F.I.E. Titan .25ACP?

.25 titan

i have one my wife loves it they are very easy to pocket carry yuo can fit them into a large cell phone case to.to remove the slide pull back like you were chambering a load at the farthest point pull back and up at the same time and it sholud come off as you ease it forward be carefull not to let the spring go flying.mine is very reliable havent expierienced any jams or miss fires.good luck

Let's bring this thread back. . .

I was 'gifted' a Quality Firearm, Inc. SA 25 some time around 1994-95. Keeping with THR tradition, this thing shoots .5 M.O.A at 1,000 feet. OK, maybe not as I've never shot it! It's been sitting in my closet all these years and now that I'm more involved in screwing up guns that (may) work, I ask. . .

What should I do with this thing? I'm interested it making it a project gun. It looks like it's coated with lacquer with a brown finish underneath. It's a bear to break down as the slide really, really does not want to slide far enough back to release said slide. Either way, what would all those that frequent THR do?

Made by Tanfoglio

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They have made a lot of good guns I have a Titan They are not Junk Is it the quality of my Beretta 950BS no but not a Zinc wonder either . Lots of people including Police have been killed by 25 auto It will in ball ammo go 13 to 16+ inches in the Jell That meets FBI min. numbers. I had a 25 on me one night and the sight of gun was enough for the would be robber to beat feet.
Don't, insult a Titan by comparing with a Jennings or such.

I had a chrome f.i.e single .22 revolver with a mag cylinder many years ago. I always wondered who made it. I learn so much from this site.

Wow this is an old thread.
My Titan .25 I actually carry. Small, light, and goes pop pop pop when you need it to.
The parts are made in Italy and the frame is made in America..I think. The quality is far better than a Jennings. Carry it condition 1 too, only goes pop pop when you pull the trigger.

If anyone is still curious to field strip- engage safety, pull slide to rear and lift up back of slide off of frame and slide off the front of frame.

The Titan I have belonged to my Grandfather. Haven't shot it yet,but might remedy that soon.

So what can I do to improve the appearance of this piece? Or should I just leave it alone?

Sorry,I'm not much help. Mine is ugly also,but have no problem taking slide off.

On mine, the safety must be on or the slide will not release from frame.

Hello.
I just got one of these from my dad. This one is marked Titan Mfg. Corp Miami Fla.
When taking down you have to also cock the hammer, if you hadn't tried that.

The FIE Titan E27b is essentially a Tanfoglio GT27 isn't it?

Joey Link said:

Wow, that was quite the thread resurrection! To this day I still haven't fired this gun. I was concerned with the safety of it so I made sure there were 50 miles between the gun and our only magazine, which I found in a move this weekend

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You started the thread in 2007, and as of 2012 you still haven't at least tried it out? They're safe enough, as far as being unlikely to come apart when fired. The barrrel and slide are solid machined steel, made in Italy by people who know what they're doing. As far as being a safe gun to CARRY, I wouldn't trust the half-cock notch on the hammer not to break if dropped or hit too hard, and I'm not sure the manual safety blocks the firing pin, so I wouldn't feel comfortable carrying a round in the chamber. The fixed barrel shoots the .25 ACP more accurately than you'd think, but I still think of mine as more of a range toy than a serious defensive gun.

Shot mine a few weeks ago. Kinda surprised how well it did shoot for such a tiny pistol. I could keep all rounds in the chest area of man sized target at 7 yards fairly easily. Only problem I had was keeping my fat hand out of the slide. lol

Won't shoot it much due to the ridiculous price of 25acp ammo.

I bought one brand new for $35.00. I still have it and carry it from time to time. Across the room a 9" pie plate is easy to hit.

It tears down easy, is very concealable, and the safety is NOT dependable at all. Carry it with the hammer down. Knocked it off the dresser one time and about shot myself in the ankle.

I suspect that the frames one assumes to be Aluminum on the Titan .25 is actually "zinc"........ or is it "up to" or "after" a certain serial number is "zinc" / "potmetal"??

which brought me to the conclusion: in SC...I need to keep it out of my vehicle and in safe, and take it back to NC put in dads safe!

I traded a hand held tool box for it about 20 some years ago. Just always went bang, never a hiccup...knew it was cheap and invaluable, but solid built at same time.

So better to keep it!

Wow, this thread has been around a long time...

Wow. And I thought I was the only one to own one of these. Mine was my grandfather's. It shoots every time I pull the trigger...even with the safety on! Its expensive to play with, but definitely fun.

Bought one in 1978. Has gone bang every time ( except with some defective Sellier & Bellot ammo). I found mine to be amazingly accurate (shooting shotgun shell boxes at 25 yards). Has been my pocket carry gun for 35 years. And it can "take a swim" if it ever needs to.

-I'll add to the old thread resurrection. I still have my Titan 25 that I bought used probably back around '90-'92. It's one of the later ones before FIE went out of business. From what I understand, the better models were still stamped Made In Italy. Took it to the range about 6 weeks ago along with my new S&W SD40 VE. Still had most of a box of Made In USA .25acp ammo left from years ago! The ol' .25 is a little rough, but still goes bang with every pull of the trigger. Here's my not so good target from that trip. It was only about 15-20 feet away, but this little gun did ok. If you can see it, that is two mags worth of shots. 14 shots total. Sorry for the bad pic, but I used my not so smart phone...



L8R,
Matt

The Titan was made in both steel frame/slide versions and zamak frame/slide versions. The earlier guns were all steel and the later versions were zamak. The ones with zamak slides are known for slide failures up front where the slide is very thin. They are decent guns but are plagued by the cheap mags that often require adjustment to get them to feed correctly. Adjusting the mag to feed properly requires test firing and may require several mags, which can cost you $20 or so because of the pricey ammo.

The Titan 2 pistols were chambered in .32acp and .380acp. They were all steel but were known for frame cracks, fragile firing pins, and safety lever issues. They were however fairly reliable but being SAO and medium sized limits their usefulness as a carry weapon in modern times.

since no one has mentioned it

FIE Miami, Florida was a firearms importer active back up to 1990. F.I.E. stood for Firearms Import/Export and were importers of Arminius revolvers (German I believe) and Italian Titan automatic pistols, mostly known for the .25 ACP that looked kinda like a Beretta (it was made by Tanfoglio). They went out of business in 1990. I believe they also imported cheap Italian black powder replicas and a clone of the Nylon 66 made by Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC) in Brazil on equipment bought from Remington.

-I remember that Nylon 66 clone, now that you mention it. I also had an FIE single shot, 20 ga. shotgun that I could have bought an extra barrel chambered for .30-.30.

L8R,
Matt

I have my grandfathers that is stainless. I have shot it several times and has been flawless. You would think a 25 would be a breeze to shoot but recoil is stout.
I doubt I will ever sell it just because it was my grandfathers.