C&R · IIIA · 031
Remington Cane Gun, Model 2
Section IIIA: removed from the NFA, classed as an antique (outside the GCA)
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IIIA · VERBATIM · PDF P. 80 ↗
Remington, Cane Gun, Model 2, cal. .32 rimfire.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1898 or earlier (ATF’s dates)
- INFOAn antique under federal law, outside the GCA.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IIIA · PDF p. 80 ↗ · 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. web.archive.org ↗, years: Rock Island Auction lot (Wayback copy): percussion version patented 1858, production interrupted by the Civil War; "These rimfire examples were made from about 1866 to 1888 in two calibers, .22RF and .32RF"
- 2. web.archive.org ↗, years: Rock Island Auction lot (Wayback copy), a .32 rimfire example: "Only an estimated 2,000 Remington cane guns in this caliber were manufactured in the 1860s to 1880s"
- 3. web.archive.org ↗, maker: "Scarce E. Remington & Sons Thomas Patent .22 Rimfire Cane Gun"; designed by John F. Thomas, Remington's master mechanic
- 4. web.archive.org ↗, type: "Scarce Remington .32 Caliber Cane Gun", advertised as "The Remington Rifle Cane": type Other (cane gun)
- 5. web.archive.org ↗, country: "Remington was also the only major U.S. manufacturer to produce cane guns"
- 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
- 2 changes · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
- Evidence passYears: 1858–1898 → 1866–1888. ATF names the .32 rimfire cane, and Rock Island Auction (two lots, Wayback copies) dates the rimfire canes (.22 and .32) to about 1866–1888; the 1858 patent covered the earlier percussion cane
Historical context
Image: U.S. Patent 19,328, “Improvement in cane-guns, sheet 1” by John F. Thomas, Public domain (US patent). Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Cane gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
A cane gun is a walking cane with a hidden gun built into it. Cane guns are sometimes mistaken for similar-looking "poacher's guns".