Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Iver Johnson M1 Carbine, Airborne Commemorative

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. 11 ↗

Iver Johnson Arms, Model M 1 Carbine, cal. .30, Airborne commemorative, S/Ns KW0001 – KW2500.

ATF gives this commemorative the same KW serial range as the Korean War commemorative. ATF lists cal. .30; this is the .30 Carbine cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour firearm is this edition: “Airborne commemorative”
  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/Ns KW0001 – KW2500”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1978–1993.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Iver Johnson Arms¹
Type
Rifle
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
.30 Carbine
Made
S/N KW0001–KW2500 · c. 1978–1993production; ATF states no date²
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 11 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 17 October 2026 (Data-trust review) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “M1 carbine” ↗, maker: Iver Johnson Arms took over the Plainfield Machine M1 carbine operation
  2. Wikipedia, “Iver Johnson” ↗, years: company ceased trading in 1993
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
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Correction history

  1. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.

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Historical context

M1 carbine (base model shown for Iver Johnson M1 Carbine, Airborne Commemorative)
Shown: a U.S. M1 carbine, not the Iver Johnson Airborne commemorative.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “M1 Carbine Mk I USA Armémuseum noBG new.png” by Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “M1 carbine”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The M1 Carbine is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle chambered in the .30 carbine (7.62×33mm) cartridge that was issued to the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1 Carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used by military, paramilitary, and police forces around the world after World War II, most notably by the armed forces of South Korea and South Vietnam.