Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
The C&R RegisterA finding aid to the ATF Curios or Relics List, for Type 03 collectors
C&R · II · 180

Colt New Frontier .357, S/N 4411NF

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, cal. .357 magnum, single action revolver, barrel length 4-3/4" S/N 4411NF.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 4411NF”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1962–1965.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States⁴
Manufacturer
Colt's Firearms
Type
Pistol
Action
Other³
Caliber
.357 Magnum
Made
S/N 4411NF · c. 1962–1965production; ATF states no date¹²
Service
Commercial
Search listings ↗Check a specific gunReport an error ↗

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: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. americanrifleman.org ↗, years: American Rifleman, This Old Gun: Colt Second Generation New Frontier: announced December 1961, "shipments didn't begin until 1962"; "NF" suffix; barrel lengths "4¾" (discontinued in 1965)"
  2. web.archive.org ↗, years: Guns Magazine (Wayback copy): 2nd Generation New Frontier "began at serial number 3000NF and finished in 1974", serials 3000NF to 73XXNF; the 3rd Generation (1978) began at 01001NF with five digits
  3. americanrifleman.org ↗, action
  4. Wikipedia, “Colt's Manufacturing Company” ↗, country: American firearms manufacturer headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. (the maker ATF names)
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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → High. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Evidence passYears: 1961–1974 → 1962–1965. American Rifleman: New Frontier shipments began in 1962 and the 4¾" barrel ATF lists was discontinued in 1965; Guns Magazine: four-digit NF serials (3000NF–73XXNF) are the 2nd Generation run, so S/N 4411NF is a 2nd Generation gun

All corrections · How corrections work

Historical context

Colt Single Action Army (base model shown for Colt New Frontier .357, S/N 4411NF)
Shown: a standard second-generation Colt Single Action Army, not the New Frontier .357 (S/N 4411NF).

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.