C&R · IV · 185
Russian Maxim Model 1910
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. 87 ↗
Russian, Model 1910 (Maxim), machinegun, any cal., Russian manufacture.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “Russian manufacture”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1910–1945.
- 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.)Basis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Tula Arsenal & othersBasis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- MachinegunBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- All calibersBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- Russian manufacture · c. 1910–1945production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ²
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 87 ↗ · 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. Wikipedia, “PM M1910” ↗, maker: infobox manufacturer Tula Arsenal; ru article lists Tula (TOZ) for the M1910 and plants No. 66, 74 (Izhevsk), 106, 385, 524, 535, 536 for the M1910/30
- 2. Wikipedia, “PM M1910” ↗, years: infobox production date 1910–1939, 1941–1945; 'production of the Maxim did not end until 1945'
- 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
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.