Category I
Firearms and Related Articles
Paragraphs marked SME are Significant Military Equipment.
| Paragraph | Text |
|---|---|
| (a) | Firearms using caseless ammunition. SME |
| (b) | Fully automatic firearms to .50 caliber (12.7 mm) inclusive. SME |
| (c) | Firearms specially designed to integrate fire control, automatic tracking, or automatic firing (e.g., Precision Guided Firearms). SME |
| (d) | Fully automatic shotguns regardless of gauge. SME |
| (e) | Silencers, mufflers, and sound suppressors. SME |
| (f) | [Reserved] |
| (g) | Barrels, receivers (frames), bolts, bolt carriers, slides, or sears specially designed for the articles in paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of this category. |
| (h) | Parts, components, accessories, and attachments, as follows: |
| (1) | Drum and other magazines for firearms to .50 caliber (12.7 mm) inclusive with a capacity greater than 50 rounds, regardless of jurisdiction of the firearm, and specially designed parts and components therefor; |
| (2) | Parts and components specially designed for conversion of a semi-automatic firearm to a fully automatic firearm; |
| (3) | Parts and components specially designed for defense articles described in paragraphs (c) and (e) of this category; or |
| (4) | Accessories or attachments specially designed to automatically stabilize aim (other than gun rests) or for automatic targeting, and specially designed parts and components therefor. |
| (i) | Technical data (see § 120.33 of this subchapter) and defense services (see § 120.32 of this subchapter) directly related to the defense articles described in this category and classified technical data directly related to items controlled in ECCNs 0A501, 0B501, 0D501, and 0E501 and defense services using the classified technical data. (See § 125.4 of this subchapter for exemptions.) |
| (j) | -(w) [Reserved] |
| (x) | Commodities, software, and technology subject to the EAR used in or with defense articles. |
| (1) | A firearm is a weapon not over .50 caliber (12.7 mm) which is designed to expel a projectile by the deflagration of propellant; |
| (2) | A fully automatic firearm or shotgun is any firearm or shotgun that shoots, is designed to shoot, or can readily be restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger; and |
| (3) | Caseless ammunition is firearm ammunition without a cartridge case that holds the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a unit. |
Source: eCFR, version
2026-08-01, retrieved
2026-08-20T04:08:36+00:00.