So I’m waiting for this thing:
Any M1941 Johnson fans on board?
So I’m waiting for this thing:
Any M1941 Johnson fans on board?
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I don't know anything about them but they sure are cool.
Looks like the grandfather of a FN FS2000. Interesting rifle!
Ken
BBI: ...”you better not forget the safe word because shit's about to get weird”...
revchuck38: ...”mo' ammo is mo' betta' unless you're swimming or on fire.”
Short recoil operation - the barrel sets back a bit in the "shoulder thing that goes up."
Ten shot rotary magazine, loaded from the side with two Springfield stripper clips.
Code Name: JET STREAM
Alleged to be temperamental and lost out to the M1 Garand. The Marines acquired and used a handful in WW2 though from a shipment that was ordered by the Dutch before the Netherlands fell. Numrich used to have a lot of parts from buying out Johnson's stock when they folded. Only ever seen one in the wild and had an ask like $5K. If I'd had the money though...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1941_Johnson_rifle
"If the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over."
Instead of being the Tactical Tuna it is the “Battle Tuna”Originally Posted by HeavyDuty
You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay......
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
You can even call him Ray Jay
Bad ideas, brilliant execution
Criticize less, compliment more
I once went to a training class where the presenters name was Hugh Johnson. We had some Marines there so up front he said his name was Hugh Johnson, not Huge Johnson. I guess he already knew the routine.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
Mark Novak is good people. Here he is with my Mateba MTR-6, one of two in the country.
Michael@massmeans.com | Zeleny@post.harvard.edu | westcoastguns@gmail.com | larvatus prodeo @ livejournal | +1-323-363-1860 | “If at first you don’t succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.” — Curly Howard, 1936 | “All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” — Samuel Beckett, 1984
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