Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Russian Maxim Model 1905

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 ↗

Maxim, machineguns, Russian Model 1905, Russian mfr. having a brass water jacket in cal. 7.62mm, Russian rimmed.

ATF lists cal. 7.62mm; this is the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having a brass water jacket in cal. 7.62mm, Russian rimmed”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1905–1910.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Russia (U.S.S.R.)
Manufacturer
Tula Arsenal
Type
Machinegun
Action
Select-fire / auto
Caliber
7.62×54mmR
Made
1905–1910production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Military
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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
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References
  1. Wikipedia, “Maxim gun” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): 'In 1905, Tula Arsenal started manufacturing the Maxim M1905'; mass production of Russian Maxims from 1910 (the M1910, PM M1910 infobox production from 1910); 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
None

Historical context

PM M1910 (base model shown for Russian Maxim Model 1905)
Shown: a Russian PM M1910, not this brass-jacketed Model 1905.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Maxim Maschinengewehr 1910.jpg”, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “PM M1910”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Pulyemyot Maksima M1910, or PM M1910, is a heavy machine gun based on the Maxim gun, that was used by the Imperial Russian Army, Navy and Air Service during World War I, then by the Red, White and Green armies during the Russian Civil War, and later by the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II. Later the gun saw service in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Russo-Ukrainian war.