C&R · III · 035
Fiala Model 1920 repeating pistol, with stock
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 ↗
Fiala, Model 1920, repeating pistol, cal. .22LR, in all barrel lengths with accompanying detachable shoulder stock.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with accompanying detachable shoulder stock”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1920–1923.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Fiala Arms & Equipment Co., New Haven, CTBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- OtherBasis: no citation
- Caliber
- .22 LRBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1920–1923production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 24 ↗ · 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. all4shooters.com ↗, years: "the pistols produced by Fiala Arms from 1920 to 1923 were little more than 4000, after which the company closed its doors and sold the manufacturing rights to other manufacturers"
- 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
- None
Historical context
Image: U.S. Patent 1,489,989, “Firearm, sheet 1” by Lucius N. Diehm, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.