C&R · IV · 227

Tippmann ½-scale Browning 1917, water-cooled

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. 88 ↗

Tippmann Arms Company, 1/2 scale, Browning, Model 1917, water-cooled, cal. .22, machineguns.

INFOATF states no date; production was about 1983–1987.
INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 88 ↗ · ATF original ↗

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Verbatim check

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Editorial facts

Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence

References

1. forgottenweapons.com ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): 'In 1983, Dennis Tippman formed a company to manufacture half-scale functional replicas of Browning machine guns – the 1919 and 1917'; he left the business when the registry closed in 1986
2. gunvalues.gundigest.com ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): Gun Digest Gun Values: Tippmann Model 1917 .22 half-scale water-cooled reproduction 'Manufactured in 1986 and 1987' (semi-auto)

Fact tags

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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

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