C&R · III · 016
Colt Model 1905, with holster stock
Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 23 ↗
Colt, Model 1905, pistol, cal. .45 rimless, with leather holster/shoulder stock and 5" barrel.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with leather holster/shoulder stock and 5" barrel”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1905–1911.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- .45 rimlessBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1905–1911production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 23 ↗ · 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. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: "total production was approximately 6,300 from 1905 to 1911"; fewer than 500 grooved for the leather/steel holster stock
- 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, “Pistol US Colt M1900 (10193185426) (cropped).jpg” by Naval History & Heritage Command from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Colt M1900”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Colt Model 1900 is a short-recoil operated "self-loading", or semi-automatic .38 caliber handgun introduced by Colt's Manufacturing Company at the turn of the 20th century. The M1900 was the first firearm to be chambered in .38 ACP.