Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2, New England

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 82 ↗

Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), Model 1918A2, mfd. by New England Arms Corporation, prior to 1946.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “mfd. by New England Arms Corporation”
  • ATF REQUIRESMade 1945 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “prior to 1946”
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
New England Arms Corporation
Type
Machinegun
Action
Select-fire / auto
Caliber
.30-06
Made
Before 1946¹²
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 82 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. historyofwar.org ↗, years (estimate: derived from related facts): 'later during the Second World War, production of newly-built M1918A2s was undertaken at the New England Small Arms Corporation and ... IBM'.
  2. shootingillustrated.com ↗, years (estimate: derived from related facts): 'New England Small Arms and International Business Machines produced 188,380 M1918A2s during World War II'; with ATF 'prior to 1946', the 1943 start 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

Browning Automatic Rifle M1918A2, New England

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Army Heritage Museum B.A.R..jpg” by United States Army, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “M1918 Browning automatic rifle”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifle used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benét–Mercié machine guns that U.S. forces had previously been issued.