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
- 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, “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

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.