{
  "apiVersion": 1,
  "kind": "work-order",
  "purpose": "Taking the firearm apart for a job such as refinishing, and putting it back together to specification.",
  "firearm": {
    "slug": "radom-vis-35",
    "name": "Radom Vis 35",
    "manufacturer": {
      "id": "radom",
      "name": "Fabryka Broni Radom"
    },
    "category": "pistol",
    "action": "hammer-fired-short-recoil",
    "calibers": [
      "9x19mm Parabellum"
    ],
    "alsoKnownAs": [
      "wz. 35 Vis",
      "P.35(p)",
      "Radom"
    ],
    "coversAlso": [
      "Polish pre-war wz. 35 Vis",
      "German-occupation P.35(p) production"
    ],
    "page": "firearms/radom-vis-35.html",
    "bundle": "api/v1/firearms/radom-vis-35.json",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "notices": [
    "This work order is written for the Radom Vis 35. It is reported to cover Polish pre-war wz. 35 Vis; German-occupation P.35(p) production — if the firearm on the bench is one of those, check the torque notes: values do not always carry over.",
    "No torque values are recorded for this firearm. Get them from the manufacturer or a gunsmith; do not estimate."
  ],
  "disclaimer": {
    "headline": "Read this before you use anything here.",
    "points": [
      "This is a guide, not an authority. Entries are compiled from manufacturer manuals, technical manuals, published references, and community knowledge. Some of it comes from sources that are not authoritative, and some of it may simply be wrong.",
      "Always consult the manufacturer's manual for your specific firearm and serial-number range. Manufacturers change designs mid-production without renaming the model. The manual that shipped with your firearm outranks anything on this site.",
      "Consult a licensed gunsmith for anything beyond routine field stripping and cleaning, for any firearm you are unsure about, and for any procedure marked as gunsmith-recommended here.",
      "Treat every firearm as loaded. Verify it is unloaded, with the magazine removed and the chamber physically and visually checked, before any procedure in this database. Point it in a safe direction the entire time.",
      "Disassembly can damage a firearm or injure you. Springs are under tension, parts can launch, and reassembling a firearm incorrectly can make it unsafe to fire in a way that is not obvious from the outside. If a reassembled firearm does not pass a function check, stop and see a gunsmith.",
      "Torque values are shown in two groups. Values from the manufacturer or the issuing military are shown as such, with the document they came from. Values reported by anyone else — parts makers, gunsmithing publishers, articles, forums — are shown separately with who said them, how reliable that source is, and their exact words. Those are not specifications. Confirm any torque value with the manufacturer or a licensed gunsmith before relying on it.",
      "Nothing here is legal advice. Firearms law varies by country, state, and city, and some modifications or configurations are regulated or prohibited. You are responsible for knowing and following the law where you are.",
      "No warranty of any kind. Contributors and maintainers accept no liability for damage, injury, or loss arising from use of this material."
    ],
    "page": "disclaimer.html",
    "legal": {
      "summary": "Legal notice: this material is third-party information compiled from sources of varying reliability and is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not gunsmithing, technical, safety or legal advice, it is not verified or endorsed by any manufacturer, and it must not be taken as fact. Any work on a firearm beyond the routine field stripping described in its own owner's manual should be performed only by a licensed and insured gunsmith. You use this material entirely at your own risk. Fundamental Build LLC and the project's contributors make no warranty of any kind and accept no liability for death, injury, damage or loss arising from its use. Full terms: LEGAL.md.",
      "page": "legal.html",
      "notice": "https://github.com/Fundamental-build-LLC/Pew-Takedown/blob/main/LEGAL.md"
    }
  },
  "sourcing": {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "verification": "community-reviewed"
  },
  "manufacturerDisassembly": {
    "status": "not-recorded",
    "limit": null,
    "statement": null,
    "source": null
  },
  "recalls": [],
  "shopTier": {
    "tier": 2,
    "group": "pistol",
    "rating": "Pew-Takedown editorial rating (1 easy – 3 hardest), not the manufacturer's",
    "reason": "40 parts on a Hi-Power-type action with a grip safety and a hammer-lowering (decocking) catch added; captive recoil spring helps, but the slide stop needs the guide rod pulled forward or force (and scratches), the barrel needs wiggling into the slide, and the frame carries mainspring housing, grip safety and decocker springs.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "partCount": {
      "value": 40,
      "kind": "line-items",
      "covers": "complete pistol per the American Rifleman 'Exploded View: Vis 35 Radom Pistol' parts legend (keys 1-40); magazine is a single key (19), not broken down; only the left-hand grip (22) is keyed",
      "basis": "publication-diagram",
      "source": {
        "title": "Exploded View: Vis 35 'Radom' Pistol (downloadable exploded view, American Rifleman, August 2016, p. 73)",
        "publisher": "NRA / American Rifleman",
        "reliability": "secondary",
        "url": "https://www.americanrifleman.org/media/0kglh5yp/r1608_ev.pdf",
        "page": "p. 73",
        "pdfPage": null,
        "pageUrl": null,
        "quote": "40. Sear"
      }
    },
    "painPoints": [
      {
        "issue": "The slide stop goes in easily only while the recoil guide is pulled forward; pushed in without that it takes force and scratches the frame.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Exploded View: Vis 35 'Radom' Pistol",
          "publisher": "American Rifleman (NRA)",
          "reliability": "secondary",
          "url": "https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/8/5/exploded-view-vis-35-radom-pistol",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "Alternatively, the slide stop can be pushed directly into place without holding the guide rod, but this will require some force to push into place and one should be careful not to scratch the frame in the process."
        }
      },
      {
        "issue": "The barrel has to be wiggled into the slide and kept up in its locking lugs or the slide will not go back on.",
        "during": "reassembly",
        "source": {
          "title": "Exploded View: Vis 35 'Radom' Pistol",
          "publisher": "American Rifleman (NRA)",
          "reliability": "secondary",
          "url": "https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/8/5/exploded-view-vis-35-radom-pistol",
          "page": null,
          "pdfPage": null,
          "pageUrl": null,
          "quote": "If the barrel drops out of those lugs, it will prevent the slide from moving into place properly."
        }
      }
    ],
    "minutes": {
      "strip": 30,
      "rebuild": 45,
      "basis": "estimated",
      "note": "Slide (firing pin plate, firing pin, extractor, decocking lever and spring, rear sight) and frame (mainspring housing, grip safety, hammer, sear/disconnector, trigger, magazine catch, takedown latch); rebuild longer for the mainspring housing and decocker spring.",
      "source": null
    },
    "stripScope": [
      {
        "assembly": "Slide",
        "removes": [
          "firing pin retainer plate",
          "firing pin and spring",
          "extractor",
          "hammer lowering catch (decocker) and spring",
          "rear sight"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "pin punches",
          "sight pusher"
        ]
      },
      {
        "assembly": "Frame",
        "removes": [
          "grips",
          "mainspring housing, mainspring and cap",
          "grip safety",
          "hammer, strut and pin",
          "sear, disconnector and pin",
          "trigger",
          "magazine catch, spring and guide",
          "take-down latch",
          "slide stop"
        ],
        "tools": [
          "pin punches"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "hardware": {
      "pins": 6,
      "springs": 7,
      "detents": 0,
      "basis": "counted by name in the same list: pins = 9 hammer strut pin, 17 main spring retainer pin, 20 main spring housing pin, 25 sear and disconnector pin, 26 hammer pin, 31 spring guide retainer pin; springs"
    },
    "specialTools": [
      {
        "tool": "dovetail sight pusher (or brass drift and padded vise)",
        "usedFor": "Removing and refitting dovetailed sights for coating"
      }
    ],
    "fitOnRebuild": [
      {
        "check": "Decocker drops the hammer safely and returns",
        "why": "The hammer-lowering catch is spring-loaded and must reset; this page records hammers falling when the 'safety' is applied",
        "source": null
      },
      {
        "check": "Function check: trigger reset, sear/striker engagement, safeties",
        "why": "Standard post-reassembly check on any pistol whose fire-control parts were removed; a mis-seated spring shows up here, not on the bench",
        "source": null
      }
    ],
    "assessed": "2026-10-29"
  },
  "videos": [],
  "configurations": [],
  "tools": [],
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "clear",
      "title": "Clear and make safe",
      "steps": [
        {
          "n": 1,
          "instruction": "Point the muzzle in a safe direction and keep your finger off the trigger."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "instruction": "Press the magazine release and remove the magazine.",
          "partsFreed": [
            "Magazine"
          ]
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "instruction": "Retract the slide fully to eject any chambered round and lock it open."
        },
        {
          "n": 4,
          "instruction": "Visually inspect the chamber and magazine well, then physically feel the chamber to confirm it is empty.",
          "warning": "Look and feel. Both, every time."
        },
        {
          "n": 5,
          "instruction": "Do not use the slide lever to make the pistol safe. It is a decocker and it drops the hammer."
        },
        {
          "n": 6,
          "instruction": "Remove all live ammunition from the work area."
        }
      ],
      "videos": []
    },
    {
      "id": "disassemble",
      "title": "Disassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "title": "Field Strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Complete the Clear and Make Safe procedure."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Retract the slide and engage the takedown catch on the frame to hold the slide in the takedown position.",
              "tip": "This frame lever exists specifically for disassembly."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Push the slide stop out and withdraw it from the frame.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Slide stop"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Release the takedown catch and ease the slide forward off the front of the frame.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Slide assembly"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Remove the recoil spring and guide.",
              "warning": "Under spring tension.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Recoil spring",
                "Recoil spring guide"
              ]
            },
            {
              "n": 6,
              "instruction": "Move the barrel and lift it out of the slide.",
              "partsFreed": [
                "Barrel"
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "refinish",
      "title": "Refinish",
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "Slide stop",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 3
        },
        {
          "name": "Slide assembly",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 4
        },
        {
          "name": "Recoil spring",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 5
        },
        {
          "name": "Recoil spring guide",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 5
        },
        {
          "name": "Barrel",
          "procedure": "field-strip",
          "level": "field-strip",
          "step": 6
        }
      ],
      "manufacturerPartsList": null,
      "partsDiagrams": [],
      "materials": [],
      "note": "The components the procedures above separate. Coating, masking and cure are outside this database; follow your coating system's instructions. A part the manufacturer marks \"factory fit\" should not be swapped or reworked."
    },
    {
      "id": "reassemble",
      "title": "Reassemble",
      "videos": [],
      "procedures": [
        {
          "procedure": "reassembly",
          "title": "Reassembly",
          "configuration": false,
          "steps": [
            {
              "n": 1,
              "instruction": "Fit the barrel into the slide and seat it."
            },
            {
              "n": 2,
              "instruction": "Install the recoil spring and guide."
            },
            {
              "n": 3,
              "instruction": "Set the slide onto the frame rails and push it rearward to the takedown position."
            },
            {
              "n": 4,
              "instruction": "Insert the slide stop and press it fully home.",
              "warning": "Never force it."
            },
            {
              "n": 5,
              "instruction": "Release the slide into battery and perform the function check."
            }
          ],
          "instruction": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "torque",
      "title": "Torque",
      "coverage": "none-recorded",
      "manufacturer": [],
      "reported": [],
      "notes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "function-check",
      "title": "Function check",
      "checks": [
        "Verify the pistol is unloaded with no magazine inserted before each check.",
        "Cock the hammer and operate the slide lever. The hammer should fall safely — confirming it is a decocker, not a safety.",
        "Rack the slide and press the trigger for a single-action break.",
        "Hold the trigger back, rack the slide, release slowly and confirm the reset.",
        "Confirm the takedown catch holds the slide in the takedown position and releases cleanly.",
        "Confirm the slide locks open on an empty magazine."
      ],
      "videos": []
    }
  ],
  "troubleshooting": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "id": null,
      "title": "Pistolet wz. 35 Vis Manual",
      "publisher": "Polish Army",
      "reliability": "primary",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "id": "tier-bbd6adc3",
      "title": "Exploded View: Vis 35 'Radom' Pistol",
      "publisher": "American Rifleman (NRA)",
      "reliability": "secondary",
      "url": "https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/8/5/exploded-view-vis-35-radom-pistol",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "id": "tier-4f425924",
      "title": "Exploded View: Vis 35 'Radom' Pistol (downloadable exploded view, American Rifleman, August 2016, p. 73)",
      "publisher": "NRA / American Rifleman",
      "reliability": "secondary",
      "url": "https://www.americanrifleman.org/media/0kglh5yp/r1608_ev.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-10-29"
    }
  ]
}