C&R · III · 048

Belt buckle gun, 7.65mm

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 ↗

German, original (Nazi) Belt Buckle gun, cal. 7.65mm, marked "D.R.P. Angem. 7.65."

ATF REQUIRESYour firearm carries the marking “marked "D.R.P. Angem. 7.65."”
ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “original (Nazi) Belt Buckle gun”
INFOATF states no date; production was about 1934–1945.

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 24 ↗ · ATF original ↗

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Verbatim check

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Editorial facts

Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence

References

1. gunsandammo.com ↗, service: Original belt-buckle guns were made to a 1943 order for the SS
2. web.archive.org ↗, type
3. wearethemighty.com ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): Louis Marquis "patented his design in 1934 and named it the Koppelschlosspistole"; RIA and Guns & Ammo: 1943 order for examples for Himmler's SS; 1945 end is our estimate

Fact tags

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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

17 October 2026Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
17 October 2026Data-trust reviewService: Commercial → Military. Original belt-buckle guns were made to an SS order (Guns & Ammo)

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