol on left side of trigger there are not several but 1 on this pistol no where else is there a symbol like this one on this pistol

[Mike Steves]

You should post a photo of the SA marking. Remember that parts of the pistol were checked during manufacture for fit. These small stamps were most likely in house acceptance markings for the part and don't mean anything to us today, but at the time of manufacture meant the machine operation passed inspection. Machine parts were constantly checked for accuracy during manufacture.

I realize your symbol is probably a runic symbol, but the SS didn't go around stamping runic symbols on everything they touched, it's a typical type of marking found on Radom items. I have seen it before on 98k's.

[phild]

You should post a photo of the SA marking. Remember that parts of the pistol were checked during manufacture for fit. These small stamps were most likely in house acceptance markings for the part and don't mean anything to us today, but at the time of manufacture meant the machine operation passed inspection. Machine parts were constantly checked for accuracy during manufacture.

I realize your symbol is probably a runic symbol, but the SS didn't go around stamping runic symbols on everything they touched, it's a typical type of marking found on Radom items. I have seen it before on 98k's.

I agree with the above. Most every military weapon from any country for at least the last 150 years can be found bearing all manner of letters, numbers and symbols applied to various parts that have nothing to do with "proofing/acceptance" much less unit associations.

As stated above these types of markings are often called tool markings or assembly markings and each factory had there own way to track parts through the production process. Radom pistols are well known to show many such markings...they have nothing to do with who received the finished pistol and only have meaning in the context of the weapons assembly process. For instance the markings in the mag well probably simply mean the dimensions of the mag well had been verified by someone assigned one of the letter stamps (A or S) and had been machined by the person with the other stamp letter....when an operation was completed the area was stamped, the part placed in a bin with hundreds of others and moved to the next operation....the letter would show who did what work and that it had been completed.

[byf45]

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