C&R · II · 072

Colt American Combat Companion, Enlisted Man’s Model

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. 4 ↗

Colt, American Combat Companion, Enlisted Man's Model, cal. .45ACP, pistol marked "1911 American Combat Companion 1981, 70 Years at America's Side."

ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: Colt American Combat Companion, Enlisted Man’s Model
ATF REQUIRESYour firearm carries the marking “marked "1911 American Combat Companion 1981, 70 Years at America's Side."”
INFOATF states no date; production was about 1981.

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 4 ↗ · ATF original ↗

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Editorial facts

Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence

References

1. Wikipedia, “M1911 pistol” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model): M1911 production 1911–present; ATF quotes the slide marking "1911 American Combat Companion 1981, 70 Years at America's Side."

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

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Image: Wikimedia Commons, “M1911 and M1911A1 pistols.JPG” by Dkamm at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “M1911 pistol”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Colt M1911 is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered primarily for the .45 ACP cartridge.