Fedorov Avtomat
Official wording
Russian (U.S.S.R.), Federov, automatic rifle, model 1916 AVF (Avtomat), cal. 6.5 x 50.5SR (6.5mm Japanese), of Russian manufacture.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “of Russian manufacture”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1916–1925.
- 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
- Sestroretsk Arms Factory; Kovrov worksBasis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 6.5×50mm ArisakaBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1916–1925production; 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: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Автомат Фёдорова” ↗, maker: infobox manufacturer: Sestroretsk Arms Factory (Russian Empire) and the Kovrov machine-gun plant (RSFSR/USSR); en infobox: Kovrov Arms Factory
- 2. Wikipedia, “Автомат Фёдорова” ↗, years: infobox production date 1916–1917 (about 13 guns) and 1919–1925 (about 3,200); en infobox production 1913–1925
- 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
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passMaker: Kovrov works → Sestroretsk Arms Factory; Kovrov works. Russian Wikipedia gives the 1916–1917 production at Sestroretsk and the 1919–1925 run at Kovrov
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Avtomat M1916 Fedorov noBG.jpg” by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hmaag, CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Fedorov Avtomat”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Fedorov Avtomat or FA is a select-fire infantry rifle and one of the world's first operational automatic rifles, designed by Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov in 1915 and produced in the Russian Empire and later in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. A limited number of Fedorov rifles were produced during World War I, but the majority, approximately 3,200, were manufactured at the Kovrov Arsenal in the early 1920s. The weapon saw limited combat in World War I, but was used more substantially in the Russian Civil War and in the Winter War. Some consider it to be an early predecessor or ancestor of the modern assault rifle.