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[Snaggletooth]

Sile NY 44 cal pistols or was there a Sile company?

 

[Hawkeye748]

Sile was an importer in NYC that contracted for their name to be put on guns from Italy.

 

[arcticap]

Sile, NY importer of Italian replicas. Anyone know anything about them?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=455997&highlight=sile

 

[Palehorseman]

Sile was a importer, in 1970s had a Sile .54 paper cartridge Sharps, later reworked it to a .45-70 carbine with a Ruger #2 barrel.

 

[Al LaVodka]

Siles Distributor is actually a hole-in-the-wall gun shop in downtown Manhattan but the old man did some interesting imports, not known for their quality, like these with their name on them. I THINK they ended up owning Universal for a while. I believe the greasy son or relative or worker (Dino) took over and changed the name a decade ago. The store two shops down, Jovino's, the oldest gun shop in the country, owned Colt's Blackpowder and own Henry today and recently stopped manufacturing in Brooklyn and moved to New Jersey.

NY was once a major center of gun design, manufacturing, and shooting sports. Now they have Mayor Bloomberg -- national antigun crusader.

Al

 

[madcratebuilder]

Jovino's, the oldest gun shop in the country, owned Colt's Blackpowder and own Henry today

Are you sure about that? I was under the impression the Lou Imperato owned Colt Blackpowder Arms Co and his son Anthony Imperato, owns Henry Repeating Arms Co.

A quick search reveals that Jovino's was founded in 1911 by John Jovino who sold it to the Imperato family in the 1920's.

 

[Snaggletooth]

I want to change a brass frame for a steel frame and Ive found one that has Sile on it. All of my other parts are Pietta. I was just wondering if they would fir.

 

[madcratebuilder]

I think you would be better off starting with all the parts from the same manufacturer. Even then there is no guarantee that the parts well interchange without considerable hand fitting. A Pietta made in the 70's may have different dimensions than one made in the 90's. I've encountered different arbor diameters with different years within the same manufacturer.

 

[Snaggletooth]

Thanks for the information. Ill let it pass and wait.