C&R · II · 333
Jieffeco .25, Davis Warner marked
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 ↗
Jieffeco, semiautomatic pistol, cal. .25 ACP, marked "Davis Warner Arms Corp., N.Y."
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESYour firearm carries the marking “marked "Davis Warner Arms Corp., N.Y."”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1920–1921.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
BelgiumBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- L. Robar & de Kerkhove, Liège, for Davis-Warner Arms Corp.Basis: outside reference ²
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- .25 ACPBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1920–1921production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 11 ↗ · 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. unblinkingeye.com ↗, years: Davis-Warner order around end of 1920 or early 1921; about 2,000 guns, serials 47924–49945 seen
- 2. littlegun.be ↗, maker: export version of the New Model Melior marked "Davis-warner Arms Corporation N Y"
- 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
- 4 changes · see below
Correction history
- Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
- Data-trust reviewSearch aliases updated. Added melior, kerkhove
- Data-trust reviewYears: 1919–1926 → 1920–1921. The Davis-Warner order was placed around the end of 1920 or early 1921 (about 2,000 guns)
- Data-trust reviewMaker: Robar et Cie, Liège, for Davis-Warner Arms Corp. → L. Robar & de Kerkhove, Liège, for Davis-Warner Arms Corp.. Unblinking Eye ties the Davis-Warner Jieffeco to the Louis Robar firm
Historical context
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