Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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C&R · III · 031

Colt SAA Winchester-Colt Commemorative, 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, Winchester-Colt commemorative revolver, cal. .44 WCF, S/N 2379WC, with factory-fitted, 7 1/2-inch factory error unrifled (smoothbore) barrel.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “Winchester-Colt commemorative revolver”
  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with factory-fitted, 7 1/2-inch factory error unrifled (smoothbore) barrel”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 2379WC”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1984.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.
Type
Pistol
Action
Other
Caliber
.44-40 WCF
Made
S/N 2379WC only · c. 1984production; 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 ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. winchestercollector.org ↗, years: WACA commemorative list: 1984 Winchester-Colt Set (Model 94 and Colt SAA), 4,440 scheduled, 3,250 produced
  2. guns.richmondauctions.com ↗, years: Richmond Auctions lot 643: Winchester 1894 & Colt SAA commemorative set, S/N 1214WC, "This matching serial numbered set was manufactured in 1984", both .44-40
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. Evidence passYears: 1969 → 1984. The WC-serial Winchester-Colt commemorative is the 1984 set (WACA list; Richmond Auctions S/N 1214WC "manufactured in 1984")

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Historical context

Colt Single Action Army (base model shown for Colt SAA Winchester-Colt Commemorative, smoothbore)
Shown: a standard Colt Single Action Army, not the smooth-bore Winchester-Colt commemorative.

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.