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Looks like the Polish firearms manufacturer wants to get in on the U.S. market. The below link mainly discusses rifles, however hopefully they'll consider bringing back some of their popular pistols as well.

http://jerkingthetrigger.com/2014/04/12 ... to-the-us/

The good news is that FB Radom finally noticed there is a large civilian gun market in the US.

The bad news is that the Radom factory went through a bankruptcy in the early 2000's so while FB Radom is the direct historical descendant of the earlier Radom factory it is no longer it's legal descendant. For an example during the bankruptcy both the "11 in a circle" logo and the plan s to make the MAG-98 pistol were bought by the "Works 11" company http://www.works11.com/
I don't know who owns the plans to the P-64 and P-83 pistols, I made a call to the Radom factory in Poland a while back and they said they no longer produce parts for the P-64 or P-83.

Edit: They are probably preparing to start selling the new MSBS assault rifles in the US.
(current look of the 2014 MSBS) http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=13031

EMS wrote:The good news is that FB Radom finally noticed there is a large civilian gun market in the US.

The bad news is that the Radom factory went through a bankruptcy in the early 2000's so while FB Radom is the direct historical descendant of the earlier Radom factory it is no longer it's legal descendant. For an example during the bankruptcy both the "11 in a circle" logo and the plan s to make the MAG-98 pistol were bought by the "Works 11" company http://www.works11.com/

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This does remind me of a question which I keep meaning to ask. Was there some significance to the old firearms plant in Bulgaria (where the Bulgarian PMs were made) being "circle 10" and the plant in Radom, Poland being "circle 11"? Was there some sort of numbering system which the Soviets devised for the Warsaw Pact countries?

EMS wrote: http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=13031

The last pict on that page made we wince. Muzzle discipline! Don't shoot a hole in your hand...

Hurryin' Hoosier wrote:This does remind me of a question which I keep meaning to ask. Was there some significance to the old firearms plant in Bulgaria (where the Bulgarian PMs were made) being "circle 10" and the plant in Radom, Poland being "circle 11"? Was there some sort of numbering system which the Soviets devised for the Warsaw Pact countries?

I checked and it seems every Warsaw Pact country had it's own different symbol for marking firearms. Polish firearms were marked with a number in a oval (not a circle as I had written before), Czechoslovakian firearms were marked with a number in a circle and Bulgarian firearms with a number in a double circle.

Some numbers for Polish firearms factories:
11- Radom
06 - HC Poznań ("Cegielski" steelworks in Poznań)
12 - Huta Balidon ("Balidon" steelworks in Katowice)
53 - Wifama Łódź ("Wifama" factory in Radom)

MakAttack wrote:The last pict on that page made we wince. Muzzle discipline! Don't shoot a hole in your hand...

That's the constructor of a new handgun from the Radom factory. The picture of the handgun is blurred because it has been shown to journalists but it has not been presented to the general public yet.

EMS wrote:

Hurryin' Hoosier wrote:... Czechoslovakian firearms were marked with a number in a circle ...

They were? I have a vz.52, a vz.50, a vz.70, and two vz.82s and none of them have a number in a circle. The vz.52 pistol does have a "T" in a circle on the barrel. Maybe you mis-typed.

IIRC the rifles were marked with a circle 2.