Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Bannerman Model 1937 Springfield

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 ↗

Bannerman Model 1937, Springfield rifle, cal. .30-06.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1937–1945.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Francis Bannerman Sons, New York
Type
Rifle
Action
Bolt
Caliber
.30-06²
Made
c. 1937–1945production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Commercial
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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 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. americanrifleman.org ↗, years: American Rifleman: Bannerman Special '37, c. 1938, offered in Bannerman's 1938 catalog
  2. americanrifleman.org ↗, calibers: takes .30-06
  3. americanrifleman.org ↗, service: assembled from surplus/scrap parts for the Depression-era civilian shooter
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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Data-trust reviewYears: 1935–1945 → 1937–1945. A 1937-designated rifle can't predate 1937; source dates it c. 1938

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Historical context

M1903 Springfield (base model shown for Bannerman Model 1937 Springfield)
Shown: a U.S. M1903 Springfield rifle, not the Bannerman Model 1937.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “M1903 Springfield - USA - 30-06 - Armémuseum noBG.jpg” by Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) through the Digital Museum (http://www.digitaltmuseum.se)., CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “M1903 Springfield”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The M1903 Springfield, officially the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is an American five-round, non-removable, staggered-row box magazine-fed, bolt-action, repeating service rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.