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Very interesting to see the process, thanks for sharing!

Hi guys, surprise surprise, my new barrel is all assembled and I just got back from the range. I found this shop in southern Ontario to do the work: www.vulcangun.com . The owner Nick Kaikkonen has videos of his Johnson work on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_I1HxiXtmM (Note serial numbers 5321 and 3002 in the video). Dealing with Nick was a pleasure. The cost and timeline of 6 weeks were exactly as he quoted, and the workmanship is high quality. This wasn’t cheap. The labour by Vulcan with taxes and shipping both ways was $1120. The parts (Rem 700 take off barrel ($25), set of barrel collars ($370), bayonet lug ($190), front sight ($100)) brought the complete product up to a grand total of $1800 (all prices in Canadian dollars). Thanks again to ryche_me for the collars and Joe Scott for the bayo lug. I’m glad I went for M48tankers advice and got the bayonet lug too. I shot 25 rounds and function with the Remington 700 barrel is perfect. I even put the factory bayonet on and took a few standing shots, this worked perfect too. With my old barrel I was getting 12 to 16 inch "groups" at 50 meters using surplus LC69 M2 rounds. Now a 5 shot group with the same ammo same distance is 4 inches. The result might be better with some new production M2 and a warm day. Its -10 C so I was shooting with winter gloves on. Its not a sniper, but back to battle rifle accuracy and I can hit what I am at. Still on the hunt for a NOS mainspring, and the two screws that hold the forend key in place... have cash

There happens to be 4 JSARs for sale in Canada on gunpost.ca right now, 3 from the same seller, Serial 0858 (?), https://www.gunpost.ca/firearms/rifles/calgary/ww2-usmc-johnson-m1941 Serial 1915, https://www.gunpost.ca/firearms/rifles/calgary/ww2-us-johnson-1941-service-rifle Serial 1072, https://www.gunpost.ca/firearms/rifles/calgary/ww2-johnson-m1941-30-06-semiautomatic One from a different seller, Serial 1040, https://www.gunpost.ca/firearms/rifles/markham-york-region/johnson-m1941-rifle

I did the stock repair just like he showed in the video and it worked for me. I put photos in an album attached to my profile. He also has a video about the Marlin 1898 which perpetuates inaccurate safety info about that gun (flicking the recoil lock does not mean the action is unlocked and the bolt flies in your face). Still from both videos I learned a lot.

The top firing pin is serial number K7460, bottom is 5447 (no prefix). The area I partly circled in red measures 0.95". But I can see a grind mark that shows the gap used to be 0.68". Now that I play with it a bit more the collar does slide I can slide it to the right, but it won't go any further left (closer to the part that hits the primer) than the correct position. Well for me its a spare, might never have to use it.

I bought a spare firing pin several months ago. This week I had my JSAR apart, so I compared the pin I have (top) with the pin I bought (bottom). I noticed two things, For the area circled in blue, that circular piece has some wiggle to it and the spot weld holding it fixed the to the pin body is broken. For the area circled in red, this smaller diameter area is clearly longer than what I have. Did I get screwed? Is this firing pin any good?

Nice looking rifle!

Hi guys couple of updates. I tracked down all the re-barrel advice and dimensions on this site, its pretty clear. Unfortunately I don’t have the time to learn to do this myself. I took the parts and instructions to my gunsmith, but he declined, he doesn’t rebarrel semi-autos. So now I need to find the right person in this country to do the work. I’ve held back on buying the taper pins and taper pin reamers… That stuff will cost me $200, and if I find someone with experience doing JSAR rebarrels, they should have those things. But if anyone has taper pins to spare (one #2 x ¾” and two #2/0 x 5/8”) I would gladly buy them off you. In the meantime I keep accumulating parts. Tanker, I got in contact with the legend Mr. Joe Scott and now I have a bayonet lug, many thanks. Then an original bayonet and scabbard came up for sale for a relatively good price. I don’t know why these get a hard time. To me its practically the same concept as a No4 Mk1 Enfield or Mosin Nagant Another thing I did with some sadness was pop rivet my magazine to 5 rounds, ‘cause it’s the law and I plan on keeping this awhile. Thanks Dutch2 for the dimensions of where to drill the hole. I used a 3/16” diameter rivet and I found you have use a long rivet about 7/8” long. A shorter one in the same hole allows 6 rounds. Still on the hunt for a NOS mainspring, and the two screws that hold the forend key in place... have cash

well I was convinced! Still surprised by the risks people have taken in the Johnson universe. It instantly reminded me of something I saw in China in 2008

ok yeah it was me... its going to a good home! I got this one, now I'm out. I was very close to spending $700 usd on a different one that came up on ebay months back, about the same condition but was numbered. Top 3 most expensive bayonets I bought to complete projects #1 1941 JSAR #2 Enfield No5 Mk1 jungle carbine #3 US Model of 1917

Merry Christmas! I splurged and got myself an original JSAR bayonet and scabbard to celebrate the holidays. Hey its snowless up here in Saskatchewan too, first brown Christmas since 1997.

A3169 is being auctioned in Canada, https://www.icollector.com/JOHNSON-AUTOMATICS-Model-1941-Caliber-30-06-SPRG_i51006132

Thanks for this analysis it is interesting, wow average price is so high. I'm also curious how much supply is really out there.. how many serial numbers are known to exist today? Not number produced but actually observed from watching listing and postings, thanks

Hooo yeah boys... Thanks to ryche_me, I now have a set of collars from the USA. Like I mentioned above, parts were declared on the package for shipping from USA to Canada, Canada border service opened the package, assigned a tax of $40 CDN, away it goes to my door thats it thats all. THANK YOU! Help out those Canadian gun owners in need eh! We are under pressure with the current Liberal government, who earlier this year tried but failed to ban over 1,500 models of firearm, and that list included the JSAR. My other experiences with re-barreling were buy a barrel, take it and the gun to my gunsmith (AC Douglas Gunsmithing in Saskatoon), and he does it all. This is more involved so I want to get the instructions. Looking through this message board, there are a few stories of doing re-barreling. All the info is on this board I think, but not really in one place in my opinion. Should I break out this project into its own new thread?

Thanks! PM sent. To clarify shipping (and keep in mind this just my experience not legal advice!) For parts shipped from USA to Canada, I can buy/import a small amounts of parts (I think under $500 at a time) with some exceptions, no problem. All that happens is when the package arrives, I pay a small import tax. I have bought/imported all kinds of stuff like firing pins, extractors, magazine parts, triggers, iron sights, springs, screws, stocks, bayonets, for rifles, shotguns and pistols. I just bought some nice JSAR parts from a USA member here, everything declared when shipping no problems. The parts can be sent from an individual or a business. The things that I know are exceptions are bare receivers, bolts or really the part called the bolt body, barrels, and magazines or really just the main body. For example a JSAR rotary mag shell can't be sent, but the follower and springs is all ok. The barrel parts are ok, just not the tube itself. Canadians can still get these exception parts, they just have to go a different way. That involves paperwork and more taxes, but there are importers like Aztech Armory that do that all for you for a fee.