Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Beretta Model 1951, Israeli contract

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. 3 ↗

Beretta, Model 1951 pistol, Israeli Contract, cal. 9mm Parabellum.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “Model 1951 pistol, Israeli Contract”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1953–1980.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Italy²
Manufacturer
Pietro Beretta
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto³
Caliber
9mm Parabellum
Made
Contract production · c. 1953–1980production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 3 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Beretta M1951” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model): infobox production date 1949–1980 (Beretta); Israel listed among adopters; Israeli contract years not given
  2. Wikipedia, “Beretta M1951” ↗, country: infobox origin Italy, manufacturer Beretta; ATF names the Model 1951
  3. Wikipedia, “Beretta M1951” ↗, action: infobox action short recoil, locked breech (semi-automatic pistol); ATF names the Model 1951
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. Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Data-trust reviewYears: 1951–1960 → 1953–1980. Start moved to 1953, when M1951 production began (1951 is the design year)

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Historical context

Beretta M1951 (base model shown for Beretta Model 1951, Israeli contract)
Shown: the base Beretta Model 1951, not the Israeli contract pistol.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Beretta1951.JPG” by Produce, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Beretta M1951”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Beretta M1951 is a 9×19mm semi-automatic pistol developed during the late 1940s and early 1950s by Pietro Beretta S.p.A. of Italy. The pistol was produced strictly for military use and was introduced into service with the Italian Armed Forces and other Italian security forces as the Modello 1951 (M1951), replacing the Modello 1934 pistol chambered for the 9×17mm Short cartridge.