Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Beretta Model 1915/1919 (1922)

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 ↗

Beretta, Model 1915/1919 (1922) pistol (concealed hammer), cal. 7.65mm.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1922–1930.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Italy
Manufacturer
Pietro Beretta
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
7.65mm
Made
1922–1930production; ATF states no date¹²
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
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References
  1. modernfirearms.net ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): Modern Firearms: the model 1919 ("Pistola brevetto 1915-1919 calibro 7.65mm", "also known as model 1922 by the year of its formal military adoption") replaced the M1917; 1922 is the formal adoption year; end year not stated
  2. Wikipedia, “Beretta Model 1915” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model)
Fact tags
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  • 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: 1922–1931 → 1922–1930. Wikipedia Beretta Model 1915 infobox production date 1915–1930

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Historical context

Beretta Model 1915 (base model shown for Beretta Model 1915/1919 (1922))
Shown: Beretta Model 1915, 1917 and 1919 pistols, not the Model 1915/1919 (1922).

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Beretta-M1915-M1917-M1919.png” by Singh2k20-ODIND, CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Beretta Model 1915”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Beretta Model 1915 or Beretta M1915 is a semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta, designed by Tullio Marengoni who was the chief engineer in the company, to replace the Glisenti Model 1910 which had a complex and weak firing mechanism. It is the first semi-automatic pistol, manufactured by the company, and issued as a service pistol in Royal Italian Army during World War I. The total production of the Beretta M1915 is estimated about 15,600 during 1915-1918, and about 56,000 of Beretta M1915/1917. Some of the pistols were also used in World War II until 1945. Its open slide design later became the characteristic for other Beretta pistols such as Beretta M1923, Beretta M1934, Beretta M1935, Beretta M1951, Beretta 70, Beretta 92, Beretta Cheetah, and Beretta M9.