It just basically looks too nice to be original, to me anyway.
Printable View
It just basically looks too nice to be original, to me anyway.
Absolutely agreed...
The tricky part about that particular Johnson is that it looks like some of it has been re-blued but some of it looks OK. The Johnson's I've seen that were supposedly original finish and sold for a LOT of money were what I would call blued looking but not as glossy and Mirror-like as some parts on that one. Definitely NOT Parkerized. The first close-up pic definitely looks re-blued. Some of the upper part of the receiver area looks right. The barrel looks re-blued. The stock doesn't look right. I think someone was trying very hard to make this one look "right".
Looks like it just shipped out the bubba's factory door. Nice for a brand new old rifle.