I finally got my reply from Tanfoglio and it’s not very encouraging. Here it is…
thanks for the message.
We apologize for the late reply, but we have several problems with the e-mail server.
The pistol with serial number H36### is not in our internal register; it could be in the old papers registers that are kept by the Police Department or it was a pistol composed by unfinished components sold to companies that at that time assembled the pistols.
Unfortunately we cannot help you and we don’t think that the today components/parts can work properly and in safety with that pistols due to tolerances, shapes, materials and designs.
Even the old TZ-75 model parts are not compatible at 70-80% with today models especially the main components (barrel, frame and slide).
Thank You
Best Regards / Cordiali Saluti
Tanfoglio Shop on-line
So…there that is. So I guess everything is based on our guess work at this point.
Based on my continued research/ reading I’ve come to believe my particular pistol is more likely a F.I.E. TA-90 combat. If I’m correct in my understanding, these were the first pistols brought in by F.I.E. from Tanfoglio. Standard models had the slide mounted safety, but the “combat” model had the frame mounted safety. If I am mistaken please chime in with the correct information. At this point the people on this and other forums are my only source of info and history on this pistol.
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