johnson moved from r.i. to wrentham ma. in the late 50s he sold the business to benko alexander and his wife sonja for 10,000.00 at the time. it then became known as gartman arms. they had available diff. weight sporters. the barrels where timken steel and offered in bantam, light, reg. etc. the stock work was done by alexander and the checkering was done by eric herzog. there was a large inventory of stock blanks available in all grades. they seldom if never used bishop and later used fajan to save on labor costs. there was a man named ed? johnson that did the barrel work and straightening.i have an .30 cal. bantan wt. barrel.i also have a 7x57 full stocked mannlicker with presentation wood and fully eng. by j. adams sr. from the late 60s.
