Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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OSS glove pistol

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 ↗

OSS Glove Pistol, cal.’s .38 S&W or .38 special.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1942–1945.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Sedgley Co., Philadelphia¹
Type
Pistol
Action
Other
Caliber
.38 S&W, .38 Special
Made
c. 1942–1945production; ATF states no date³
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 43 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Maintenance and reference-link fixes) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Sedgley OSS .38” ↗, maker: Designed by Stanley M. Haight, manufactured by Sedgley Co. of Philadelphia with OSS R&D and ONI
  2. Wikipedia, “Sedgley OSS .38” ↗, service: For the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy
  3. forgottenweapons.com ↗, years: WWII Navy project; 52–200 made
  4. en.wikipedia.org ↗, reference article: The Sedgley OSS .38 glove pistol (Sedgley Mk2), the WWII single-shot glove-mounted .38 pistol made by Sedgley for OSS/ONI; the article is about this gun.
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
3 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Maintenance and reference-link fixesReference article: none → Sedgley OSS .38
  2. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  3. Data-trust reviewMaker: Not stated → Sedgley Co., Philadelphia. Wikipedia: manufactured by Sedgley Co. of Philadelphia

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Historical context

Patent drawing, U.S. Patent 2,423,448 (shown for OSS glove pistol)
Shown: the patent drawing for the Sedgley Mark 2 glove pistol (U.S. Patent 2,423,448), not a production example.

Image: U.S. Patent 2,423,448, “Fist gun, sheet 1” by Stanley M. Haight, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Sedgley OSS .38”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Sedgley OSS .38 glove pistol or Sedgley Mk2 is a World War II firearm. It was designed by Stanley M. Haight and manufactured by Sedgley Co. of Philadelphia, working with the Research and Development Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), for use by the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy. Its official designation by the US Navy was Hand Firing Mechanism, Mk 2.