Ok, for those of you who missed the backstory, you can do a quick trip down memory lane. The short version is this: a P35 from the bottom of Lake Michigan came into my hands. It was a shoebox full … Continue reading
Tomorrow.
You guys remember the Watergun? Found some folks at the gun show who do cerroko…cerok..cerrocoa..cer…screw it….they ceramic coat firearms. Their prices were very reasonable and the examples of their work looked pretty good. So…I left the Watergun with them and … Continue reading
I was rummaging through some junk last night and, to my surprise, found a plastic bag full of assorted P35 parts:Thats a lot of mainsprings. But…there are also two complete Type-A sights. As I mentioned, the Watergun needs a sight … Continue reading
Set of grip screws arrived today. Had some cheesey plastic P35 grips laying around, so no extra cost there. Also had a couple crappy USA Brand P35 mags sitting around that I never got around to throwing out. (USA mags … Continue reading
As best I can tell, the missing parts to get the gun ‘shootable’ were a sear, sear pin, and firing pin retaining plate. In other words, these: I am not a gunsmith by any stretch of the imagination…thats one of … Continue reading
Needs sear, sear pin, firing pin retaining plate, grips screw, rear sight spring, rear sight elevation screw. That looks like about it. However, that does not mean some of the extant parts shouldn’t be replaced. The ejector should probably get … Continue reading
A friend came by today to show me something interesting and slightly upsetting: It’s a Belgian P35 (or ‘Hipower’ to you), circa 1971, that was retrieved from the waters of Lake Michigan. The lake it is said, never gives up … Continue reading
Took a few more guns to the engraver this evening, including the Watergun: Well…just because.
I am very rapidly becoming a fan of cerokoting (cerocoating? Cerro coating? Screw it..gonna go with ‘coating’) firearms. As you guys may recall, a couple years ago I came into a HiPower that spent some time underwater (fortunately, it was … Continue reading
