Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Colt SAA smoothbore

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. .45, with original smoothbore barrel, S/N 325085.

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

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “with original smoothbore barrel”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 325085”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1913–1918.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.
Type
Pistol
Action
Other
Caliber
.45 Colt
Made
Listed serials only · c. 1913–1918production; ATF states no date¹²
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 24 ↗ · ATF original ↗
Entries
2 lines
Verbatim check
Checked against the PDF text before every release
Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Update to the April 2025 edition) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Colt Single Action Army” ↗, years: first generation 1873–1940, 357,859 made
  2. proofhouse.com ↗, years: pre-war SAA serials by year: 1913 325000, 1914 328000, 1917 335000, 1918 337000; S/N 325085 ≈ 1913–14, S/N 336874 ≈ 1917–18
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
5 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Update to the April 2025 editionSerial list removed. April 2025 edition adds a second entry with the same wording, S/N 336874
  2. Update to the April 2025 editionYears shown as: S/N 325085 only → Listed serials only. April 2025 edition adds a second entry with the same wording, S/N 336874
  3. Update to the April 2025 editionYears: 1910–1913 → 1913–1918. April 2025 edition adds a second entry with the same wording, S/N 336874
  4. Update to the April 2025 editionName: Colt SAA smoothbore, S/N 325085 → Colt SAA smoothbore. April 2025 edition adds a second entry with the same wording, S/N 336874
  5. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.

All corrections · How corrections work

Historical context

Colt Single Action Army (base model shown for Colt SAA smoothbore)
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.