Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Colt Appomattox Court House Centennial

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, Appomattox Court House Centennial, cal.’s .22 and .45.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “Appomattox Court House Centennial”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1965.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.
Type
Pistol²
Action
Other
Caliber
.22, .45
Made
1965production; ATF states no date¹³
Service
Commercial
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Source

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. collectorsfirearms.com ↗, years: Collectors Firearms: Colt Frontier Scout & Colt Single Action .22 LR & .45 LC revolvers, "1965 issue Appomattox commemorative 2-gun set", only 250 made
  2. collectorsfirearms.com ↗, type: .22 LR Frontier Scout and .45 LC Single Action revolvers
  3. web.archive.org ↗, years: LSB Auctions (archived): Appomattox Commemorative Frontier Scout, S/N 1116AK, Year of Manufacture 1965; barrel "1865 –APPOMATTOX COMMEMORATIVE MODEL– 1965"
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

Colt Single Action Army (base model shown for Colt Appomattox Court House Centennial)
Shown: the base Colt Single Action Army, not the Appomattox Court House Centennial.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “1956prime2.jpg” by Mike Cumpston, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Colt Single Action Army”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Colt Single Action Army is a single-action revolver. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and was adopted as the standard-issued revolver of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892.