C&R · III · 024
Colt Woodsman with N&S 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 Woodsman, cal. .22 Long Rifle, semiautomatic pistols, mfd. between 1915 and 1943, together with the original leather detachable holster stocks, mfd. by the N&S Corporation, Ventura, CA.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “mfd. by the N&S Corporation”
- ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “together with the original leather detachable holster stocks”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1915–1943 (ATF’s dates)ATF: “mfd. between 1915 and 1943”
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.; stock by N&S Corp., Ventura, CABasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- .22 LRBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1915–1943Basis: the ATF wording
- 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 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
- References
- None attached yet
- 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, “Colt Woodsman - First Series.jpg” by Bardbom, CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Colt Woodsman”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Colt Woodsman is a semi-automatic sporting pistol manufactured by the U.S. Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1915 to 1977. It was designed by John Moses Browning. The frame design changed over time, in three distinct series: series one being 1915–1941, series two being 1947–1955, and series three being 1955–1977.