Publications Library

ATF occasionally issues publications to inform the industries it regulates and the general public about the laws and regulations administered and enforced by ATF. These include guidebooks, newsletters, brochures, studies, and reports.

Titlesort descending Description Category Document Type
1125-ffl-list-ohio.xlsx (2855 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-oklahoma.xlsx (2731 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-oregon.xlsx (2701 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-pennsylvania.xlsx (2907 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-puerto-rico.xlsx (2558 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-rhode-island.xlsx (2562 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-south-carolina.xlsx (2711 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-south-dakota.xlsx (2623 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-tennessee.xlsx (2766 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-texas.xlsx (3436 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-utah.xlsx (2696 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-vermont.xlsx (2590 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-virgin-islands.xlsx (2552 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-virginia.xlsx (2770 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-washington.xlsx (2688 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-west-virginia.xlsx (2658 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-wisconsin.xlsx (2744 KB) Firearms Report
1125-ffl-list-wyoming.xlsx (2640 KB) Firearms Report
1968-28-Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Implements of War (2230 KB)

This circular announces the transfer of the Arms Import Control Program from the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Firearms Industry Circular
1970-14-Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Implements of War (3268 KB)

This circular announces the issuance of a  new Treasury Department regulation, Part 180 of Title 26, Code of Federal Regulations, entitled Importation of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War.

Firearms Industry Circular
1974-11-Environmental Responsibilities (704 KB)

This circular advises proprietors of their responsibility to ATF with respect to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act, and of the possible effects of these requirements upon their activities.

Explosives Industry Circular
1975-1-Pen Guns Classified as Firearms (902 KB)

This circular announces the reclassification of small caliber weapons (such as pen guns) ostensibly designed to expel only tear gas, similar substances or pyrotechnic signals, which may be converted to expel a projectile by means of an explosive, as firearms.

Firearms Industry Circular
1982-8-Discontinuance of ATF Form 5400.3, for Black Powder (660 KB)

This circular notifies explosives licensees that ATF Form 5400.3, Transaction Record for Black Powder to be used for antique weapons, is no longer required.

Explosives Industry Circular
1985-11-Surplus Military Firearms Frames or Receivers (653 KB)

This circular announces that ATF will allow the importation of surplus military curio or relic firearms that were previously prohibited from importation by 18 U.S.C. section 925(d)(3).

Firearms Industry Circular
1986-15-Armor Piercing Ammunition (841 KB)

This circular announces that the President signed Public Law 99-408, on August 28, 1986.  This law regulates the manufacture, importation and sale of armor piercing ammunition.

Firearms Industry Circular
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