Dardick Gun Club

[Ed Johnson 0]

Our thanks to Jim Pullen for giving us this new section of the Johnson Website. As

most of you know, from reading the recent Johnson book by Canfield & Lamoreaux, my father was heavily involved with the attempted production of the

Dardick Pistol back in the late '50's into the '60's. Dad and David Dardick, the

inventor, had a long association prior to that time. While the pistol did not prove

to be a commercial success, nevertheless the concept of an open chamber

system used for Military application remains as a topic of interest and possibly

further research, perhaps leading to a book or more magazine articles (refer

to above entries in Spitfire Section and Johnson Rifle Section).

There is a growing interest in the Dardick and we therefore made a decision to

start an informal "Dardick Gun Club" (referred to as the DGC) for the benefit of

collectors and fans. Similar to our existing other JGC and 5.7 Clubs, there is no

cost to join. I will simply need your first & last name, town & state, with your

preferred E-mail address. This is informal, and both Steve Dardick (Dave's son)

and I will make ourselves available to answer questions. Walt Liss has obtained

some additional production info, in addition to research by Bob Lamoreaux and

Jim Pullen. As topics come up, we will announce them on this website section and

I will E-mail short bulletins to DGC members directly.

You may contact me directly at this website at:

ERJohnson@JohnsonAutomatics.com

Thanks, all. Ed Johnson

[walt 0]

Well my new computer iss up and running. I should be posting things about the Dardick pistol and carbine conversion shortly. I think it'll be a good thing.

Walt