C&R · III · 117
Mauser C96 Model 1902, with holster stock
Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 43 ↗
Mauser, Model 1902, 6 and 10-shot magazine capacity, semiautomatic pistols, cal. 7.63 x 25mm (.30 Mauser), having the distinctive hammer safety, barrel lengths of either 3.9 or 5.5", and accompanied by an original detachable wooden holster/shoulder stock.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESAccompanied as the ATF wording requires: “accompanied by an original detachable wooden holster/shoulder stock”
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having the distinctive hammer safety, barrel lengths of either 3.9 or 5.5"”
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “6 and 10-shot magazine capacity”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1902–1905.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 43 ↗ · 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” ↗, maker: Mauser C96 family
- 2. americanrifleman.org ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): "In 1902, Mauser patented a jointed hammer safety"; "only a few guns were fitted with this mechanism, examples having been recorded from 28XXX-50XXX" (C96 Model 1902); a 1905 safety followed; the 1905 end is our estimate
- 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
- Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
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.