Jim Peden

Do you have photos and/or description posted anywhere?

See http://cgi.ebay.com/M-1941-Johnson-Rifle-B...1QQcmdZViewItem Bid was only up to $200 with 3 hours left. High bidder is that "dbcolts" guy.

Don't they know it's the AR-15 that is the "mouse gun"? smilie

That particular crack seems to be common. I sold one with an almost identical crack in the same place, otherwise quite mint, for $6500 last year. You got a good deal! Now go out and shoot it... they're generally tackdrivers in that condition...

I've seen Art's bayonet, it's genuine and looks almost new. I hear he'll trade it for a Cessna 150.

Depending on your zero point, here are the approximate changes in point of impact in inches and centimeter. One inch = 2.54 cm is about one MOA at 100 yards. Without a precision (dial) match grade elevation sight, you may need a little kentucky elevation, but certainly not much. Short Range Trajectory (100 yard zero) 100 Yds 0 in, 0 cm 200 Yds -3.3 in, -8.4 cm 300 Yds - 12.3, -31.2 cm Long Range Trajectory (200 yard zero) 100 Yds +1.7 in, + 4.3 cm 200 Yds 0 in, 0 cm 300 Yds -7.3in, - 18.5cm 100 yards is 91.44 meters 200 yards is 182.88 meters 300 yards is 274.32 meters Your biggest drop will be between 200 and 300 yards, where the meter/yard scale differential could be off by a couple of inches in point of impact. This is still in the 10 ring, don't worry, be happy. The worse that could happen is you might miss a few X's. This is, of course, assuming you shoot as well as Art.

I will gladly trade a brand new bayonet and sheath for your old dirty ones with ugly numbers and such. My trade bayonets are guaranteed 100% original SARCO issue and as any experienced collector knows, the SARCO tent pegs are almost as desirable as an all-matching number JSAR in 9mm.

Yes, having two sets of numbers makes it totally worthless. Send it to me.......

The notion of a shaped bore combined with a similarly shaped round was not exactly new when Dardick designed his weapon and ammo for it. In Manchester, England, in the late 1850's Sir Joseph Whitworth patented a 12-pounder Whitworth Rifle system for cannons (and also small arms) which used a hexagonal bore design instead of the usual rifling methods. The ammunition also carried the hexagonal design in order to follow the bore, thus allowing for better range and accuracy. Sir Whitworth manufactured his cannons in both breech-loading and muzzle-loading models. Whitworh guns of this type were used in the US Civil War and a number of them were imported by the Confederacy during the early months of the war before the blockade was tightened enough to be effective. It was the most accurate of the South's artillery weapons.

Gary, you need to reduce the photo in size. If you have any photo software, just resize it to something on the order of 480x640 pixels in JPEG format, which will be a nice sized photo but greatly reduced in file size, and then post it accordingly. You could also compress the photo 10%-15% or so without adversely affecting image quality. If you don't have the software or don't know how to do it, perhaps you could burn it onto a CD and send it to our webmaster ( who will likely provide you with a snail mail address if you send him an email ). I'm sure many of the JSAR researchers who frequent this site would be glad to see it. Best Wishes and Good Luck! Jim Peden

Probably the best authentic bayonet indicator is the rivet. On the originals, the rivet had a "domed" head. On every repro I have seen, the rivet had a flat head, like a short cylindrical shape, rather than domed, or curved on top.

Correction: That's GUNS AMERICA, not Gunbroker.com. sorry for the dyslexia... Jim

Almost pooped my diapers when I found the old forum gone. Whew! Thanks, Jim, we all appreciate your hard work.