“Le Gaulois” palm squeezer

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Official wording

ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IIIA · PDF p. 64 ↗ · ATF original ↗

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References

1. ¹1. unblinkingeye.com ↗, years: Unblinking Eye (Manufrance pistols): "In 1893 the company began to manufacture a palm pistol known originally as Le Mitrailleuse ... renamed to Le Gaulois within a year or two"; manufacture continued "until 1911 or 1912"; start 1893 sourced, end bounded at 1898 by Section IIIA
2. ²2. forgottenweapons.com ↗, maker: "a compact squeeze-type palm pistol made by the Manufrance concern in St. Etienne in the 1890s"
3. ³3. forgottenweapons.com ↗, country: made by Manufrance in St. Etienne (France)
4. ⁴4. forgottenweapons.com ↗, type: "a compact squeeze-type palm pistol"
5. ⁵5. forgottenweapons.com ↗, action: held 5 rounds of 8mm and "was fired by squeezing the rear grip into the body of the gun": a manually operated squeezer, action Other
6. ⁶6. web.archive.org ↗, years: Rock Island Auction blog "Palm Pistols" (Wayback copy): the Gaulois, first called the "Mitrailleuse", "was manufactured from 1893 to 1912"; agrees with Unblinking Eye

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20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition

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