I have one dad won in a poker game, on his way home from WWII. It's an amazing gun. Pre war, orig alloy frame, serial number below 2000. It has a slot on the back of the grip to accommodate a shoulder stock. None survived the Nazis. Shoots very smooth, accurate and reliably. Great friggin gun! I have no idea what it is worth? ✌💨
If you like the FB Vis, you should check out FBs new firearms, I have no idea what the legality of fully automatic rifles is where you live, but FB have some bad ass assault rifles, their PR-15 pistol is also worth checking out.
@@miko8732 unfortunately I live in colorado aka commiado so that's almost a no go for me considering that I need a FFL license.. Maybe one day. All check it out though forsure
HiPowers from occupied Belgium also were prolific in the Reich armed forces. If a modernized Radom were produced today, with better sights, a Wilson or McCormick refined magazine, and alloy frame, such a sidearm would be a good seller among the "1911" shooting public.
Simply Vis not Vee aI eS. It's a word in Latin (power) not an acronym. Though it did start as an acronym WIS which stood for the names of the designers (W and S, "i" meaning "and" in Polish). And W is read as V in Polish so it was a simple transition... I guess someone heard the name and went; - Vis? Like"power" in Latin? - well, now that you've mentioned it... ;-)
maybe a jab at FN for the sower deal that fell through? I mean Hi-Power- Vis? Altough I don`t think the High Power was refered as such back in the 30s or was it?
"Pistols" or "hand-guns" as You call them, weren't our problem in 1939. As a Polishman, I always thought we should have put way more effort into producing American-developed technology back in the 30's. It would have helped us immensely - instead of buying or producing guns based on British "BREN"'s MG-designs (fed by magazines) we should have gone "fully" into producing belt-fed "Brownings" on mass-scale and instead of having a German-designed and Polish modified & produced infantry bolt-action rifles we should have gone full way into designs like the "Garand M1" (I don't even know if it was available to produce by that time) - but anyway! - if you want good, solid and (most of all) QUALITY "gear" for war, you go for American. You guys practically invented modern war technology and been the best at it since your "Civil War". It wouldn't have changed the outcome of the 1939 Campaign - we couldn't take on both communism & nazism ALLIED TOGETHER - the nazis invaded us on the 1st Sept. 1939 - the commies on the 17th - stabbing us in the back, as they are used to! ...but the swines would have paid a WAY heavier price... PS. I remember reading the memories of a German General (forgot the name) during the 2nd French Campaign, or the "Normandy Campaign" (1944) as some call it. The guy wrote that (I'm quoting from memory) - "even on the rare occasions when our (i.e. German) troops could find themsleves in a 1:1 situation with the opposing American infantry, the Americans could develop three times the volume of fire that we could." Now! - I'm no "military expert" but something tells me that (apart from the obvious disparity in the supply situation) - the Germans were combining mainly two sorts of weapons by 1944 - the "standard" infantry Mauser bolt-action "Kar", and the MG'42's. The first one doesn't develop enough volume of fire, while the second develops TOO MUCH of the same volume, but after a minute it usually goes silent, because ...well!... with a rate of 1200-1500 rounds per minute it will consume all the strips you have in a minute or two. The Americans instead relied on an almost "perfect balance" of the clip-fed M1 "Garand" - semi-auto - in the hands of the regular infantrymen, that enabled them to produce a triple volume of rifle-fire and - on the other side - on Browning .303 machine guns, firing about ...what was it?...800 - 1000 rds/minute (tops!) - which means that the first "line" will not only be firing at triple speed, but it will also receive continuous MG fire-support from the "back&midst" - and those Brownings were "universal" & simple! - could be used (and were used) anywhere, everywhere and at anytime, and mud, sand, dust, dirt and barrel overheating practically did not concern them (at least not as much as the kraut MG38's and MG42's). Both of them - Garands & Brownings - produced on a MASSIVE scale! I wish we had those weapons in Poland in 1939. "Pistols" weren't our problem, as I said. Artillery - air cover and communication was!
i have a vis 35 P radom with serial # d6639. what would be the year it was produced?. pistol was taken from german officer by my dad during battle of the bulge.
The one and only movie debut of that gun was in the movie Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman. I guess I'll have to review the flick again to see if the handgun has a star or not.
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Poland was neither NAZI or communist when they made that pistol as they were an independent republic and that is the Poland I prefer.
Great video, im searching for the early VIS made by Poland but am only able to find the Nazi ones. Any idea where can i find the VIS made from 35 - 39? Thanks
It would be interesting to find out if ANY of the Poles or even Non-Polish that complain that we call it the Radom, actually have one. I’m in the States and have two.
@@donsaive2991 history of firearms ? Only in US this pistol (and fev other pistols) is called radom. Radom thats city 100km south from my house. Look on grips in this pistol - one side FB second side VIS. I would expect correct nomenclature not colloquial when we talk about history.
flanker2150 that’s where you’re wrong again, kiddo. We call it the Radom in Belgium and when I was recently in Poland, the Pols there called it the Radom as well.
@@donsaive2991 still colloquial - In poland everyone call VIS. More important - that's official name. About glock pistols many poles call klocek but in any serious publication should not use it.
I need help finding one of these.. A particular one I have serial number for.. It was a model after the German's took over the Manufacturer How could I find the owner if I lost contact info.. It was my grand fathers, and I want to get it back at all cost!
I was recently gifted a 1937 Polish Preoccupation VIS 35. Serial # 77xx. It doesn't have the magazine though. I'm looking for a G2 stamped magazine. If anyone has one for sale, please reply. And no, I'm not selling the gun. Sorry
Those with dyslexia read the title as: _Polished Random_ Pistols. Stay classy my friends. *Apologies for double spacing. It's a well known internal UA-cam error. This was also intended as a simple joke. No disrespect to those with dyslexia - including my father.
The strictly Polish marked versions of this are rare in the US. Every time I see one for sale online these days, they have Nazi or SS markings. Wish I could get one without the Nazi markings.
I have VIS, Ser# 4923X, among the first 200-s under occupation. No Polish inscriptions, no eagle, only a control stamps over a small parts and the same raw of swastikas on the barrel, which is puzzled me when I saw it on your gun. The swastika however is reversed, no other nazi's (?) marking, the slide is absolutely plane.
The svastika is a universal SUN symbol. The Nazis stole it from the Poles (or Hindu, or, or) like everything the Germans used allegedly as "their" symbols.
Often called ''the Last Cavalry Pistol'', as the Polish Army used cavalry far too long. It also has a decocker so you could safely decock the single action pistol without shooting your horse in the head. None of that cocked & locked nonsense like the Colt 1911.
VIS 35 is one of the best pistol ever made.
000:43 - I already love you man. Best wishes from Poland!
I own one. Even better than I thought it would be...👍
I would love to own one! Thank you for the demo and history lesson!
Good gun. Had one.
I have one dad won in a poker game, on his way home from WWII.
It's an amazing gun.
Pre war, orig alloy frame, serial number below 2000.
It has a slot on the back of the grip to accommodate a shoulder stock.
None survived the Nazis.
Shoots very smooth, accurate and reliably.
Great friggin gun!
I have no idea what it is worth?
✌💨
Atleast 5k, if it's all matching serial numbers, and not marked by the Germans.
@@dlife7427 Your name is Becker, it's a German name you dumb idiot
Thank you
Father gave me one when I turned 18 one bad ass firearm if you ask me never jams and shes about 85 to 80 years old.
If you like the FB Vis, you should check out FBs new firearms, I have no idea what the legality of fully automatic rifles is where you live, but FB have some bad ass assault rifles, their PR-15 pistol is also worth checking out.
@@miko8732 unfortunately I live in colorado aka commiado so that's almost a no go for me considering that I need a FFL license.. Maybe one day. All check it out though forsure
HiPowers from occupied Belgium also were prolific in the Reich armed forces. If a modernized Radom were produced today, with better sights, a Wilson or McCormick refined magazine, and alloy frame, such a sidearm would be a good seller among the "1911" shooting public.
very cool!
That is a Fine machine would love to own one had never heard of them until this vid
Great video. Now I want one!
Simply Vis not Vee aI eS. It's a word in Latin (power) not an acronym.
Though it did start as an acronym WIS which stood for the names of the designers (W and S, "i" meaning "and" in Polish).
And W is read as V in Polish so it was a simple transition...
I guess someone heard the name and went;
- Vis? Like"power" in Latin?
- well, now that you've mentioned it...
;-)
maybe a jab at FN for the sower deal that fell through? I mean Hi-Power- Vis? Altough I don`t think the High Power was refered as such back in the 30s or was it?
Kool - I’m picking up the later version, parkerized next week.
Nice reference to star wars movie franchise
Superb presentation and nice video. Thanks for sharing
"Pistols" or "hand-guns" as You call them, weren't our problem in 1939. As a Polishman, I always thought we should have put way more effort into producing American-developed technology back in the 30's. It would have helped us immensely - instead of buying or producing guns based on British "BREN"'s MG-designs (fed by magazines) we should have gone "fully" into producing belt-fed "Brownings" on mass-scale and instead of having a German-designed and Polish modified & produced infantry bolt-action rifles we should have gone full way into designs like the "Garand M1" (I don't even know if it was available to produce by that time) - but anyway! - if you want good, solid and (most of all) QUALITY "gear" for war, you go for American. You guys practically invented modern war technology and been the best at it since your "Civil War". It wouldn't have changed the outcome of the 1939 Campaign - we couldn't take on both communism & nazism ALLIED TOGETHER - the nazis invaded us on the 1st Sept. 1939 - the commies on the 17th - stabbing us in the back, as they are used to! ...but the swines would have paid a WAY heavier price...
PS.
I remember reading the memories of a German General (forgot the name) during the 2nd French Campaign, or the "Normandy Campaign" (1944) as some call it. The guy wrote that (I'm quoting from memory) - "even on the rare occasions when our (i.e. German) troops could find themsleves in a 1:1 situation with the opposing American infantry, the Americans could develop three times the volume of fire that we could." Now! - I'm no "military expert" but something tells me that (apart from the obvious disparity in the supply situation) - the Germans were combining mainly two sorts of weapons by 1944 - the "standard" infantry Mauser bolt-action "Kar", and the MG'42's. The first one doesn't develop enough volume of fire, while the second develops TOO MUCH of the same volume, but after a minute it usually goes silent, because ...well!... with a rate of 1200-1500 rounds per minute it will consume all the strips you have in a minute or two. The Americans instead relied on an almost "perfect balance" of the clip-fed M1 "Garand" - semi-auto - in the hands of the regular infantrymen, that enabled them to produce a triple volume of rifle-fire and - on the other side - on Browning .303 machine guns, firing about ...what was it?...800 - 1000 rds/minute (tops!) - which means that the first "line" will not only be firing at triple speed, but it will also receive continuous MG fire-support from the "back&midst" - and those Brownings were "universal" & simple! - could be used (and were used) anywhere, everywhere and at anytime, and mud, sand, dust, dirt and barrel overheating practically did not concern them (at least not as much as the kraut MG38's and MG42's). Both of them - Garands & Brownings - produced on a MASSIVE scale! I wish we had those weapons in Poland in 1939. "Pistols" weren't our problem, as I said. Artillery - air cover and communication was!
did he just, quote Obi wan Kenobi? at the beginning
?
He totally did!
Kurwa, zajebisty gun. And this holster so coll and so well made.
i have a vis 35 P radom with serial # d6639. what would be the year it was produced?. pistol was taken from german officer by my dad during battle of the bulge.
The one and only movie debut of that gun was in the movie Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman. I guess I'll have to review the flick again to see if the handgun has a star or not.
Sorry, Dustin Hoffman's character used his late father's Colt Commander, not a Radom.
Very Cool These are Really Amazing Can You Do a Shooting Session With It 😀👍🏼
I had one of these passed down from my grandfather
Would love to see a video on the savage model 99 thank for the great video's
The CZ-75 pistols have a similar pinned-in barrel bushing.
in 1975 but we are talking here about 1935
It's so nice to see a proper Polish Vis 35 and not a NAZI one.
You prefer a communist one?
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Poland was neither NAZI or communist when they made that pistol as they were an independent republic and that is the Poland I prefer.
Germany not nazi. In 1939 Germany attack Poland and german people kiled 6 milion polish people. So sorry for my English.
German not nazi
My love.
Great video, im searching for the early VIS made by Poland but am only able to find the Nazi ones. Any idea where can i find the VIS made from 35 - 39? Thanks
It would be interesting to find out if ANY of the Poles or even Non-Polish that complain that we call it the Radom, actually have one. I’m in the States and have two.
I need the recoil sting and shaft. Or how do I clean.
Oh gosh... wz.35 VIS - Radom that's city.
flanker2150 you need to study firearms history a little more. The pistol is called the Radom. Go look it up.
@@donsaive2991 history of firearms ? Only in US this pistol (and fev other pistols) is called radom. Radom thats city 100km south from my house. Look on grips in this pistol - one side FB second side VIS. I would expect correct nomenclature not colloquial when we talk about history.
flanker2150 that’s where you’re wrong again, kiddo. We call it the Radom in Belgium and when I was recently in Poland, the Pols there called it the Radom as well.
@@donsaive2991 still colloquial - In poland everyone call VIS. More important - that's official name. About glock pistols many poles call klocek but in any serious publication should not use it.
@@donsaive2991 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FB_Vis
يوجد لدي من هاذا المسدس في سورية نظافته ممتازة حيث تقدر 95%
اخي شو نوعيتو
I need help finding one of these.. A particular one I have serial number for.. It was a model after the German's took over the Manufacturer How could I find the owner if I lost contact info.. It was my grand fathers, and I want to get it back at all cost!
Good luck in your quest..
Know where two are: ending numbers in serial numbers are: 383 and 478. john223309@verizon.net
How much one of these go for?
MA ZALETĘ NAD KOLTEM TO CAL9mm .Broń nie powinna zabijać lecz ranić.
where i can buy barrel for this pistol?
No Radom -VIS!!!!!!
Yes, "Radom" was the city in which the VIS was produced. The correct name for the handgun is VIS, not "Radom."
How many ruppes
at least 1 lakh
I was recently gifted a 1937 Polish Preoccupation VIS 35. Serial # 77xx. It doesn't have the magazine though. I'm looking for a G2 stamped magazine. If anyone has one for sale, please reply. And no, I'm not selling the gun. Sorry
Those with dyslexia read the title as: _Polished Random_ Pistols.
Stay classy my friends.
*Apologies for double spacing. It's a well known internal UA-cam error. This was also intended as a simple joke. No disrespect to those with dyslexia - including my father.
The strictly Polish marked versions of this are rare in the US. Every time I see one for sale online these days, they have Nazi or SS markings. Wish I could get one without the Nazi markings.
Germany not nazi or Germany nazi.
Know where one is. john223309@verizon.net
What was SO special about the one your Grandfather had?
I have VIS, Ser# 4923X, among the first 200-s under occupation. No Polish inscriptions, no eagle, only a control stamps over a small parts and the same raw of swastikas on the barrel, which is puzzled me when I saw it on your gun. The swastika however is reversed, no other nazi's (?) marking, the slide is absolutely plane.
The svastika is a universal SUN symbol. The Nazis stole it from the Poles (or Hindu, or, or) like everything the Germans used allegedly as "their" symbols.
When you break a gun apart it will not work anymore. They are made to shoot not be broken and played with
You’re an Idiot. Have you ever held a gun? Or more importantly, have you ever CLEANED a gun?
Only a troll would want to keep a weapon in a vault
Often called ''the Last Cavalry Pistol'', as the Polish Army used cavalry far too long. It also has a decocker so you could safely decock the single action pistol without shooting your horse in the head. None of that cocked & locked nonsense like the Colt 1911.
I just got my first hand gun from hickok45 on telegram he sells different types of guns
forget the side camera ... its horrible to watch it ... just look at the camera face on.
"Not as clumsy or random as a Walther p38" - that is a pretty stupid and subjective remark.
It's a joke, he's quoting Obi-Wan from Star Wars