Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Colt Single Action Army, Lincoln bust (S/N 85163A)

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. 8 ↗

Colt, Single Action Army revolver, cal. .45, S/N 85163A, engraved and inlaid with a bust of President Abraham Lincoln.

ATF lists cal. .45; this is the .45 Colt cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “engraved and inlaid with a bust of President Abraham Lincoln”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 85163A, engraved and inlaid with a bust of President Abraham Lincoln”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1956–2017.

Editorial facts · Our research

Low editorial confidence. Some details below couldn’t be confirmed from independent sources. The ATF wording is unaffected. About confidence

Country
United States³
Manufacturer
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.
Type
Pistol
Action
Other²
Caliber
.45 Colt
Made
S/N 85163A · c. 1956–2017production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 8 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
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References
  1. Wikipedia, “Colt Single Action Army” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model): infobox production date 1873–1941, 1956–1974, 1976–1982, 1994–present; 2nd Generation 0001SA–73,205SA (1956–1974), 3rd Generation SA80,000–SA99,999 (1976–1993); S/N 85163A matches none of these series, so this revolver's own year is not dated
  2. Wikipedia, “Colt Single Action Army” ↗, action
  3. 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
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Historical context

Colt Single Action Army (base model shown for Colt Single Action Army, Lincoln bust (S/N 85163A))
Shown: a standard Colt Single Action Army, not the Lincoln-bust engraved revolver (S/N 85163A).

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.