C&R · IV · 170
Mauser Schnellfeuer & prototypes
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 ↗
Mauser mfd. Schnellfeuer and all original prototypes, cal. 7.63mm Mauser.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “Mauser mfd. Schnellfeuer and all original prototypes”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1930–1936.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 86 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Mauser C96” ↗, type: infobox type lists machine pistol (M712 Schnellfeuer); the Schnellfeuer is a select-fire C96 pistol variant
- 2. Wikipedia, “Mauser C96” ↗, years: variant sections: Nickl selective-fire conversion designed 1930, 4,000 made 1930–1931; Westinger M1932/M712 Schnellfeuer 'production started in 1932 and ended in 1936'
- 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
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1930–1938 → 1930–1936. Mauser C96 article dates the Nickl select-fire guns to 1930–1931 and the Schnellfeuer to 1932–1936
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Mauser C96 7,63 (6971794467).jpg” by Askild Antonsen, CC BY 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Mauser C96”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 20th century.