Polish VIS35 Radom , help please!

[emt722]

Wow, I just shot a friends Polish Radom VIS35, took it apart, cleaned, now I cant get it back together. I took it apart like my colt 45, except no barrel bushing and it has a full length guide rod. It wont go back together, I know someone here knows the secret. its so cool, even SS marked on slide and frame.

[Noah Zark]

Well, not knowing how far you tore it down I'll assume that you took the top end off the frame and did not disassemble the frame any further.

Also, I don't know if your friend's Radom has a disassembly latch or not. This is the lever that is in the same location as the thumb safety on a 1911. Later production Radoms do not have this takedown lever.

Insert the barrel in the slide.

Install the guide rod/recoil spring assembly, with the two "prongs" on the guide rod flange pointing away from the barrel.

Once the guide rod is in place, rotate it about 180 degrees so that the "prongs" and the concave surface between them on the guide rod flange seat against the barrel in front of the cam block beneath the chamber.

Cock the hammer, make sure the magazine is out of the frame, and slip the assembled slide onto the frame rails.

If the pistol HAS a takedown latch, pull the slide all the way back and engage the takedown latch to restrain the slide. Insert the slide stop lever partway into the frame, making sure that the tab on the top of the thumbpiece is aligned with the small semicircular notch in the bottom left edge of the slide, just in front of the slide stop notch.

If the pistol DOES NOT have a takedown latch, you need to hold the slide in position such that the tab on the top of the thumbpiece is aligned with the small semicircular notch as above.

To fully seat the slide stop lever, say "Ugga ugga boo ugga boo boo ugga" three times and pull forward slightly on the recoil spring guide rod to allow the slide stop lever to seat. Release the guide rod to allow the guide rod flange to seat in the shallow "flat" of the slide stop to retain it in the slide.

That's it.

However, if you partially or fully disassembled the frame and removed the lockwork components, you're screwed. J/K. The frame and it's interior components are assembled much the same as those in a 1911. Couple hints: The loop of the disconnector and the two ends of the sear face backwards. The sear spring installs much the same as that of a 1911, with the left arm engaging the sear and the center arm laying against the slanted rear face of the disconnector. Also, if you removed the FP keeper, FP and hammer drop lever, you install the FP in its bore, and slip the FP retainer only partially in place to hold the FP completely forward in its bore to allow the hammer drop lever to be fully seated first, then fully seat the FP retainer plate.

Please advise if you need further instructions or clarification, or describe just "what won't go back together." I will be away the rest of Sat and most of Sun, and will be back on line Sun eve, 13 Feb so please don't think I'm ignoring you.

HTH,

Noah

[emt722]

Thanks, I guess I was doing it right after all. I guess this pistol has a mag safety like a Browning, I got it put together but it wouldnt shoot without the magazine inserted. I thought I broke it. Cool pistol, a friend got it from his uncle. I have to take some pictures now that its put together, I still think it is SS marked, I have never seen one with this marking. Thanks a lot.