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Well, I barely made it in the door at the show when I got an offer that I accepted. One of my concerns in selling the rifle was finding a buyer that appreciated what they were getting. I sold it for $3000. I guess I gave him a heck of a deal but he paid cash so maybe I was blinded by the green. I am happy with the deal and gave him several printouts from this site so hopefully he will show up here and be a contributor. Thanks for the input on my rifle. The important thing to me is that I had it for 50+ years and enjoyed it and preserved a little bit of arms history. I think it is a great design and should have had a chance to make a greater impact on WWII.

I do apologize for the for the poor quality of the photos. If I still have the rifle after the show, I will try to make some better pictures to list. The price I am using is just a 'guesstimate' based on what I have seen here and other places. Bargaining has to start somewhere since some people seem to enjoy it so much. It is certainly more than the few hundred dollars I paid for it in the early 1970s. I have a "bottom dollar" figure in mind and will not sell it below that. In some bargaining situations some people have asked: "what if you don't sell it?". I just reply: "I get to keep it".

Photos of my rifle that I hope are attached. I am not well versed in this computer stuff. I purchased it from Martin B. Rettings in Culver City, CA in the early 70s(I am still looking for the original receipt). I have put about 200 rounds through it including the 60 rounds in "competition" to get a DCM Garand. The bayonet I bought shortly after the rifle. If I own a rifle that takes a bayonet, I like to have the proper bayonet for it. Of course sometimes in my life, I would buy a bayonet and then declare that now I had to get the rifle to go with it. I checked under the butt plate and there were no spare parts. I did order the specified parts from Numrich and put them behind the plate. At least I think I did. I will check before I take it to the gun show tomorrow(this getting old is for young people!). Any comments on the rifle and/or my asking price will be appreciated

A little late on this topic but years ago when I wanted to shoot my 60 rounds to qualify to get a M1 from DCM(yeah, that long ago), I decided to use my JSAR in the match. I thought it was kind of fitting to use a JSAR to get a Garand. The 'competition' went well especially the required reload session. As far as scoring, I don't remember my score but through no fault of the rifle, I think I came in third. I had never done 'competition' before so went way too fast on the slow fire phase. So i guess I can say I used a JSAR in competition but only the one time.

Hello, I have an M1941 Johnson serial # B7496 that I bought from a gun store in the 1970s. I am considering taking it to the Wanenmacher's gun show in Tulsa this Saturday to sell. I don't really want to sell any of my gun collection but at 72 years of age I have to be realistic. Although any relatives that might deal with my estate are pro-gun, they don't have a clue of the value of most that I have. I need cash right now so figure the Johnson stands the best chance of bringing more 'bucks for the bang'. From the discussion on this topic, it sounds like $5000.00 would be a reasonable asking price. I am including an original bayonet and sheath that I purchased shortly after buying the rifle. Those things were not hard to find in the 70s. I would appreciate any opinions on my planned price. Thank you.

In the low budget alien/horror movie: "Without Warning", Jack Palance's character uses a JSAR with scope.