Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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S&W Model 39, steel frame

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. 16 ↗

Smith & Wesson, Model 39, steel frame pistol, cal. 9mm Parabellum.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1964–1967.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Smith & Wesson
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
9mm Parabellum
Made
1964–1967production; ATF states no date³
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 16 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. pre98.com ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): Pre98 Antiques (dealer): "EXTREMELY RARE (only 927 made), 1964 S&W MODEL 39 STEEL FRAME 9mm PISTOL"
  2. pre98.com ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): Pre98 Antiques: steel-frame Model 39, "Only 927 were made"; "well documented from a factory letter that states that is was shipped in 1967" to S&W's North East sales rep
  3. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years: Gun Digest: "A total of 927 steel frame Model 39s produced" (no dates)
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: 1966 → 1964–1967

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Historical context

Smith & Wesson Model 39 (base model shown for S&W Model 39, steel frame)
Shown: a Smith & Wesson Model 39, not this steel-frame variant.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Smith and Wesson model 39 IMG 3063.jpg” by Rama (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.0 fr. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Smith & Wesson Model 39”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Smith & Wesson Model 39 is a semiautomatic pistol developed for the United States Army service pistol trials of 1954. After the Army abandoned its search for a new pistol, the Model 39 went on the civilian market in 1955 and was the first of Smith & Wesson's first generation semi-automatic pistols.