C&R · II · 257
Esser-Barrat slide-action rifle
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 ↗
Esser-Barraft, English manufacture, slide action rifle, cal. .303.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “English manufacture”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1900–1910.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United KingdomBasis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Not stated (English manufacture)Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- OtherBasis: outside reference ²
- Caliber
- .303 BritishBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1900–1910production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
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 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Esser-Barrat” ↗, years: experimental slide-action rifle, early 20th century, tested at Bisley in 1906, never adopted
- 2. Wikipedia, “Esser-Barrat” ↗, action: Steyr M1895 straight-pull bolt worked by a pump on the fore-end
- 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
- 4 changes · see below
Correction history
- Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
- Data-trust reviewSearch aliases updated. Added the "barrat" spelling
- Data-trust reviewYears: 1890–1920 → 1900–1910. Experimental rifle of the early 1900s, tested at Bisley in 1906
- Data-trust reviewName: Esser-Barratt slide-action rifle → Esser-Barrat slide-action rifle. Wikipedia spells it Esser-Barrat
Historical context
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