Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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S&W .22/32 Kit Gun

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 15 ↗

Smith & Wesson, .22/32 Kit Gun, cal. .22LR, S/Ns 525670 - 534636 (no letter).

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/Ns 525670 - 534636 (no letter)”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1936–1953.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Smith & Wesson
Type
Pistol¹
Action
Other
Caliber
.22 LR
Made
Listed serials only · c. 1936–1953production; ATF states no date²
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 15 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Smith & Wesson Model 34 Kit Gun” ↗, type: Wikipedia: the Kit Gun line began in 1911 as the 22/32 "an I-Frame, .22LR, six-shot revolver"
  2. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: "Introduced in 1936 as .22-32 Kit Gun … S&W modernized this revolver in 1953"; Wikipedia: improved "22/32 Kit Gun, Model of 1953" introduced 1953
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

  1. Evidence passYears: 1935–1953 → 1936–1953. Gun Digest (Standard Catalog) says the .22/32 Kit Gun was introduced in 1936

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Historical context

Smith & Wesson Model 34 Kit Gun (base model shown for S&W .22/32 Kit Gun)
Shown: a later Model 34 Kit Gun, not this pre-war .22/32 Kit Gun.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Smith and Wesson model 34-1 right side.JPG” by Rkba2da, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Smith & Wesson Model 34 Kit Gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Smith & Wesson Model 34 Kit Gun is a small, six-shot, .22 Long Rifle, double-action revolver made by Smith & Wesson. It came with a two-inch or four-inch barrel and has adjustable-sights. It was designed to be easily packed in a hunting or fishing "kit" for small game hunting, plinking, pest control and self defense.