Johnson at Epps

silverfoxdj said:
I believe these are made in the Philippines by the same factories as some other units with different names.
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I don't think you're talking about the same rifle. This isn't an Iver Johnson knock off. This is a semi auto military rifle made by Johnson to be a replacement or substitute for the Garand. There is a lot of history behind these rifles and a few nations adopted them as did certain units of the USMC for a short time.
 
bearhunter said:
I don't think you're talking about the same rifle. This isn't an Iver Johnson knock off. This is a semi auto military rifle made by Johnson to be a replacement or substitute for the Garand. There is a lot of history behind these rifles and a few nations adopted them as did certain units of the USMC for a short time.
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Thanks maybe the name got me I looked at one component on the Epps site and it refereed to a pistol..
 
That was an excellent price, unless there's missing pieces. I've never seen one with asking price below $2,600.00. I guess in the US they can be worth a lot more than they are up here.
 
ahh.yee ol' pot bellied pig........... nothing throws brass with more velocity and authority then a Johnson.........
 
years ago i was invited to go into the Hamilton police station with a reporter to look at some of the firearms that came in under the amnesty there was a MINT johnson with bayonet what a shame the news article caused quite a fuss mostly because of a brown bess that i told them was a national museum piece and the fact that there are many museums that would gladly give ppl a tax credit for some of these firearms needless to say quite a few ppl who turned in there guns wanted them back and the police had to have the guns culled for historical significance and sad to say i am no longer welcome to look at firearms turned in
 
36 hamon said:
years ago i was invited to go into the Hamilton police station with a reporter to look at some of the firearms that came in under the amnesty there was a MINT johnson with bayonet what a shame the news article caused quite a fuss mostly because of a brown bess that i told them was a national museum piece and the fact that there are many museums that would gladly give ppl a tax credit for some of these firearms needless to say quite a few ppl who turned in there guns wanted them back and the police had to have the guns culled for historical significance and sad to say i am no longer welcome to look at firearms turned in
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At least the Bess was saved.
 
saw a couple of them at klondike arms on the now semi defunct gun row in edmonton back in the early 80's for the then astronomical price of 400$ or so. didn't know what they were at the time but now i wished i would have picked up one or both. cool piece of history....
 
36 hamon said:
years ago i was invited to go into the Hamilton police station with a reporter to look at some of the firearms that came in under the amnesty there was a MINT johnson with bayonet what a shame the news article caused quite a fuss mostly because of a brown bess that i told them was a national museum piece and the fact that there are many museums that would gladly give ppl a tax credit for some of these firearms needless to say quite a few ppl who turned in there guns wanted them back and the police had to have the guns culled for historical significance and sad to say i am no longer welcome to look at firearms turned in
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actually, an internet search will show you several examples where such items found their way home with the local constabulary rather than getting turned into manhole covers at the smelters
 
It's my understanding at one point a bunch of Johnson's were imported to Canada that could not re-enter the US.

All of these Johnson's had some issues, mostly rotten from the jungle with rough stocks and lots of pitting. I've never seen one anywhere near mint condition. They came from the Philippines or somewhere like that.

Regards,
-Steve
 
I remember those yes they were from the Philippines stocks were all cracked and the metal was pitted we had several at the old store i worked in many moons ago
 
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