C&R · IV · 053
Federal Laboratories gas billy
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 83 ↗
Federal Laboratories, cal. 12 gauge, gas billy, all variations.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1920–1960.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
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 StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Federal Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PABasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- OtherBasis: no citation
- Action
- OtherBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- 12 gaugeBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1920–1960production; ATF states no dateBasis: no citation
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 83 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Low · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- None attached yet
- 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
- Image review: article images and reference linksReference article: Federal Laboratories → none. Federal Laboratories is about the company (Federal Laboratories, maker of tear-gas and riot guns), not this gas billy
Historical context
NO VERIFIED IMAGE AVAILABLEWe show only freely licensed images verified to depict this model. None has been found yet.