Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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C&R · III · 029

Colt SAA smoothbore, S/N 354096

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. 24 ↗

Colt, Single Action Army, revolver, cal. .44/40, S/N 354096, having a smooth bored barrel and a barrel length of 7-1/2".

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having a smooth bored barrel and a barrel length of 7-1/2"”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 354096”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1920–1930.

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
OtherBasis: no citation
Caliber
.44-40 WCFBasis: the ATF wording
Made
S/N 354096 only · c. 1920–1930production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
Service
Commercial

Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 24 ↗ · ATF original ↗
Entries
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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
  1. 1. Wikipedia, “Colt Single Action Army” ↗, years: first generation 1873–1940, 357,859 made
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
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.

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Historical context

Colt Single Action Army (base model shown for Colt SAA smoothbore, S/N 354096)
Shown: a standard Colt Single Action Army, not this smooth-bore revolver.

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.