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Colt Belleau Wood (World War I Series)

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, Belleau Wood, cal. .45 Pistol, (World War I Series).

ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: Colt Belleau Wood (World War I Series)
INFOATF states no date; production was about 1968.

Official wording

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

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Verbatim check

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Editorial facts

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

References

1. web.archive.org ↗, years: LSB Auctions (archived): WWI Commemorative Series Chateau Thierry 1911 & Belleau Wood 1911, S/Ns 2804-CT, 2804-BW, Year of Manufacture 1967 & 1968: "the Belleau Wood 1911 and the Chateau Thierry 1911 made in 1968 and 1967 respectively"

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

1 change · see below

18 October 2026Evidence passYears: 1967–1969 → 1968. LSB Auctions (WWI Commemorative pair, matching S/N 2804) gives the Belleau Wood pistol as made in 1968; 1967–1969 was the span of the whole four-pistol series

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.