C&R · II · 358
Mauser commercial rifles, before 1945
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. 12 ↗
Mauser, rifles, bolt action and semiautomatic, any cal., commercially produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser, Oberndoff, Germany, prior to 1945.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1944 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “prior to 1945”
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 12 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. americanrifleman.org ↗, years: Oberndorf Mauser sporters were introduced at about the turn of the century; about 126,400 made up to May 1945; ATF limits the entry at prior to 1945
- 2. americanrifleman.org ↗, country: produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar, southwestern Germany
- 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
- Image review: article images and reference linksReference article: Mauser → none. Mauser is about the Mauser company, not this class of rifles
Historical context
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