C&R · II · 275
Gustloff pistol
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 ↗
Gustloff, semiautomatic pistol in cal. 7.65mm, mfd. by Gustloff Werke, Suhl, Germany.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “mfd. by Gustloff Werke”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1937–1945.
Editorial facts · Our research
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. all4shooters.com ↗, years: patents filed 1937; never series-produced; leftover parts assembled after November 1944
- 2. all4shooters.com ↗, service: final assembled guns went to the Volkssturm
- 3. all4shooters.com ↗, calibers: 7.65mm Browning, 8-round magazine
- 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
- 3 changes · see below
Correction history
- Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
- Data-trust reviewService: Commercial → Military. The last guns were issued to the Volkssturm militia
- Data-trust reviewYears: 1938–1940 → 1937–1945. Designed 1937; about 100 hand-assembled, last ones assembled from parts in late 1944
Historical context
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