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just found one for sale on their web site ,the guy told me they put it for sale 10 minute ago .monday it would be mine .850$ plus taxe.i think i make a graet catch.daniel
 
Indeed, good buy! I paid much more for mine.

Is it original military config? Or is it one of the Winfield 'upgrades'?

When you get it, we would like to see some pics if you can!
 
Winfield was a arms company that bought the majority of the Dutch and other Johnsons in 1953 and marketed them in Canada and the US. They did three mods to the Johnson, the military, the sporter and a scoped sporter. Obviously the military was kept as such, the sporter had a chopped buttend with a hard rubber "Winfield Arms" buttplate on it instead of the square marked parked metal military buttplate and cut off bayo lug. Then the scoped sporter had the chopped butt and drilled and tapped for a scope mount and scope (GOD FORGIVE THEM BUGGAS). On all of them (with exception of the military config ones I think) the Dutch Army or other country markings will have been polished off from their place on the radiator in front of the receiver.

So, telling the Winfield modification means checking the buttplate for the hard rubber one instead of the military metal one, bayo lug or no bayo lug, ground off military markings, and scope mount holes in the receiver.
 
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This is the pic they had up
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And one more Winfield modification would be a blueing that is rather shiney............... (a re-blue job!), like a new hunting rifle. The original USGI finish was parkerized in a greenish/grayish color.
 
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With the Winfield, new barrels were made for the sporter version, I think in a few hunting calibres, will have to check.
The original calibre from Cranston Arms was .30-06 and 7mm for South America (I think for Chile?) about 1000 rifles made.
 
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4 guns below the $275 one.......:eek:
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Wow..... :eek:

You're right partner.... :D

I missed that one....

They don't look much different to me in condition. I wonder what justifies the extra $250 spread? ..... or maybe it's a typo.....

Regards,
Badger
 
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