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MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014
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Pretty snazzy, gonna knick that stocker "swingin' Johnson"?
Very interesting thread!
(Ryan, your book ships this AM)
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I saw this rifle on gunbroker awhile back, now I can't help but wonder if it was a Johnson modified Mauser, especially because of an e-bay ad and the similarity of the front sight of the rifle to the one in the drawing in the ad. Mauser
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Here is a pic of a JA stamp on a pretty clean 1917 I picked up years ago, rifle was close to new as rebuilt for WW2. For a 2 groove barrel it is a very good shooter. 
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This rifle has a ton of charactor 
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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johnr, I envy you your rebuilt 1917. Don't think people know what a part those played in WWII and the various unsung fracas' that followed. Their service just didn't stop with what my Granddad always called "The BIG War" (to differentiate it from that little fuss with the silly Nazis and those pesky Japanese....).
I have a Winchester-made Pattern 14 that apparently sat out WWs I AND II in Canada. But it's getting its share of shooting now; more fun to shoot than a '17 because it don't kick! Too many miles and foot-pounds on my shoulder joints to enjoy an '06 any more.
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Lucked into an excellent copy of James Howe's book "The Amateur Guncraftsman" yesterday, 2nd ed. 1953 so I can retire my beat-up First Ed. (Cost me a whole dime; lots of things to hate about LA but the used book market isn't one of them).
In re-reading it for changes and updates, I noticed that Howe recommends re-barreling single shot rifles for Camp Perry use:
"The barrel should be 28 inches in length, and made by the Johnson Automatic Arms Company, Providence R.I., and can then be used at Camp Perry, Ohio, each year in the National Matches." (p.195)
I wonder if this ever happened? Anybody seen a Johnson Automatics barrel on a Perry match rifle? (I BET it wasn't a Farquharson as Howe recommends....).
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There wasa JOhnson light machine gun which I believe - I am not sure of any of this - was adopted by the Marine Corps and used in the August 1942 raid on Makin Island.
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Here's some info and a few pics on the combat usage of mostly the J/Automatics LMG. http://www.johnsonautomatics.com/combatuse.htmNote the reference at the bottom of the page in the link to the Bay of Pigs invasion. I did find this picture (note: pro-Cuban website) of victorious Cuban forces celebrating after the defeat of the invasion. Notice the J/A Rifle held high in the air in the back ground. Most probably a souvenier taken from an invasion member. http://cubajournal.blogspot.com/2010/04/playa-giron-in-heart-of-cubans.htmlThe 'scope sighted bolt rifle in front is sort of interesting too..
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