41 johnston

[Rack Grade]

My 2 cents:
- forearms are available
- the buttstock however is near impossible to find other than repro.
- so makes sense to buy a repro set sonit will match

- does the receiver have a “Cranston Arms” stamp and upside down triangle? This would be on the side, heel of the receiver
- does the serial number start with a letter or just a number?
- its a 30-06? They were made in 7mm too, I think.
- parts very very difficult to find now also. Be careful in your planning you dont want to go out and pay up for half the parts and then find rest are simply not available, or unaffordable.
- i think restoring a Johnson is a challenging and expensive task.

Good luck with the project!

 

[dan belisle]

Century Arms sold them for $49.95
They came from Asia
Had a few of them, wood and missing small parts were the issues

So did SIR, in MB, back in the late 60's and early 70's. Should have bought a dozen I guess. Ah well. - dan

 

[Beater]

SIR who can forget that place ! who else remembers KING SOL out of toronto those places sold everything

 

[canuck]

Considering what our favorite re-seller is asking for his, I think yours is well worth the trouble restoring

https://www.#######.ca/firearms/rifles/calgary/reduced-ww2-johnson-m1941-non-restricted-30-06
www gun post

 

[Beater]

i need a buttplate, if anyone has one in the junkbox

 

[jimbo45]

SIR who can forget that place ! who else remembers KING SOL out of toronto those places sold everything

I remember king sol they always had cool stuff

 

[Overwatch3985]

well i was diggin around in the lockup and found something i forgot about , forgot its been in the back for a long time. was allways gona restore it, but never got around to it. bore is decent, bbl not shortened but the bayo lug has been removed. wood is in horrid shape, and needs replaceing. the old guy i got it from many years ago used to shoot it like this but i have never. duno how easy it is to find parts for this now.
not sure what to do with the old girl

Wow thats Banana's. Ive never heard of a Johnson in Canada. I have a buddy who's had 4 or 5 of them over the years. Neat rifle, awkward but nice shooter. I prefer the M1 over it thats for sure.

 

[Beater]

Wow thats Banana's. Ive never heard of a Johnson in Canada. I have a buddy who's had 4 or 5 of them over the years. Neat rifle, awkward but nice shooter. I prefer the M1 over it thats for sure.

lots of them up here.

 

[Overwatch3985]

lots of them up here.

Neat!

 

[Lahti]

Very neat! It is a pain but I'd suggest checking the mainspring length in the stock and replacing it (Numrich has/had new ones) if it is shorter than 12". Mine was compressed enough that the bolt would hit the reciever cap/bolt stop plate hard enough to hurt my thumb. Johnson automatics forum has a ton of information about them, if the serial number has no letter prefix there is a member there who can tell you date of manufacture and serial number of every other part when it was shipped.

 

[Mikehenrybell]

If no luck finding the parts, Nick from Vulcan Gun Refinishing can make them, saw them replace the wood and barrel many times.

 

[JP]

International Firearms aka Century Arms in Montreal imported a large number of them from Indonesia and they were originally purchased by the Netherland at the start of WW2. Most of them were in very bad condition with broken stock and poor bores.