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Welcome to a great forum! When I got my military Model 1941 Johnson rifle, I couldn't wait to totally disassemble it, clean it well and reassemble the beast! I had wanted a nice Johnson rifle for over 20 years. Finally found a great example which shoots wonderfully. Mine did need a new mainspring. Everything else was in excellent condition. Hope you get a chance to shoot your new treasure soon. Keep us informed.

Talking about ammo for your Johnson rifle, I like to remind people to make sure you shoot military ammunition and not commercial ammo in this rifle. Commercial ammo has softer primers that can easily allow slam fires to occur. I made this mistake when I first shot my Johnson rifle. I reload and didn't have enough of the harder military CCI #34 primers and used regular Large Rifle primers. Now, I have a large supply of #34s on hand! Keep us in the loop!

Excellent story but I was waiting to hear a range report with this beast! Welcome to JSAR forum!!

Thanks for this review! I'm going to go polish my chamber now and clean any gunk out of the ejector just to make sure I have smooth operation next range time. This was very helpful for amateurs like me!

Fascinating! Thanks for that tidbit.

If I was more aware of the demand and market for this device, I might have been more motivated to bid higher and take a risk to resell at a profit. But, I was far from that point and let it go. Yes, I hope someone got it who needed it! Thanks for the help overall.

Well, it went for close to $1500. Well over my high bid. I couldn't be sure to be able to sell it for a profit, so I stopped at around $700. Evidently, someone got a deal!

Well, anytime I bid, I want to win it! Sometimes I put a tiny, losing, bid just to follow it easier. But, I would be happy to buy this at a low price and sell it for a small profit! I have always been careful, though, to try to avoid bidding against a fellow forum member. I've missed many items I wanted because of that myself. I have a fairly high bid on this for now. We'll see where things end up. Thanks!!

wow! This will be interesting to watch! Thanks. I might put a higher bid on this up to a point.

I found this Johnson Machine Gun Magazine listed on an auction site today. Don't know how unusual it is to find one of these unattached. I've never seen another one for sale before. I've got a low bid on it just to follow the sale. What are these worth? https://www.proxibid.com/US-Johnson-M1941-Machine-Gun-Magazine-and-Magazine-Support-Assembly/lotInformation/90673915

The whole "package" sure helped bump this price up. Lots of bidders who don't do their homework and buy the story sold by the seller.

What a great opportunity to research and evaluate a great piece of US history for your elderly customer. Welcome to the forum. I would also add that any USMC stamping would most likely be from one stamp with even letters and not single letter stampings in an irregular manner. It will be interesting to see if numbers are appropriate for this no-prefix rifle. Looks like it should have a pretty high value at this point. It's amazing how these treasures can turn up at anytime, something that hasn't been seen or followed by collectors for many decades. Any further history from the owner would be interesting.

Here's one for sale on Echoes of Glory's auction site. Serial Number B7948. https://www.proxibid.com/US-Military-WWII-issue-M1941-Johnson-Automatics-30-06-Semi-Automatic-Rifle-FFL-B7948-M2T1/lotInformation/90522972 Looks good with honest wear.

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If it was reparkerized, the stampings on the receiver still look real sharp. Maybe it is original finish in great condition? The one at the bottom is my receiver for comparison.