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  • MIKE WISKEY
    w/3 levers it wouls be early war production after the nazi invasion (1940,41,42?) it looks like it was reblued.
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  • atrisha
    Thank you Mike. Why do you think it was reblued any go signs to look for. Thanks again for the info great to know.
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  • MIKE WISKEY
    the early polish production radom's hard a commercial quality blued finish, as the germans took over (fall of 1939) the quality foe the finish went down. The slides had a machined look to them (not much if any polishing) and the lettering was very distinct. Yours looks like it was polished with the lettering 'dished' out slightly.
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  • gary wray
    atrisha....German occupied Poland Radom's are divided into three grades with several subvariations of each grade. As the war progressed, and German fortunes waned, the quality got poorer on the Radoms and shortcuts were taken in production. From what I can see, it looks like you have a Grade II Radom and the WaA77 acceptance would make it subv 1 and the serial # would put it into the early production cycle. I think Mike is right about the high polish....only Grade I had that high polish blue (like the original Polish Eagle Radom's) as Grade II had the military blue finish. Perhaps it is the light, but yours looks as if it was reblued. Anyway, of all the Radoms, Grade II is the most common as @144,000 were made. You probably already know that the Germans thought so much of the Radom that they used many of them as sidearms for the vaunted SS. Most weapons from occupied countries were incorporated into the German Army but usually went to second line/occupation troops, but not the Radom. As to the holster, you need to go over it with a glass to look for WaA marks. It does not, however, look like a Radom holster. If it is it would be marked with a P35 mark on it somewhere (usually inside the cover) although I have seen some that were for the Radom w/o that mark (but with the WaA mark) as later in the war the Germans would put them in about anything that would fit! Hope this helps! Good shooting!
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