C&R · IIIA · 002
Belgian cane gun
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 ↗
Belgian, Cane Gun, cal. 41 rimfire.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1898 or earlier (ATF’s dates)
- INFOAn antique under federal law, outside the GCA.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
BelgiumBasis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Not stated (Belgian manufacture)Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- OtherBasis: outside reference ¹
- Action
- OtherBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- .41 rimfireBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1865–1898ATF: made in 1898 or earlier; start year approximateBasis: estimate
- 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 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Cane gun” ↗, type: Walking cane with a hidden gun; ATF classes cane guns as AOW
- 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
- Evidence passMaker: Unknown Belgian makers → Not stated (Belgian manufacture). ATF names no maker, so the house wildcard convention applies (cf. "Not stated (English manufacture)")
- Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
Historical context
NO VERIFIED IMAGE AVAILABLEWe show only freely licensed images verified to depict this model. None has been found yet.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Cane gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
A cane gun is a walking cane with a hidden gun built into it. Cane guns are sometimes mistaken for similar-looking "poacher's guns".