C&R · III · 124

S.W. Johnson pocket rifles, with extension 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 ↗

One Pocket Creedmores and other original Pocket rifles with extension shoulder stocks, made by Samuel Watson Johnson (1838-1903).

ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “made by Samuel Watson Johnson (1838-1903)”
ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “One Pocket Creedmores and other original Pocket rifles with extension shoulder stocks”
INFOATF states no date; production was about 1860–1903.

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Official wording

ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 43 ↗ · ATF original ↗

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20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition

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