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Seems a little "Reckless" to me... Seriously I like it. Where did you find it? Congratulations!!

Congratulations on finding Phil Sharpe's tome. Every hand loader should have a copy and read it...often. The Lovell 22/3000 and the improved (by M.S. Risley with an assist by Harvey Donaldson) 22/3000 R-2 Lovell were pretty popular in the 1930's though the introduction of the 222 Remington in 1950. Another good book with a lot of historical information as well as good data (dated a bit) is "Pet Loads" by Ken Waters, another must have book for hand loaders. Enjoy!

Joe I am going miss you at the show. I will also miss stopping by your table and having one of your wife's sandwiches! Best wishes and prayers to you.

We're just a few days out. Is ANYONE going to the Tulsa show??? Message me if you don't want to post publicly, would like to meet fellow enthusiasts. Does Mr. Scott still set up at the show?

I sent an email to Navy Arms sometime back to ask about the importation of the Chilean rifles. I never heard back. I would think they would have the records for the rifles they brought back? Does anyone know if today's Navy Arms Co. is in anyway related to the Navy Arms Co. of the 1970's - 1980's. So many of the old arms manufacturers and/or firearms related companies exist today in name only. It seems irresponsible for RIA to state that rifle serial numbered B1483 is a Chilean contract rifle and have no documentation to support the claim. Is this how a "reputable" auction house does business?

Thank you for having another look. As you stated we can never know. It's odd to me with the numbers for magazines all over the place how mine got a magazine number one digit off from what's shown in the ledger. It doesn't bother me, just a mystery! Best regards. Doug

She's a beauty! Congratulations and hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine!

Yes I did. The ledger showed Magazine #A1436 and my magazine is A1435. All other parts were correct. I have always wondered if the ledger was in error (gasp!) or if in fact my magazine had been swapped out or mixed up with another. It's odd that it's one digit off but there you have it.

I messaged the seller on the site and their reply was that the barrel does not have the Navy Arms stamp. My Chilean rifle (I had it checked here for original numbers) has the Navy Arms stamp on bottom of barrel and it's my understanding that all of them reimported by Navy Arms has this same stamp. I think approximately 900 rifles were made for Chile and Navy Arms brought almost all of them back into the U.S. in the late 1970's or early 1980's. Below is the link to the thread about my rifle and Dr. Alpert posted some Navy Arms ads from November 1979 listing the Chilean rifles for sale. http://johnsonautomatics.com/messageboard/index.php?/topic/2215-johnson-rifle-serial-4446/#comment-8772

Am I correct in thinking that the 7mm's were all brought back to the U.S. by Navy Arms? If legitimate should this barrel have the Navy Arms stamp on the bottom of the barrel? If so I can't make it out in the pictures.

I did not know how to do this, thanks!

Tulsa show April 2&3, anybody planning on attending? As always I like to meet Johnson Rifle fans and visit. I'll be there all weekend. Doug

Neil, I sent you a PM regarding a barrel meeting your requirements.

Hello all, is anybody heading to the Tulsa gun show the weekend of 11-12 November? I'm not sure yet if I'm going to make it or not. There is always a lot of looking to be done. Doug