C&R · II · 254
Egyptian Rasheed carbine
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. 9 ↗
Egyptian Raschid, semiautomatic rifle, cal. 7.62 x 39mm, original Egyptian military production.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “original Egyptian military production”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1960–1969.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
EgyptBasis: the ATF wording - Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 7.62×39mmBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1960–1969production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 9 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. modernfirearms.net ↗, years: about 8,000 Rasheed carbines produced in Egypt during the sixties
- 2. Wikipedia, “Rasheed carbine” ↗, service: used by the Egyptian military
- 3. Wikipedia, “Rasheed carbine” ↗, maker: infobox manufacturer: Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54
- 4. Wikipedia, “Hakim rifle” ↗, maker: Factory 54 is the Maadi factory (infobox: Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54 (Maadi))
- 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
- Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
- Data-trust reviewYears: 1959–1965 → 1960–1969. Modern Firearms says about 8,000 were made in Egypt "during sixties"; dated examples run from 1960 to 1968
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Ljungman-hakim-rasheed (cropped).JPG” by User:Markarmb, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Rasheed carbine”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Rasheed is a semi-automatic carbine, derived from the Hakim rifle and used by the Egyptian military. Only around 8,000 were made.