Where to find FIE 1861 Musketoon parts ?????

[Harms Way]

Alright guys,... Here's the deal, I stopped by an old "gun buddies" house on my way back from Detroit last weekend,... We were talking Guns and before I left, I noticed a .58 Cal. reproduction 1861 Enfield Musketoon leaning against the wall next to his bench with the hammer all the way back..... It was a Italian FIE

I asked him what the deal was with this little guy as I pick it up and start wiping the dust off it. He said it was a really good shooter until one day when he loaded it up and pulled back the hammer and something broke.... Hammer went limp... They pulled the bullet and dumped out the powder... main spring totally gone...

When he got it back home he pulled the lock, it didn't have the V leaf spring,it had the coil spring and plunger assembly that went into a socket in the tumbler.

Well part of the tumbler broke off across the recessed socket for coil spring assm..... He didn't want to mess with it,... so he looked at me and said "Give me $20.00 and get it out of here...... So... what the heck !

I have the broken tumbler and the tiny part broken off,... Looking at it it's too small to weld, silver solder would be tedious and questionable.... And set up would be a real headache.......

Long story longer ,....I need a coil spring tumbler for a FIE Enfield Musketoon with a coil sprung main spring.. I looked at the Numrich web sight and the Dixie catalog,.... and really didn't see anything suitable.

Any of you guys know where I can score one of these lil buggers ?.... Cause I really would like to make some smoke again with this rifle...
Really hate to part it out or make it a wall hanger.........

Thanks guys .

 

[Jim Blair]

Might call Lodgewood and see if they have any suggestions-
http://www.lodgewood.com

 

[59sharps]

can also try S & S Firearms. you may also be able to replace the parts all the parts w std musketoon lock parts.or by a complete lock.ASk lodgewood and S & S

 

[hawkeye2]

FIE is long gone. If I remember correctly they were Firearms Import Export, Hialeah, Florida. an importer of inexpensive firearms. I had good luck getting parts from them but that was over 20 years back. I think their repair parts business was probably bigger than their firearms sales. It might help if you could identify the actual manufacturer of the arm but I would be surprised if you could find any parts. American Western Arms is in Hialeah and they may know what became of FIE's parts inventory. (305) 828-1982

 

[Harms Way]

Thanks for the tips guy's but they all turned out to be dry wells..... (If it works)... these are pictures of the ol' Musketoon after I took it apart and cleaned it up.... this thing was a really big mess.

Also pictures of the tumbler held together with a flat magnet for line up. I have actually been thinking of building the area up with TIG weld, then basically grinding it to shape and do final fit with files......

Unless you know somebody that might have this part..... Thanks guys for the help.

 

[Harms Way]

Does anybody have any other ideas before I weld this up to add material so I can work it down and reshape it ???

Or a junk lock with a good tumbler ? :grin:

 

[59sharps]

I would go w new internal parts if the will not fit your lock plate go w a complete set up sear tumbler saddle and main spring. S & S or lodgewood should be able to set you up.

 

[Harms Way]

Still looking for a coil sprung tumbler,... Anybody have a picture of one from another manufacture ?

 

[hawkeye2]

Very few Italian guns had coil spring locks and yours is the first Civil War reproduction I have ever seen with one. Lodgewood buys guns and parts them out, he might have one but you probably would have to call. You might be further ahead to replace the entire lock with a conventional V mainspring lock.

http://www.lodgewood.com/

 

[Trot]

You might want to keep an eye on ebay, people are constantly parting out guns.