Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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C&R · III · 006

Beretta Model 1923, with holster stock

Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 23 ↗

Beretta, Model 1923, semiautomatic pistol, cal. 9mm Kurz (.380), accompanied by original Italian detachable leather and metal holster/shoulder stock.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESAccompanied as the ATF wording requires: “accompanied by original Italian detachable leather and metal holster/shoulder stock”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1923–1935.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
ItalyBasis: no citation
Manufacturer
Pietro BerettaBasis: the ATF wording
Type
PistolBasis: the ATF wording
Action
Semi-autoBasis: the ATF wording
Caliber
.380 ACPBasis: the ATF wording
Made
1923–1935production; ATF states no dateBasis: estimate ¹
Service
Military

Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 23 ↗ · ATF original ↗
Entries
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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. 1. Wikipedia, “Beretta M1923” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): "used by the Italian Army from 1923 until 1945", slide marked "Mlo 1923"; about 10,000 produced; end year is our estimate
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

Beretta M1923 (base model shown for Beretta Model 1923, with holster stock)
Shown: the Beretta Model 1923 pistol alone, without the detachable leather and metal holster/shoulder stock this entry requires.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Beretta Model 1923.jpg” by Trippingpara, CC BY 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Beretta M1923”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Beretta Model 1923 pistol was a service pistol used by the Italian Army from 1923 until 1945. The M1923 was designed to consolidate the improvements of the 1915/19 model and to use the 9mm Glisenti round. However, due to the vast amount of handguns available after the end of World War I only 3000 samples, of about 10.000 produced, were purchased by the Italian Army.