Picked this F block Radom up this weekend at the DACA show from a friend. He and I went through what he had (about 5 Radoms) and cherry picked this one.

Came with two pinned mags, and a nice bnz holster. I am very happy to get a Radom back in the collection again.

This is towards the end of relatively nice finishing work, and still a "Three Lever"...I really like it...but, damn, if these things also aren't really climbing in price...like everything else I Like....

It is matching, and has a little freckling and wear, but, honestly, I like pistols that look like they were issued and used versus perfect specimens that likely sat on a shelf or in an armory for the war....but that's just me....

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Very nice piece. Reread the American rifleman article about a girl who helped manufacture these for the Nazis a while back.

Very nice.

Nice looking gun.  I love these, they fit great in the hand and look good too, even the rougher finished ones.  I have one without a takedown lever and it is just a nightmare to get apart.  It's actually awaiting restoration as the finish was all stripped at one point.  Know any good references for the serial numbering on these?  My frame is a C block and obviously later than yours and has another number under the grips.

The best book I have seen on them is the one I used as a back drop, by William J. York, extensive, detailed coverage...

Just going by what (fairly little) I know on them, if it is a "C" block frame, it should be a three lever....take a look inside the slide, up under, and see what the s/n stamped inside there is, and see if it matches the slide....sounds to me like maybe a late slide on an earlier frame...

Another good place to go for info, is post pics here....

http://www.k98kforum.com/forumdisplay.php?37-WW2-Axis-Handguns-and-Accessories

They are very cool guns, you can see the 1911 lineage, and John Browning's genius. And it has a nice progression if you choose to collect them, from very finely finished pre-war Polish guns, to rough, 2 lever phosphate end of war produced guns, there are plenty of variants to collect. Too bad, as I said, like everything, the prices are rocketing up. My last Radom, the going rate for a nice complete rig was around $500....not so much anymore...

Just a couple of more to pick up, and I'll be happy....another High Power (to replace one I foolishly traded), a PP or PPK, a 38H, perhaps a Broomhandle....nah, who am I kidding, I'll never be done....milsurps are worse than crack....

Thanks for the info, I'll try to track down a copy of the York book.  I know where I can get a reasonably priced copy of the Taupin book so I may grab that too.  Belonged to my grandfather who was a Flight Engineer in 8th Air Force.  I suspect, but can't be 100% sure, he got it over there, probably by trading for it.  Just too bad someone, or maybe him, took a jar of Navy Jelly to it.