Is this the original blue finish on this Johnson Rifle?

[GUTS]

It just basically looks too nice to be original, to me anyway.

[browningautorifle]

Absolutely agreed...

[oneshot onekill]

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".

[Capt Mil Coll]

Looks like it just shipped out the bubba's factory door. Nice for a brand new old rifle.