ATF Police Officer's Guide to Recovered Firearms

U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

   See also the instructional video "Collecting and Packaging Firearms"

This guide is designed for Police Officers and includes the following topics:

• Firearms Safety
• Required Markings
• U.S. Manufactured Firearms
• Imported (Foreign Manufactured) Firearms
• How To Identify Firearms
• Revolver
• Pistol
• Rifle
• Shotgun
• Tips For Firearms Queries Using Mobile NCIC Terminals
• Trace All Recovered Firearms
• How to Request a Firearms Trace
• Persons Prohibited by Federal Law from Possessing Firearms
• Questions to Ask Unlawful Firearms Possessors
• Visual Guide to Firearms
• Pistol
• Revolver
• Other
• Derringer
• Rifle (Lever Action)
• Rifle (Bolt Action)
• Rifle (Semiautomatic
• Shotgun (Pump Action)
• Pistol Grip Firearm
• AR-15 Type
• AK Type
• Machineguns

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