nice collectors piece on GB

[SmileDocHill]

Johnson automatics 1941. Beautiful wood on this thing. It is out of my price range so don't think you are stepping on my toes to buy this out from under me . I will however appreciate a finders fee in the form of allowing me to see it .

JOHNSON AUTOMATICS M-1941 SPORTER .30-06 : Curios and Relics at GunBroker.com

 

[sig1473]

Great rifle, but wrong front site for the military version.

 

[kedie]

A 1941 is on my list of someday rifles. I remember seeing an ad from the early 50's that was reprinted in the GCA journal that had 1941s going for $10-$15.Talk about an investment.

 

[451_Detonics]

Too bad it isn't still in military configuration, as a sporterized rifle I don't think it is worth the starting price unless there is providence that Johnson himself did the mods. There is a nice original on GB at $3800 no reserve

 

[paintball_addiction]

My Grandpa has one of the military versions in his collection. It's probably one of the ones he's most proud of.

 

[Jimbo Kern]

I was about to make a point about how $15 in 1941 is equivalent to more than $200 today... but then I realized we were talking about a 4K rifle.

Stretched over 70 years, that equates to roughly a 5% annual return.

 

[50apiguy]

beautiful gun.

 

[Barry in IN]

The front sight is correctable. There is a gentleman in TX that makes a lot of parts for them. He can also do the work to return them to military condition.

A company called Winfield Arms bought a bunch of M1941s from the Dutch in the late 50s, then resold them through ads in the American Rifleman. I am going out on a limb, but it's my guess that most of the M1941 Johnsons out there now are rifles that passed through Winfield Arms. Some were sold in military configuration, but a lot of those Winfield Arms rifles were "sporterized" to some degree. They would often change the front sight and remove the bayonet lug, and/or replace the stock with one that had a slightly different shape with a recoil pad. Unlike some sporterizings, it's usually fixable. Or at least it can be made to look right if not original. Even if not original, it would be better off than it was (IMHO).
On the other hand, there are some pretty hacked up M1941 Johnsons out there too.