Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Colt John Wayne Commemorative Single Action Army

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. 6 ↗

Colt, John Wayne Commemorative Single Action Army, 4-3/4” barrel, cal. .45, S/Ns CJW001 - CJW3100, plus GAS 0CJWC, 0003CJWC, and 0CJWC.

S/N range CJW001–CJW3100; ATF also names GAS 0CJWC, 0003CJWC and 0CJWC. ATF lists cal. .45; this is the .45 Colt cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “John Wayne Commemorative Single Action Army”
  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “4-3/4” barrel”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/Ns CJW001 - CJW3100, plus GAS 0CJWC, 0003CJWC, and 0CJWC”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1982.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States³
Manufacturer
Colt's Firearms
Type
Pistol⁴
Action
Other⁵
Caliber
.45 Colt
Made
S/Ns CJW001–CJW3100 · c. 1982production; ATF states no date¹²
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 6 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. collectorsfirearms.com ↗, years: issued in 1982, only 3100 made
  2. legacy-collectibles.com ↗, years: cased SAA John Wayne Commemorative, year 1982, S/N CJWC0252
  3. Wikipedia, “Colt's Manufacturing Company” ↗, country: Colt's Manufacturing Company: American maker, hq Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.; incorporated at Hartford in 1855 as Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
  4. collectorsfirearms.com ↗, type: John Wayne Commemorative Colt Single Action Army Revolver .45 Colt, S/N 1154CJWC, 4.75" barrel
  5. collectorsfirearms.com ↗, action: 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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → High. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Data-trust reviewYears: 1980–1990 → 1982. 1982 issue

All corrections · How corrections work

Historical context

Colt Single Action Army (base model shown for Colt John Wayne Commemorative Single Action Army)
Shown: a standard second-generation Colt Single Action Army, not the John Wayne Commemorative edition.

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.