emmagee1917

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    Good morning gentlemen .

    I've been away for awhile because I sold off most of my gun collection of 40+ years over the last 3-4 years , including my 1941 Johnson .

    I've been going through all the small stuff I still have , and I came across a small lot of Johnson parts . I'd like to sell them as one lot for $250 OBO delivered to the lower 48 . The lot includes one Numrich repo rear sight , 1 original rear sigh with a J. Scott sight block , the cut up original block , barrel latch assembly , 4 extractors , magazine spring , two cross pins with spring , and a small assortment of screws , pins , and springs which I've forgotten what they are , but I hope the pictures will allow you to identify . 

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    Thanks for looking . You can e-mail me at ottsparts (AT) Hotmail (DOT) com .

    Chris

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    I don't believe anyone has posted these . If they have been , I'm sorry for the duplicate post .

    Rifle for sale , first item listed :

    http://www.legacy-collectibles.com/ww2-collectibles/rifles/us/

    Bayonet for sale , about 12th item listed :

    http://www.legacy-collectibles.com/ww2-collectibles/edged-weapons/

    I don't own the store nor do I work for them ( though I think I'd love to be thier test - firer , by golly ) .

    Chris

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    Actually , the M1 was designed for the 172 gr load . The return to the 150 gr load had nothing to do with the Garand .

    We found in WW1 that our 150gr load did not have the long range punch of the other MG ammo , ie , we were out gunned . The 172 gr load was developed so that we could have machine gun " artillery " . The WW1 surplus was so great that the 172 load really was not issued till the mid 30s . By then we had moved on past using the MG for artillery and the need for the M1 round was gone . The M1 round started to be issued . It kicked a lot more and scores dropped . It also went further , and problems of stray rounds leaving the ranges and falling outside of them lead to the M2 development and reintroduction of the 150 gr load . With the lack of need , poor scores , and range problems , the M2 became the issued round  . The M1 was dropped and Garand adjusted his M1 slightly to be reliable with the M2 ammo .

    Chris

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    I'm afraid I spent more than your range back in '05 for a very nice one , and that was a bargain price back then .You are prob'ly going to have to raise your price range or lower your expect ions unless you stumble onto someone who either doesn't know the value of what they have or has to have $$$ right now . You might luck out , I picked up a 520-30 trench with no handguard and a rubber pad for $150. Butt plate that fit exactly was $25 ( went through a box of about 30 before finding a match , stock had not been cut ) . Then about 10 years later I stumbled on a handguard for $ 300 . So for $475 I have a trench gun worth several thousand .

    Good luck . Chris

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    Cutting was done , but not to any great extent. The stateside based armorers were " old salts " brought up on the '03 , so they did some Reisings and prob'ly a few Johnsons that they could get thier hands on . A few individuals did it to get more light around the sight under jungle conditions , but most did not . I recall that back in the '70s and '80s , Johnsons were common and narley a one had cut sights . A few months after it was " revieled " that cut sights was " proof " of USMC ownership , narley a one had uncut sights . Draw your own conclusions from this little fact. Chris

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    It would be impossible for us to know for sure , but.... He did enter the Corp in 1942. He did join the paramarines , one of the few outfits that had Johnsons at that time. He was in the Bougainville fight and so could have carried one. He was made an officer. It is a known fact that after the Johnsons were removed from the units , many " old salts " kept thiers . Although technically frowned upon , several did so , so it was not unheard of. Many of those Johnsons ended up on Iwo in the hands of Paramarines who were then in the 5th Marines ( as he was ) . After WW2 was over , the Johnson had been obsolete in service for a while , so it was no big deal to take one home ( unlike full autos or current issue M1911s or Garands ) and the break-down feature would have made sea-bag stuffing easy . It would not be unthinkable for his men to do this for him. Although the actual tapes were not available for us to hear , it is alluded to , in the article , that he , himself , said it was his rifle . If I was forced to sell a family heirloom , I would like it to go to someone who loved it too and would give it a good home , as long as I recieved a fair price. Chris