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Re: IZh35M going full-auto..
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:50 pm
by Higham
This is very good information. Unfortunately, I don't shoot mine much due to needing an extractor that is getting worn and acting up. Wish there was replacement parts out there for them.
Re: IZh35M going full-auto..
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:01 am
by JamesH
On mine I think a ring wore into the chamber rim at about the same rate as the breach face advanced.
Unfortunately these guns are basically junk, excellent design but terrible manufacturing quality.
Most parts aren't hardened, they wear and deform, there's not much to do about it.
Re: IZh35M going full-auto..
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:27 am
by sparky
Has anybody tried hardchroming the gun to counter the softness of the metal? If so, how effective was it?
Re: IZh35M going full-auto..
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:46 am
by BobGee
sparky wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:27 am
Has anybody tried hardchroming the gun to counter the softness of the metal? If so, how effective was it?
Sparky, I'm not sure that hard chroming would work because a soft substrate might/would result in the chrome flaking. However, if one were to strip the pistol completely to carry out hard chroming, why not get the frame heat treated instead. I'm not sure (because I've not done all the research) how easy it would be to get that done. Would seem to be not too difficult and possibly even achievable at home:
“Steels are heated to their appropriate hardening temperature (usually between 800-900°C), held at temperature, then "quenched" (rapidly cooled), often in oil or water. This is followed by tempering (a soak at a lower temperature) which develops the final mechanical properties and relieves stresses.” (
https://www.wallworkht.co.uk/content/ha ... 20stresses)
The only part of the frame requiring the treatment is the breach which might be locally raised to the required temperature for quenching using a gas torch. The slide (breach end) might be treated in the same way. Not sure what this process might do to the chamber and barrel. Of course it should only be done to a pistol which has already been cured of slam-firing.
I confess that I have a predilection for these pistols (and Margolins) and have an IZH35M, an MP438 and two Walther KSP200s. Mine all work well though I don't over work them.
Bob