Beats me what happened. But it is interesting.
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Beats me what happened. But it is interesting.
With bullets from the RCBS 30-180-FN:
36.0 grains of IMR4350 would not quite function (1949 fps). It would work with three rounds in the mag, but not five.
37.0 grains did function (1979 fps).
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There is also a Reising forum (it's actually Reising section on an Uzi forum) you might try if you want to sell that way. Reising Talk - UZI Talk Forums
You shouldn't have any trouble selling...
From cafdfw:
"The one thing I am curious about is I seem to read that many that are not original GI-
Were Johnsons sporterized more often than other rifles from this era?"
That's a good...
FWIW, I've found that when I've chronographed my Johnson and Garands using the same ammo on the same day, the Johnson gives slightly higher velocity. It's a small margin, like around 40 fps, and...
Nice!
Sorry to read this.
I wish you all the luck in recovering them. And if they are found where the taker dropped them as he fell in a bottomless pit somewhere, so much the better.
Great you could find that out. I wish I could. Mine has a "B" pefix, so I couldn't get it.
You are welcome. I'm still new to them and learning so the info is still fresh in my mind!
if you want Joseph Scott's contact info to get a DVD or look into a restoration, let me know.
It looks...
Sounds like a Winfield Arms rifle.
This company, Winfield Arms, bought a bunch of ex-service Johnsons from the Dutch in the late 50s and re-sold them through ads in the American Rifleman. Some were...
Thanks. I sure like it better this way.
I forgot...
The glamour shot:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2009/04/IMG_16401-1.jpg
I finished getting my former Winfield Arms "sporter" Johnson returned to military configuration.
Mine was one of the less sporterized models as Winfields can go, but was sporterized...
Fascinating find (even more fascinating purchase!).
Taking the Johnson trigger group apart isn't the worst thing to do, but isn't my favorite thing to do either! It's not something I like doing at the table, and wouldn't want to do it at all sitting...
And that, I think, sums it up very well indeed.
By the time the first Johnson test rifle existed, it was way too late for the army to have changed even if it had been superior in almost every way. ...
OK, that's how you see it. I see it a little differently, although it really comes down to some small differences.
Melvin Maynard Johnson was well aware of the Garand rifle before it was even...
Nice looking rifle.
I have a Pattern 14, and it is a neat rifle to have just for the story/history behind them.
It's a shame there isn't more attention given to the P14s. It seems there is...
Thanks for sharing. One the first, or one of the last, of anything is pretty neat to see.
I had read something about .30-40 trapdoors somewhere, like maybe a handful were made in working up the...
I don't know if Pelago was able to find it, but I did. Wow, that's interesting reading. Thanks!
Interesting.
That rifle looks NICE.
Yeah, I'd wonder why anyone would do it once, let alone twice (at least) unless they just get a kick out of the attention.
There. I just gave you ten seconds' worth.
It wasn't chambered in .35 Rem originally, but I wouldn't be overly surprised if it wasn't done by someone somewhere. With a barrel locking collar and guide collar, a barrel blank for about...
That's kinda how I looked at it. Mine is a Winfield Arms gun, but was a lot less money than one that was "right". I'd rather have my "almost there" rifle and be working on it than have none at...
Nuts!
But..but..but..It didn't exist recently when I looked! I ran a search and found this same thread I saw before and posted in it.
Nice stupid post for the new guy to enter with, huh?