SIG PE57 rifle
Official wording
SIG, Model PE57 rifles, serial numbers PE1000 through PE4941. This does not apply to PE57- type rifles built on machinegun receivers.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “serial numbers PE1000 through PE4941”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1957–1985.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
SwitzerlandBasis: no citation - Manufacturer
- Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG)Basis: outside reference ⁵
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: outside reference ¹
- Caliber
- 7.5×55mm SwissBasis: outside reference ²
- Made
- c. 1957–1985production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ⁴
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 15 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Update to the April 2025 edition) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “SIG SG 510” ↗, action: PE-Stgw. 57 (Privat Einzelfeuer): semi-automatic only civilian version
- 2. Wikipedia, “SIG SG 510” ↗, calibers: PE-Stgw. 57 in 7.5×55mm GP 11 Swiss
- 3. Wikipedia, “SIG SG 510” ↗, service: factory-built semi-automatic only rifles for private purchase
- 4. Wikipedia, “SIG SG 510” ↗, years: Stgw. 57 family produced 1957–1985; no PE-specific dates given
- 5. Wikipedia, “SIG SG 510” ↗, maker: designed by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
- 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, “F ass 57.JPG” by Bouterolle, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “SIG SG 510”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Sturmgewehr 57 is a selective fire battle rifle designed by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft of Switzerland. The Stgw. 57 assault rifle uses a roller-delayed blowback system similar to the blowback system of the Heckler & Koch G3 and CETME rifles. As an assault rifle, the model AM 55 entered service in the Swiss Army in three designations F. ass. 57 7.5mm and 7.5mm Stgw. 57. Technologically, the Stgw. 57 was the mechanical and design basis for the export-variations of the SG 510 family of small arms. After thirty-three years, from 1957 to 1990, the Swiss Army replaced the Stgw. 57 with the SIG SG 550, a lighter-weight assault rifle.