Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Colt Custom Gun Shop “Sheriff’s Model” SAA

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. 5 ↗

Colt, Custom Gun Shop's "Custom Edition Sheriff's Model" Single Action Revolver, cal. .45 Colt, S/Ns 1 to 35.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “Custom Gun Shop's "Custom Edition Sheriff's Model" Single Action Revolver”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/Ns 1 to 35”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1976–1995.

Editorial facts · Our research

Low editorial confidence. Some details below couldn’t be confirmed from independent sources. The ATF wording is unaffected. About confidence

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Colt Custom Gun Shop
Type
Pistol
Action
Other
Caliber
.45 Colt
Made
Listed serials only · c. 1976–1995production; ATF states no date
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 5 ↗ · ATF original ↗
Entries
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Verbatim check
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Low · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
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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 Custom Gun Shop “Sheriff’s Model” SAA)
Shown: the base Colt Single Action Army, not the Custom Gun Shop Sheriff’s Model.

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.