Johnson Rifle

[TrafficMan]

Retting's in Culver City, California has a Johnson for sale. Didn't handle the rifle, but it looked gorgeous and clean.

Price Tag was $5500.00

This is the third Johnson that I have seen with my own eyes.

 

[Slimjim]

I know a dealer who goes to PA gun shows who had a table iwth Three Johnsons in a row, next to 3 or 4 G43's.

 

[BsChoy]

Thats not exactly a common gun....I wouldn't mind owning one just for the curiosity factor.

 

[MagnumCaliber357]

id like to hijack this thread and ask a question pretaining to the johnson rifle. I remeber watchign the history channel (perhaps mail call) and seeing a special forces version of it that had a peculior horizontally opposed magazine and was a matte black color. Does anyone have any information on this version. I tried surfing the net and came up with nothing?

 

[Jim K]

Some experimental Johnson rifles used a ten-round box magazine, but not side mounted.

The Johnson Light Machinegun uses a box magazine mounted on the left side, so that might be what you saw.

I have no idea why any Special Forces unit would have such an antique except as a museum piece. They were OK guns, but with no support, and no parts, trying to actually use one today would be folly.

Jim

 

[MagnumCaliber357]

Im talking about WWII special forces, does n e one have a picture of this johnson LMG with the left side mag

 

[JohnBT]

www.jcs-group.com/military/navy_marine/1941johnson.html

 

[MagnumCaliber357]

Very informative! Thanks a million JohnBT

 

[Langenator]

IIRC, the group in question was some sort of joint US-Canadian Ranger-like mountain warfare group. They ultimately ended up fighting in Italy.

 

[BigG]

...some sort of joint US-Canadian Ranger-like mountain warfare group. They ultimately ended up fighting in Italy.

Probably the First Special Service Force The Devil's Brigade.