Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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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 ↗
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Editorial facts
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Fact tags
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  • 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
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Historical context

Colt Woodsman (base model shown for Colt Woodsman with N&S holster stock)
Shown: the Colt Woodsman pistol alone, without the detachable holster stock this entry requires.

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.