Bruce Canfield

As the others have correctly stated, the added USMC and serial number on the stock are spurious. It's too bad that somebody devalued what otherwise looks like a pretty nice rifle.

No, it's not valid. There were only "no prefix," A prefix and B prefix serial numbers.

It'll be interesting to see what it goes for. A Dealer Sample typically brings a lot less than a transferable Form 4 gun..

I just heard from Mowbray Publishing that the Johnson Rifles & Machine Guns book is almost sold out and they will not be doing a reprint. If anyone is interested in a copy, this would be the time to pick it up. Once it's out of print, I suspect the prices will be ridiculously high on the secondary market.

A M1941 JLMG sold at the December 2023 Rock Island Auction for $141,000 shattering the previous record of the September 2023 auction of a M1941 LMG of $68,400. Of course, one auction doesn't set the prevailing market price but it is indicative of the very strong demand for genuine transferable Johnson LMGs.

Condolences and prayers for your family.

I've seen a couple of fully transferable genuine M1941 LMGs bring upwards of $75K at auction several years ago. The Morphy estimate seems low but, like anything else, it is worth what something is willing to pay.

Very good video with the exception of a factual error as to the number of Johnson rifles actually issued to the Paramarines.

It is true that the bayonets were not numbered at the JAMCO factory. The numbers were most likely applied by the Dutch to correspond with the rifles to which the bayonets were intended to be mated. A typical European practice.

This is another fake using some LMG parts. As can be easily ascertained from the attached photo, the stock of the Auto-Carbine was quite different in configuration from the LMG stock. Also JAMCO did not use "X" prefixes for their prototypes but used a :"S" (Sample) instead.

Interesting list. The only thing that needs to be changed is that the 1st Special Service Force did not have any Johnson rifles...only Johnson LMGs.

Nice looking grain in the stock.

Looks like a nice rifle.

Joe, So glad you're doing better and are on the mend. Take care.

Hi Joe, Please PM me. Thanks, Bruce