Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Lovelace Fur Getter

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 86 ↗

Lovelace Fur Getter; patented by C.D. Lovelace, June 2, 1914, mfd. by Hopkins and Allen Company, Norwich, CT, cal. 12 gauge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “mfd. by Hopkins and Allen Company”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1914–1916.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States³
Manufacturer
Hopkins & Allen, Norwich, CT
Type
Other¹
Action
Other
Caliber
12 gauge
Made
c. 1914–1916production; ATF states no date²
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 86 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. patents.google.com ↗, type: US Patent 1,098,742 (Charles D. Lovelace, filed 1913-03-22, granted 1914-06-02), quoted by RIA: "fire arms designed to be set in the haunts of wild animals to be fired by the animals": a trap (set) gun, type Other
  2. patents.google.com ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): patent granted 1914-06-02 (the date ATF quotes), so start 1914; derived end: Hopkins & Allen "went bankrupt in 1916 and was subsequently bought by Marlin-Rockwell" (Hopkins & Allen, Wikipedia), so H&A production ends by 1916
  3. Wikipedia, “Hopkins & Allen” ↗, country: "an American firearms manufacturing company based in Norwich, Connecticut"
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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Evidence passYears: 1914–1917 → 1914–1916. The maker ATF names, Hopkins & Allen, went bankrupt in 1916 before Marlin-Rockwell bought it (Hopkins & Allen, Wikipedia), so 1917 lay past the only dated end

All corrections · How corrections work

Historical context

Patent drawing, U.S. Patent 1,098,742 (shown for Lovelace Fur Getter)
Shown: the patent drawing for C. D. Lovelace's trap gun (U.S. Patent 1,098,742, June 2, 1914), not a production example.

Image: U.S. Patent 1,098,742, “Trap-gun, sheet 1” by Charles D. Lovelace, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.