BRDow

I have the following early 1941 Johnson firing pins (with spring) available for trade ONLY: 711 1093, 1191 2016, 2453, 2858 4206 5161, 5726, 5956 6384, 6935, 6961, 6991 7398, 7976 If one of these helps match up your Johnson. just trade for your present firing pin, you pay shipping both ways. Not For Sale. BRDow

Please provide the parts data on #5210 and #8081 if available. Current parts: #5210: barrel 0350K, bolt 5455, extractor 2834, hammer 855B, hammer block 590B, firing pin 8462, cam block 4126. Finish wear is consistent on all parts. #8081: barrel 8081, bolt 8081, firing pin 5966, cam block 8081, other parts have NO mark. This gun has been reparkerized - suspect the "8081" parts have been renumbered, although I see no sign of removing old marks. If these parts are not correct for these guns, and they help to match up someone else's, they are available for trade. I just collected data on #B5045 and #B4290. I was a bit surprised to find part prefixes as high as J and K; only two parts between the two with B prefix. Anyone know if this is typical? BRDow

I have the following no-refix 1941 Johnson parts available for exchange, no money needed: Bolt: #948, 5613, 7481 Cam: #820 Extractor: #4325, 4447, 4886, 5009, 5128, 5312 Hammer: #9281 Also hammer block #A0342 (maybe early enough to belong in a no-prefix gun?) Have no-prefix firing pins at another location; will list them later These are available on an exchange basis ONLY, in the off chance they make someone's 1941 Johnson more nearly correct as originally configured. You pay shipping and insurance both ways. I make nothing on this, but I don't want to be out-of-pocket on it. If you just need a usable firing pin and spring or a spare, I have NOS letter-prefix ones avalable for $50ppd. Or would be delighted to get a rear sight aperture, knob and/or screw in trade.

Joe, I haven't yet seen this problem on a Johnson, but I have dealt with it on M1, M14, FN49, FAL and a few others. On the M1 and M14 it is usually a bad hammer, often the result of overzealous attempts to improve the trigger pull by stoning the 'hooks'. You might want to examine your hammer carefully for a worn or chipped edge on the sear surfaces. On the FN 49 it is due to the firing pin being to heavy and the firing pin spring being too weak to prevent slam fire. A heavier firing pin spring or a spacer to pre-compress the spring fixes the problem. The Johnson firint pin is heavier than that of most rifles, so I wonder if it has the FN49 problem. There has to be a reason Johnson made those three expensive little radius cuts in the firing pin. If th hammer looks good, I would try an improvised spacer ahead of the firing pin spring or a new spring. The firing pin spring on the Johsson is positioned on the firing pin by a crimped-on ring. I have seen these loosen up and slide to the rear. Is yours by any chance loose? I have both the hammer spring and the firing pin spring, but perhaps with a little investigation you can resolve the problem before spending money. Did you perchance just switch to a different brand of ammo or a different primer in reloads? That would be a clue that it is the 'FN49' problem. Primers vary considerably in sensitivity between brands, and some will get aroused by litlte carresses that others will ignore. For semi-auto's I use WLR, Rem 9 1/2 or CCI 34's, not Federals or the standard CCI's. I have found and fixed a half-dozen typo's in tihis. Hope I got 'em all. Please forgive any remaining. Bruce

'Matching' was a poor choice of words. 'Original configuration' would have been better. Most of my firing pins have letter prefix, but I am just now degreasing them to see if there are a significan number of no-prefix pins. The other parts are all no-prefix. Seems a shame to just use them as spares or repair parts if they would enhance someone's rifle. Being a newbie here, I was surprised to find J and K prefixes on some firing pins. I didn't know they went that high. Bruce

Thanks for the info. I checked the referenced parts and find only the bolt is original to the rifle. The other parts are all very low numbers, as though perhaps they had been switched with parts from one or more rifles in the same bactch. Maybe I shooud be content with that, but I am curious if a mechanism exists for trying to trade parts to restore it. I am puzzled that the barrel (#0009a) has a large Navy Arms, Ridgefield CT stamp on the bottom - much larger thatn the usual importer stamps. Any opinions? BRDow

Please forgive me if this is a re-hash, but I am a newbie here, and I didn't find my answer in the existing posts. Is anyone attempting a forum to exchange parts for matching up 1941 Johnsons's? I have a few numbered parts that might help someone. I have three bolts, six extractors, one locking cam, one magazine, two hammers, and hundreds of firing pins. Oh yeah, and an LMG hammer. Is it worthwhile for me to degrease and log all these firing pins to see if they would help someone match up a rifle? How would I post the results to see if it helps someone? BRDow

I have serial #0034 in my collection. Can anyone tell me when it was made, for who, and how to tell if it is still original? BRDow