C&R · II · 093
Colt California Gold Rush
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, California Gold Rush, cal.’s .22 and .45.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: Colt California Gold Rush
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1966.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 4 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. web.archive.org ↗, years: LSB Auctions (archived): California Gold Rush Frontier Scout (.22 LR) & Single Action Army (.45 Colt) pair; Year of Manufacture: Single Action Army 1966, Frontier Scout 1964 (frame date)
- 2. web.archive.org ↗, type: Action Type: both Single-Action Revolver
- 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
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.