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dcinffxva
Trying to get more information on this for a friend. It is a .22 with an extra cylinder for .22 mag. FIE Titan Buffalo Scout Single Action. Looking for info on when it was made, and approx. value. thanks.

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  • mark christian
    The triple-X marking would indicate to me that the pistol was produced in 1974. These little revolvers had a long production run with a couple of different imports (FIE being the best known) but are not worth much money. In good condition and with the box and extra cylinder it would be worth $75.
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  • Fatstrat
    To my knowledge, FIE imported "Buffalo Scout" revolvers from 2 sources. 1st was Herbert Schmidt in Germany. Then Tanfoglio in Italy. With minor differences, they are essentially the same gun and parts will interchange. The differences are the added thumbrest on the grip and added safety. Also the Tanfoglio guns generally had the dovetailed rear sight. Whereas not all of the the Schmidt guns did.
    I respectfully disagree w/Mr. Christian as far as value. He may be quoting "book values". But in my real world observation, $75. to $100. is about average for used but working examples. And EX condition example could easily bring $125.+ W/box as a plus they could even go for $150. to $200.
    These pistols IMO have gotten a bit of an undeserved bad rep over the years. Mainly in my observation due to neglect. But also due to spotty accuracy. I've made a bit of a hobby buying broken examples cheap and repairing them. And in nearly all cases the reason for the problem was neglect. They were cheap guns and people didn't clean them. And the internal parts got so gunky that they could not operate and broke. Often I found that a good cleaning was all that was needed to restore functionality.
    These pistols could be said to be the father of the modern Heritage revolvers. As they are of very similar, if not same design. And like the Heritage guns, accuracy is often a problem that is not so easily fixed.
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  • dcinffxva
    Thanks to both for the quick, and very informative info.

    The friend who owns the revolver didn't figure it was worth much, but wanted to have an idea for the heck of it. The revolver belonged to his father, and he doesn't plan on getting rid of it.

    For a cheapie Italian job, it seems to be fairly well made.
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