C&R · II · 182
Colt New Frontier & Single Action Army, factory engraved
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. 7 ↗
Colt, New Frontier and Single Action Army Model revolvers originally ordered & shipped with factory engraving, accompanied by a letter from the manufacturer confirming the authenticity of the engraving.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “New Frontier and Single Action Army Model revolvers originally ordered & shipped with factory engraving”
- ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “accompanied by a letter from the manufacturer confirming the authenticity of the engraving”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1873–2018.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- ColtBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- OtherBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- Not statedBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- All years, with factory letter · c. 1873–2018production; ATF states no dateBasis: estimate ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 7 ↗ · 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. Wikipedia, “Colt Single Action Army” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model)
- 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, “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.