Matt K.

New JSAR on Gunbroker. Item# 45522260

The real experiment is whether somebody who knows nothing about buying firearms (let alone Johnsons) will come along and plunk down $5k. Too bad. My guess is it goes down with no bids. For a more reasonable price, the rifle would sell.

The sight post on my 7mm is higher than my A prefix rifle, but my B prefix rifle sight post is actually a little higher than the A prefix sight post too. The 7mm locking collar has a Johnson sn, but there is no sn on the 7mm barrel. I was just curious about the star proof. The book shows one rifle's Cranston Arms logo with no star above it.

In Bruce Canfield's book he states the Chilean rifles were not from the NPC purchase. Should they still have the little star acceptance stamp above the Cranston Arms logo? Thanks.

"There are not so many parts that differentiate between the true 7mm and .30-06 rifles." Other than the barrel, are there more parts differences? I was under the impression, I could remove the 7mm barrel and insert a .30-06 and it would function as normal.

I picked one up last summer. As I read Bruce's book, I understood it to mean the Chilean rifles were NOT taken from NPC rifles. Mine has the star over the Cranston Arms logo.

Gents, I hit a really nice show today and picked up Johnson #3. Another dealer had a bayonet, which I am sure is original, but it had two different 4-digit numbers etched into it. I know they didn't come numbered, but have been told the Dutch numbered them. It was $350, which I guess is somewhere in the going rate. My question is: Does the two sets of numbers hurt the value as opposed to an no-number bayonet?

What I meant was for the same price or $50 more I can probably get an un-numbered original. Does it really matter should have been my question.

I think we need more info. Is it 0005, A0005, B0005? Or is it marked differently? If it is a standard M1941, is it in original configuration, sporterized, refinished? Photos would help. R/Matt

I stumbled across this article in the official magazine of the USMC, APR-JUN 2000: http://www.usmc.mil/marinesmagazine/pdf.ns...NMARINESMAG.pdf In the article titled "Looking for Heroes" the recipient of a MoH, Maj Robert Dunlap was reportedly still toting a Johnson in February 1945 (p.32)! Any thoughts?