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Went to the KCI gun show today up by the airport in Kansas City. Found this
for 75.00. Bore and cylinder are bright. Action good. It is a .36 marked FIE
on the butt. Is it a Spiller & Burr? or just another brass frame revolver.

 

[DrLaw]

No

Firearms Import & Export from Miami, Florida. Used to import cheap guns, the Saturday Night Special variety.
This is a Remington clone, probably from Pietta or Armi San Marco.
If F.I.E. was importing it, there is not much value in it. Sorry.

The Doc is out now.

 

[arcticap]

I agree

That's a brass frame Remington 1858.
The Spiller & Burr has a larger screw head on the opposite side of the frame to lock the cylinder pin in place that more resembles the Ruger Old Army's.
And the ramming lever doesn't have the web but a different look to it. (See the S&B link below)
But it still seems like you made a good deal on a clean revolver.

http://www.traditionsfirearms.com/eshop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=FR18625

 

[MCgunner]

FIE wasn't ALL crap. I bought a SxS 12, Spanish, F. Sarasqueta 12 gauge imported by FIE that I still have and still shoots well. I used it hard for 10 years goose and duck hunting and occasional dove shoots. I retired it when steel shot got mandated for waterfowl. It's a good old gun and still shoots as well as it ever did. It's taken a many a duck limit.

I had a brass 51 Navy I bought in 74 that was an ASM import, good gun, but I overloaded it and stretched it eventually. If that gun has little end shake, load it light and it should last. The problem is, like me, guys bought brass frame guns back then and unknowingly stuffed 'em full of 3F every shot. The brass frame will stretch after a while. You probably know that, but first thing I'll check is end shake on a used brasser for that reason.

Yeah, it's a Remington copy. Just look at the cylinder pin design against that Spiller and Burr link. The Remington makes the Clint Eastwood cylinder change easy.

 

[BHP FAN]

The brass frame will not stretch after awhile,if you use a moderate [15-18 gr.] load in it.The ''brass frames'' stretch myth does have a grain of truth in it,but it applies mostly to open top .44's that have been consistantly over-loaded, over a period of time.The Remington frame is not as prone to this as the opentops, and the .36's were never known for it, in either configuration.

 

[Hellgate]

I'd say you got a good deal. Enjoy it. shoot 15-25 grs FFFg and you'll learn to love it. They're colorful. Rent/check out from the library "Ride with the Devil" and see Confederate irregulars shooting and reloading them under battle conditions. Great CW movie with realistic dialog, guns and tack.

 

[BHP FAN]

Hellgate! That is tied for best movie of all time ... Outlaw Joise Wales being the other one.

 

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Yea, I seen it a couple times GREAT movie, very real.

 

[Bluehawk]

Just look at the cylinder pin design against that Spiller and Burr link. The Remington makes the Clint Eastwood cylinder change easy.

The Spiller & Burr is pretty easy to change cylinders as well....the Remington is just a bit faster.

 

[1836SixGun]

You can't go wrong for 75 bucks.

 

[BHP FAN]

Heck, twice that would still be a decent deal...