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I enjoyed that bit of history. Thank you.

I put a new recoil spring in my JSAR before I shot it for the first time. I do not know who made the spring, and I do not have access to the original specifications for a comparison. I have been shooting S&B 150 grain "Garand Food." I get a pronounced mark on the case head of the fired brass from the ejector that looks a rimfire firing pin mark. I plan to reload the cases. I do not get the mark on every case. The cases are ejected with a lot of energy and land 8-15 feet away.

I think it is chambered in .338-06.

eb, thank you for the suggestion. I have been thinking about the debris in the screw holes and the nasty possibility of gluing the recoil spring tube to the stock. I like your suggestion.

The sling swivel holes on my rifle go through to recoil spring tube. I think I would need to remove recoil spring tube before drilling the stock for plugs. It looks like 1/2" hardwood dowels would work. However, removing the recoil spring tube is not trivial. I plan to glue tooth pick in the holes and reinsert the screws. If that does not work, then I will drill the stock for dowels.

Bruce autographed the copy I bought through his website and the cost was $49.95. https://brucecanfield.com/collections/books

A couple of Johnsons appeared on GB this past week. But this morning a FrankenJohnson showed up. https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/924079538

At the last match I attended, I carried my JSAR between stages using the sling. When I got home I discovered the holes in the buttstock for the rear swivel screws are stripped. Fortunately, I did not lose either screw. How best to repair the screw holes? In the past, I have made repairs to stripped screwholes in wood by gluing in a match stick or something similar. In cheap furniture, I haved drilled the hole and glued in a wood plug that I drilled for the screw. I am looking for thoughts on how to best repair my JSAR buttstock. One very important consideration is that the repair not be visible with the rear swivel installed. How did the factory repair stripped screw holes; the military?

I would like 1, 2, and three.

I think this question arises from conflating the definition of a C&R for purposes of importation with the definition for transfer using an 03 FFL. The former requires the rifle to be in original condition and the latter does not. Unfortunately, the latest ATF guidance on this issue seems to extend the unmodified requirement to all C&R firearms. I do not believe it is correct -- ATF guidance is not law, but I would not want to be the test case.

I am looking forward to your poll. You can count on me for at least one poster.

JSARs in the February 2022 Rock Island Auctions catalog. JSAR 6574 is a Winfield sporter with a cheek piece on the butt stock. In the pictures it appears to be a high condition rifle. However, the description lists it as non-professionally refinished. https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1039/653/us-johnson-model-1941-semiautomatic-rifle JSAR 9687 appears to be a rifle in original military condition. It comes with an extra barrel and a leather sling. It is listed as being non-professionaly refinished. https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1039/2638/johnson-automatics-model-1941-semiautomatic-rifle-with-extra-ba JSAR B3109 looks like another Winfield sporter. The notes are that the rifle has been non-profesionally refinished. https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1039/4528/us-johnson-model-1941-semiautomatic-rifle

Another barrel lot is being offered on Gunbroker; this is what looks like two NOS barrels. One barrel is in .30-06 and the other is in 7X57. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/918981232

I am cautious about admitting the heresy of liking the Garand on this forum. However, when my DCM Garand arrived at the post office about 1981, it was one of fewer than a half-dozen rifles I owned. I quickly concluded that should I be limited to one rifle, this would be the one. Today, with ten times as many long arms in my collection, the question is not so easily answered. I do know that I am going to be shooting a lot more.

Prior to last Friday, I had never fired a JSAR, I had not fired my Garand in about 30 years, and my M1A has not been fired in 15 years - you could say that I am out of practice. However, much of what I used to know is coming back, and I am motivated to do better. I did catch on to loading the JSAR using stripper clips. I really like shooting the JSAR; the recoil is quite mild. I have some new Lake City match cases, some 176 grain match bullets, as well as some IMR 4895. I will be assembling some ammo very soon.