Questions about my FIE Titan .25

Freebird, there's good news and bad news.

The good news is it's free.

The bad news is it's worth about what you paid for it.

These guns were not expensive when new and were made with a limited lifetime. Two or three boxes of ammo and it's worn out. You'll find the sights are vague, the trigger pull awkward, loading and unloading difficult and the magazine doesn't work right.

Play with it at the range, but don't try to carry it or depend on it as a defensive weapon.

Cleaning the gun. A small bottle of Hoppe's Number 9 and a shop rag will scrub most of the rust off. Possibly the finish as well. You might find a magazine on line, but it will probably be used - like the one you already have. The threads on the barrel are the end where it's screwed onto the frame, if my memory serves. The safety... well, it may never have worked properly. A gunsmith will probably not work on it; his labor would exceed the value of the gun.

Sorry to be the bearer of such news.

I have owned a Titian .25, Italian made, since 1979.
I have nothing but PRAISE for my little buddy.Accuracy is suprising for this type of weapon. They are not target pistols, but at 25 or 30 feet mine does very well on pop cans and the like.

NO feed problems, no jams after HUNDREDS of rounds.

Fits a pocket perfect, no snag problem. After all these years, most of them spent IN my pocket, the finish is still about 85-90% intact.

Your magazine problem of not holding all the rounds can be fixed (as long as feed lips are still all there ) by very slighty increasing the bend in towards the bullets so as to give a firmer grip on things, also, carefull with the angle as it will affect feed and stove piping.

You said yours had a screw thread barrel, this , to my knowledge, is not a factory option, so part of the problem with your gun may be that is has been "worked on".

If you get tired of it ,. let me know.

Hope this can cure some of your problems. AC556K

I have one of these little FIE Titan .25 ACPs. I picked it up at a gunshow for $15. It's a great little gun and very accurate out to about 15 feet. I have probably put 1000 rounds through mine and it was used when I bought it. It has never jammed or stove-piped once.

It is definitely not a good self defense gun. :roll: I just bought it because it was cheap and cheap to shoot. Its a good plinker but that is about all.

You want a 9mm or a compact .45 for concealed carry and self defense.

If anyone has a manual for this gun, I'd appreciate a copy. I can't figure out how to get the slide off of it to clean it good. I have been just dropping it in my wife's jewelry cleaner, letting it vibrate for an hour or so, then rinsing it off with clear water and hanging it up to dry. Once it dries, I oil it good, wipe it down and she's good to go for another 3 or 4 hundred rounds.

I know these are supposedly cheap, junk guns but I think I got a darn good one.

If anyone has that manual or instructions on how to remove the slide, I'd appreciate it.

I have one of these little FIE Titan .25 ACPs. I picked it up at a gunshow for $15. It's a great little gun and very accurate out to about 15 feet. I have probably put 1000 rounds through mine and it was used when I bought it. It has never jammed or stove-piped once.

It is definitely not a good self defense gun. :roll: I just bought it because it was cheap and cheap to shoot. Its a good plinker but that is about all.

You want a 9mm or a compact .45 for concealed carry and self defense.

If anyone has a manual for this gun, I'd appreciate a copy. I can't figure out how to get the slide off of it to clean it good. I have been just dropping it in my wife's jewelry cleaner, letting it vibrate for an hour or so, then rinsing it off with clear water and hanging it up to dry. Once it dries, I oil it good, wipe it down and she's good to go for another 3 or 4 hundred rounds.

I know these are supposedly cheap, junk guns but I think I got a darn good one.

If anyone has that manual or instructions on how to remove the slide, I'd appreciate it.

Re: re: Questions about my FIE Titan .25

If anyone has that manual or instructions on how to remove the slide, I'd appreciate it.
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How to break down the TITAN .25

Make sure the gun is unloaded. Drop the Magazine, pull the hammer back (or cock it), put the safety on towards the front, then pull the slide back ALL THE WAY BACK and then lift up on the slide, then slide the slide forward.
Be careful as to watch how the recoil spring comes out and then the safety will aslo come out.
Pretty simple.
If you want to thoroughly clean it, then use good ol' "Goo Gone". I get mine from the dollar store, only a buck. I use it on ALL my weapons, rifles Pistols, Glocks, XD's, everything.
Then to lubricate it, use REMOIL, nothing but the best, and it's cheap also.
Hope this helps