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    A Question

    I am a Garandicon guy and know little of these weapons.
    Was the Johnson ever chambered for .35 Remington ? I hunted with a friend
    over 30 years ago who owned one in that caliber as he borrowed some .35 cal rounds from me. The thing was a accident waiting to happen. He dropped it and it went off. If he hit the butstock too hard with or without the safety on , it went off. He replaced it with a Remington 742.
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    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 anything could be made into a Johnson barrel.

    A company called Winfield Arms in L.A. Calif bought a bunch of Johnsons back from the Dutch gov't in the late 50's. They left some alone, but "sporterized" some to various degrees. In addition to the military chamberings of .30-06 (US and the Netherlands) and 7mm (Chileicon), their ads also listed barrels in .270 Winchester. I think they sold barrels seperately too.
    I have heard of .35 Whelen barrels for Johnsons too, but have no idea who made them.

    So it is entirely possible that a barrel could be made up for just about any cartridge with a head size close to .30-06. Most might even work.
    Whether it is a good idea or not is debatable.

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    The .35 Whelen is a possibility (as with all .30-06 rifles), but I don't think a .35 Remington has enough power to operate the Johnson, or that the smaller base round would feed and extract well. Could the rifle have been some other semi-auto in .35 Remington, perhaps a Remington Model 8 or 81?

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