C&R · IIIA · 001
Pre-1899 pistols & revolvers, with original stock
Section IIIA: removed from the NFA, classed as an antique (outside the GCA)
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IIIA · VERBATIM · PDF P. 64 ↗
Any pistol or revolver, mfd. in or before 1898, originally designed to accept a shoulder stock, and accompanied by an original shoulder stock.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESYour firearm fits the class this entry describes, as the ATF wording states it
- ATF REQUIRESAccompanied as the ATF wording requires: “accompanied by an original shoulder stock”
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “originally designed to accept a shoulder stock”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1898 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “mfd. in or before 1898”
- INFOAn antique under federal law, outside the GCA.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
- Any nationBasis: the ATF wording
- Manufacturer
- AnyBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Other / Semi-autoBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- VariousBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- In or before 1898Basis: the ATF wording
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IIIA · PDF p. 64 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
- References
- None attached yet
- 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
- None
Historical context
NO VERIFIED IMAGE AVAILABLEThis entry covers many models, so no single image represents it.