Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Alkartasuna Ruby-type pistol

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 2 ↗

Alkartasuna, semiautomatic pistol, cal. .32.

ATF lists cal. .32; this is the .32 ACP (7.65mm Browning) cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1914–1922.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Spain
Manufacturer
Alkartasuna Fábrica de Armas, Guernica
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
.32 ACP
Made
1914–1922production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 2 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. unblinkingeye.com ↗, years: Unblinking Eye (Ed Buffaloe, citing Antaris): S.A. Alkartasuna formed January 1914, Ruby-type subcontractor in WWI; "The Alkartasuna factory was destroyed by fire on 13 May 1922"
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1914–1920 → 1914–1922. Unblinking Eye (citing Antaris) dates the firm from January 1914 to the factory fire of 13 May 1922

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Historical context

Ruby pistol (base model shown for Alkartasuna Ruby-type pistol)
Shown: a Ruby-type pistol, not necessarily one made by Alkartasuna.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Ruby 1914-IMG 7361-gradient.jpg” by Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 fr. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Ruby pistol”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Ruby pistol was a semi-automatic pistol of .32 ACP calibre made by Gabilondo y Urresti and other Spanish companies. It saw use in both World Wars as the service weapon of the French Army under the name Pistolet Automatique de 7 millim.65 genre "Ruby".