Johnson Model 1941

Interesting rifle and well worth the research.
Great link to the CIA connection to these guns.

ht tps://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/WAC/wac.html

Good forums in the US on these. JUST TRY and find a bayonet......
 
bruce m said:
Interesting rifle and well worth the research.
Great link to the CIA connection to these guns.

ht tps://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/WAC/wac.html

Good forums in the US on these. JUST TRY and find a bayonet......
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Why couldn't every single rifle, subgun and military shotgun the US made (in the same era) use the same bayonet?

Wouldn't that simplify logistics a trifle?

Think of the P17 and the trench shotguns...although at the same time there was also the Springfield 03 bayonet...
 
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cantom said:
Why couldn't every single rifle, subgun and military shotgun the US made (in the same era) use the same bayonet?

Wouldn't that simplify logistics a trifle?

Think of the P17 and the trench shotguns...although at the same time there was also the Springfield 03 bayonet...
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You have to remember this was the era of multiple calibers, firearms, and equipment being used simultaneously. .45 acp for the SMGs and 1911s, .30-06 for the MGs, BAR, M1 Garand, M1917, M1903, M1941, 12 guage shells for the shotguns (which there were several different models), .30 Carbine for the M1 Carbines, etc. The US wasn't even the worst for this, look at Japan if you want to see a truly confusing amount of calibers being issues simultaneously.

Part of the reason the M1941 has a different bayonet is due to the action. Since it is short recoil the action can't have too much weight added from a bayonet or it starts affecting function. For this reason the M1941 bayonet is a light weight flimsy thing that still causes stoppages on the M1941.
 
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