Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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C&R · IV · 036

Colt Model 1914 machine gun

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 82 ↗

Colt, Machinegun, Model 1914, any cal.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1914–1916.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.
Type
Machinegun
Action
Select-fire / auto
Caliber
Any caliber
Made
c. 1914–1916production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 82 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun” ↗, years: the 1914 version (.30-06, lower tripod) was introduced in 1914; 'Colt ceased production of the M1895 and variants in 1916'.
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

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1914–1918 → 1914–1916. Wikipedia (M1895 Colt–Browning) dates the 1914 version from 1914 and Colt's production end to 1916

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Historical context

M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun (base model shown for Colt Model 1914 machine gun)
Shown: a Colt–Browning Model 1895, not this Model 1914.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Colt Potato Digger.JPG” by Hmaag, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Colt–Browning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on an 1889 design by John Browning and his brother Matthew S. Browning, it was the first successful gas-operated machine gun to enter service.