It also didn’t hurt that Colonel Merritt Edson, father of the Raiders, was a friend of Johnson, and had been on the evaluation board that had tested the rifle in 1939. compared to the same of the original scabbards. Politics and timing were the Johnson's eventual downfall. scabbard. It is Miltech and to give you an idea, their restored M1 goes for $1895.00 with an extra $425.00 for the rarer manufacturers. The rotating bolt, with eight locking lugs, would then unlock from the chamber as cam arrangement rotates and unlocks the bolt to continue the operating cycle. Chambered in .30-06, the gun could be fed with old Springfield 1903 stripper clips or topped off with single rounds. [2][3] Unfortunately, despite the several advantages the Johnson Rifle design had over the M1 Garand rifle, the existing disadvantages were too great to change US rifle production from the M1 Garand. An M1D goes for $3350.00. Demonstrating the M1941 Johnson semi automatic rifle’s unique nondetachable rotary magazine. Note the hooded front sight, no bayonet lug, and you just can see the shape of the rubber but pad. By late 1937, he had designed, built, and successfully tested both a semi-automatic rifle and a prototype light machine gun.

:). View cart for details. Get Guns.com offers and news, Need Help?service@guns.comCall (866)582-4867, PO Box 1131 13800 Nicollet Blvd Burnsville, MN 55337 ©2019 Guns.com. Plus, when tested by the Ordnance Dept., it couldn't use the standard issue bayonet, was no good for bayonet fighting and the mag was considered fragile and the receiver too long. While this design minimized muzzle climb, the sights had to be placed higher above the bore. The Johnson LMG was used by the Philippine Army and Philippine Constabulary during World War II under the Japanese Military Occupation from 1942 to 1945 and post-war from 1945 to 1960s including during the Hukbalahap Rebellion (1946-1954) and by the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea or PEFTOK (1950-1955). There are slight manufacturing nuances in original bayonets and scabbards The repro scabbard Johnson's curved, single-column magazine attached to the left side of the receiver; company brochures list a 20-round magazine as standard. Original WWII M1941 Johnson Rifle Bayonet and Scabbard - USMC World War Two. Oh I think you get a nice pine box with it too. These guns were so well-received by the users in jungle combat that the Special Marine Corps Parachute and Raider Battalions adopted both the M1941 and its companion LMG as their standard weapon. One of Johnson's last postwar firearms ventures was a 5.7 mm-caliber version of the M1 carbine, aka 'the Spitfire'. the originals have fewer stitches per inch than the repros do. This rifle was seriously considered by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps as an alternative to the M1 Garand Rifle in 1941. The budget-friendly line of American-made Leupold VX-Freedom riflescopes found a welcome audience last year, but 2020 sees even more interesting additions to the family, with our hands-down favorite being the illuminated-reticle FireDot line. ... M1941 Johnson Bayonet & Scabbard ... more info Quick view Add to Cart. In 1955, he was asked to assist Fairchild/ArmaLite in (unsuccessfully) promoting Eugene Stoner's AR-10 rifle with the U.S. Department of Defense, then with ArmaLite and Colt's Manufacturing Company as an advocate for the AR-15. The entity filed for bankruptcy and was liquidated in early 1949.

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succeeded in pawning off a fake Johnson Bayonet as the genuine article. The five-line patent markings are stamped between the factory legend and the rear sight. Believe it or not, the US Army actually entered World War II behind the eight-ball when if came to military weaponry. Dickson, Jim. Brand New. A special spike bayonet helped but was still less than perfect. Politics and timing were the Johnson's eventual downfall. second line units remaining in North Africa). The First Special Service Force, raised jointly with men from both Canada and the United States (the famous Devil's Brigade), traded the Marine Corps 125 of the new Johnson light machine guns for plastic explosives.

The next section will deal with the bayonets. Reproductions of the Johnson Model 1941 'Dagger  bayonet' first This page was last updated: 05-Nov 09:30.

And look at the price of their ammo. A widely-held belief among US soldiers (when surveyed[by whom?] Weeks, John, WWII Small Arms, Galahad Books, 1980, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M1941_Johnson_rifle&oldid=969709457, Semi-automatic rifles of the United States, Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1941, World War II firearms of the United States, World War II infantry weapons of the United States, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from March 2019, Articles lacking reliable references from March 2019, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2019, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from August 2019, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 July 2020, at 23:51. more info Quick view. It used a fixed 10-round rotary magazine, which could be fed by 5-round standard stripper clips or loose individual cartridges. In late 1946, Argentina expressed an interest in Johnson's arms, and Johnson fabricated a prototype, the Model 1947 auto carbine, a semi automatic rifle variant of the light machine gun with the 10 round cylindrical magazine. Design. but they are not as obvious as the differences I have pointed out between differently than the originals (C). Johnson Magazine Door Spring. Johnson 1941 Extractor, Reproduction. Argentina apparently declined to purchase any, and the M1947 auto carbine never went into production. This is an excellent example of a WWII M1941 Johnson semi-automatic rifles that was manufactured by the Cranston Arms Co.

However, eager to augment the firepower of the first Marines to take the fight to the Japanese, many Guadalcanal-bound Leathernecks were given a quantity of the undelivered Dutch guns hurriedly bought from Johnson. The rivet ends on almost all original Johnson bayonets will have some Johnson Magazine Door Spring.

This guide is meant as an overview for collectors and is to be used Design. It was only a matter of time before someone tried, and apparently did Melvin Johnson campaigned heavily for the adoption of the Johnson rifle by the U.S. Army and other service branches. This system had some advantages in comparison to the M1 Garand rifle, such as a greater magazine capacity combined with the ability to recharge the magazine with ammunition (using 5-round clips or individually) at any time, even with the bolt closed on a chambered round. strap to the body of the scabbard. any numbers what so ever from the factory, nor were the scabbards. I load almost all my match ammo, and most of the other stuff I shoot. the original and the reproduction ones. Notice how flat the rivet is and how rounded the originals are (A). to assist in deciding whether to purchase an item, it is not to be taken However,  don't get caught out by resellers They were eventually sold in the surplus market in 1953.[13]. This is an example of a WWII Model 1941 Johnson Semi-Automatic Rifle. There was at one time, a company that refurbished Johnson Automatics with a wooden box and all the accs. In the scabbards, for example, there is a definite difference.With this article I will show these.

scabbard itself sells by itself for $30.00. The Army itself even issued Dutch-contract M1941s to the 1st Special Service Force (aka the Devil’s Brigade). And the Johnson? ]—there are no verified cases of an enemy using the "M1 Ping" sound to their advantage up through the Korean War. The ears on the bayonet lug spring clip are squarer cut and formed Stay in the know. there is a difference. It could also be topped up without interfering with the rifle’s action, unlike the M1. The Johnson semi-automatic rifle was of similar size to the gas-operated M1, at 9.5-pounds and 45-inches long, but was very different mechanically. Despite repeated requests by the Marine Corps to adopt the rifle,[8] the Johnson rifle lacked the support of US Army Ordnance, which had already invested considerable sums in the development of the M1 Garand and its revised gas operating system, then just going into full production.

$37.50. Just one example of the rifles features was the 11 degree turn, multi-lugged rotating bolt..... Melvin Johnson patented his rotary bolt. I haven't seen any of their ads for some time, that I can recall. finish on the repro it is better than a wartime production bayonet.

This picture shows the strap hold down rivet. Partially because of lack of development, the M1941 was less rugged and reliable than the M1, though this was a matter of personal preference and was not universally opined among those that had used both weapons in combat.[4]. The rifle itself was judged the equal of the Garand with pluses and minuses for both, again timing and politics. As a complement to the rifle, Johnson designed a modified version, the Johnson Light Machine Gun as one of the first squad automatic weapons. The combat troops in World War II who carried Johnson Automatics loved the rifle. Captain Dunlap was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in that battle, and he retained and displayed the weapon until his death in 2000. Since Mr. Garand worked for the Springfield Armory AND the Garand was already in production AND the War was ramping up where do you think the Military bias would be in testing between the Garand and the Johnson rifle.