1941 Johnson Automatic Rifle troubleshoot and repair: Anvil 0140

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1941 Johnson Automatic Rifle troubleshoot and repair: Anvil 0140

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Ай бұрын

Customer indicated no hold open function and that the magazine gate did not feel correct. Right on both counts, we took care of that. NOT a tutorial...we show what you need to learn, not how to do . Cannot perform at this level? Do NOT attempt.
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@user-td6yv6lr7p 2 ай бұрын

"There are a lot of guys that know their way around a Johnson" Great to watch as always

@geneard639 Ай бұрын

My dad's Police Sargent was a retired Marine from WWII and Korea who LOVED his Johnson so much that after the war, he bought it from the government. He said it had saved his life more times than he could count and was his best buddy in WWII. Even retired for years and 20+ years past VJ Day he cleaned it meticulously every Sunday afternoon during his BBQing time. Sadly, PTSD and Alcoholism stole him away too soon from his family and friends. ....he was a Sapper who de-mined the caves of Penemunda where Von Braun ordered the execution of thousands of workers to keep his rocket secrets safe, and was one of the Frozen Ones from the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.

@s.p.ltd.3886 Ай бұрын

I acquired my M1941 rifle 35 years ago and it also did not come with a bolt catch (hold open). I wrote a letter to Mr. Canfield about this and he sent me the part which I installed in my rifle. However he wrote that Melvin Johnson did not not like the idea of a bolt hold open catch and did not want to install it in the rifle. Some rifles apparently had the device installed and some did not. There is a discussion about this on page 253 of Mr. Canfields book under the heading Bolt Catch..

@davidphillips7321 Ай бұрын

Sarco and Numrich - Where would WE Be Without Them...Books Never Change the Screen or Go Dark, Just When You Need Them...Stay Safe, Folks...Interesting History and Facts, Thanks, Mark...

@danielhardy8693 Ай бұрын

"I'm sure there's a lotta guys who've had a lot more time around a Johnson than I have." - Mark Novak

@johnsmedile4146 Ай бұрын

i am a gunsmith with 2 shops, 1 in communist NJ the other in PA, i absolutly love your vids..they are always fun to watch informative and educational..if i have a question about something and can not find answer thru books or other means, i go straight to your library and see if you have a vid on said fire arm...thank you for keeping our craft alive

@russellthompson3486 Ай бұрын

Tell me you’re in southern New (Jermany) Jersey. I’m looking for a good smith

@johnsmedile4146 Ай бұрын

@@russellthompson3486 unfortunatly i am in northern ( wayne area)

@ergosum5260 Ай бұрын

You don't know what communist means.

@ihateleftards Ай бұрын

@@ergosum5260 New Jersey is a Democrat stronghold and the Democrats behave like communists, so he obviously knows what he's talking about.

@user-iq6hc9qg9t Ай бұрын

@@russellthompson3486 James fogg Salem New Jersey. Good gunsmith. There is also one in cherry hill Robert’s I think

@BillB23 Ай бұрын

Thank you for avoiding the obvious, sophomoric johnson jokes. I've seen (and laughed at) videos that eschew that avoidance. Thanks again for doubling or tripling your workload to share with us.

@TylerSnyder305 Ай бұрын

Something I've learned the hard way is that you can't worry too much about how many times you'll have to disassemble and reassemble something if you want to do the work right. I'm not a gunsmith, but from repairing vintage airguns to vintage fishing reels and all manner of other vintage examples of why they don't make 'em like they used to, the dread of extra disassembly and reassembly is a hard thing to overcome but it's necessary. The instinct may be to take everything apart once and work on both the cosmetics and function to save steps, but more than once I've made the mistake of putting effort into cosmetic issues only to determine that I couldn't actually restore function properly.

@marknovak8255 Ай бұрын

Is anyone listening to this man?? WAKE UP PEOPLES

@hoilst265 Ай бұрын

It's always good to see Mark handling someone else's Johnson.

@spoeny Ай бұрын

I would not have guessed that the 24h-Johnson-parts-store would save the day on this one!

@phileas007 Ай бұрын

There is nothing sadder than a flaccid Johnson. Glad you got it working again.

@johnjamieson6368 Ай бұрын

The Johnson is one of my Holy grail guns, if I ever win the lottery. The other is a Webley Fosbery

@marknovak8255 Ай бұрын

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@marknovak8255 Ай бұрын

Me too!

@PatRMG 2 ай бұрын

"Don't trust the electrician that doesn't have any eyebrows."

@slowhand1198 Ай бұрын

As noted on an earlier episode, the mag follower spring can be installed backwards. It will still work, but the capacity will be reduced. IIRC, the bolt hold open spring was prone to breakage, so many were left out.

@olibertosoto5470 Ай бұрын

Ran across one of these long time ago in upstate ny, along with a wwii skeletonized jeep. Story was the old farmer had managed to "mail home" a whole lot of stuff while he was over there!

@xoxo2008oxox Ай бұрын

I'm not a gunsmith, but I can relate to using a logic, like a detective, to discern the actions, the take apart and how it all should work. You show this, and point out the not-so-obvious and demonstrate a profession result. Always a pleasure to watch your videos on teaching us the why and how, and the what not to do.

@unclebuzz6913 Ай бұрын

Mark has the GREATEST job on earth.. God Bless you and your loved ones

@seanbaker9796 Ай бұрын

Thank you Mark and Bruno. Im stuck at work babysitting some minions in a warehouse and really needed a new video from you!!

@hugodrax7111 Ай бұрын

A notable absence of reference to the 24 hour Johnson spare parts store at 3 mins in. Turns out it's still in business.

@ggwoutdoors2a Ай бұрын

I've always liked the cheese grater heat shield on a Johnson. Nice work Mark.

@oldesertguy9616 Ай бұрын

One of my very favorite battle rifles. I would love to see it after you finish it.

@patrickcolahan7499 Ай бұрын

Love the design and the visual of the Johnson. Way out of my reach but love to see them. Thanks for sharing.

@brucemiller8109 Ай бұрын

As a Note Melvens 1941 SAW MG was quite effective in design and function but few were built. Interesting guy.

@imsim6064 Ай бұрын

Man it's good to see Mark back at the bench. Great video mate

@tristinbickford1637 2 ай бұрын

Great video on an interesting firearm. I always learn something from one of your videos. As a young gunsmith new to the field there is a lot for me to learn from these videos, thank you mark and Bruno

@francisbarbeau1862 Ай бұрын

The Johnson SAR was used by the U.S. Marines in the Pacific theater(A shipment was headed to the Dutch East Indies But, never made before Imperial Japan took them! There they were and the Marines were short some rifles and they Commandeered them!

@Whitpusmc Ай бұрын

When I disassemble my 1941 Johnson I leave the trigger group in the stock by just pulling out that winged pin. The Marines were known for removing the bolt hold open. When I got mine that part was missing.

@ewathoughts8476 Ай бұрын

That is because the tiny spring that held it down would break. Then during firing the hold open would sometimes pop up during recoil and stop the cycling. The Johnson had way too many fragile parts as most of Melvin's designs went.

@Whitpusmc Ай бұрын

@@ewathoughts8476 Thank you, I didn’t know that! I like the gun but the Garand seems more robust to me and though heavier I think it’s more solidly built gun. That said I think outfitting the paratroopers with them exclusively would solve the resupply nightmare they had with too many different infantry weapons. My M1 carbine breaks and you run out of 30 06 and we are both screwed.

@douglascramer4935 Ай бұрын

The Johnson rifle was a missed opportunity in history for Marines to hear their sergeant yell, “Grab your Johnsons!”

@REXOB9 Ай бұрын

Holy cow, Sarco had the parts. Gotta love 'em. Would have taken quite some effort to make them by hand. Thanks for the video.

@stephenwoods4118 2 ай бұрын

As always it's a pleasure watching you work.

@R3DE3MER Ай бұрын

One of the best looking complicated guns, gotta love that aesthetic. also, the audio isn't quiet as a door mouse this video!

@alanrogs3990 Ай бұрын

"A lot guys had a lot more time around a Johnson than I have" 🤣

@rastenborg Ай бұрын

Well..My cat, Sir Romeo likes you and came up to listen to your video.

@recoilrob324 Ай бұрын

Sarco to the rescue again! Love those guys!!

@miketeeveedub5779 Ай бұрын

Me: "So the rifle is missing its the bolt hold-open drop-down do-thingy? Should be an interesting video watching Mark machine it. Gotta be simple considering how short the video is." Shows the missing intricate pieces Me: "Uh, yeah...that explains the short video. Glad it was available online." BTW - Amazing there are still parts available. Unicorn teeth.

@richardlincoln8438 Ай бұрын

I appreciate the very informative content Mark. Thank You for sharing Your knowledge and efforts. Best Wishes to You, Your Family and Friends.

@kenibnanak5554 Ай бұрын

A lot of the best gun books are out of print and expensive too. i was happy when I found copies of Clawosn's books and of course J. Sill's. If every Marine needed a screwdriver and found themselves with lots of small parts every time they stripped their rifle for cleaning, I understand why Ordnance and USMC dropped the Johnson as soon as enough M-1s existed. A nice gun, but clearly not soldier proof and lost parts must have been a common problem in the jungles of the S. Pacific.

@webtoedman Ай бұрын

This was a detail strip and repair. Pulling the bolt and cleaning the barrel only need a cartridge as a tool. Mark has an earlier video on this gun

@rustyauerswald1069 Ай бұрын

Yes Books..you got a have em..diogram..is king in our Bizz...

@kriztov265 Ай бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch a craftsman who knows his Johnson :)

@cleophusA Ай бұрын

"I'm sure there are a lot more guys that have had more time around a Johnson than I have." THANK GOD! ;-))

@jimdavis9275 Ай бұрын

If I could only see everything you have seen!!!! You’re awesome Mark!!

@tarstakars Ай бұрын

My dream rifle...

@brivas3343 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this. Don't see much about the 1941 Johnson.

@karsonbranham3900 Ай бұрын

Gotta like the big Johnson! Seriously though, they are a really cool piece.

@user-dm1jw1gy5q Ай бұрын

Great job on your video I had no problem watching it till the end

@tomhman6441 Ай бұрын

Someone else’s Johnson,that’s a good one pauly.

@josephcormier5974 Ай бұрын

Thank you sir for sharing this informative and enjoyable video with us six stars sir

@ketchman8299 Ай бұрын

As always, soo well explained and presented.

@jondavidmcnabb 28 күн бұрын

It is always good to see grandpa M-16 be brought back to life. (that's humor folks)

@disturbedmaynard3873 Ай бұрын

Funny thing, I watched this video where you made a comment about the brown dye in the Acraglas for a repair, and the very next video I went to after this one, which the gunsmith was glass bedding a rifle, and he added the brown dye to the Acraglas. I guess in a bedding situation, it might be ok? Liked your video better though, as you are repairing a Johnson. No one wants a broken Johnson.

@thompsonjerry3412 Ай бұрын

One way or another we are all Johnson operators.

@jeremiahembs5343 Ай бұрын

As always great content.

@TomLSTD Ай бұрын

Great education, thanks for the lesson!

@Rickster621 Ай бұрын

That's shaping up to be a great Johnsson.

@mrclaus859 Ай бұрын

Thanks for posting Mark

@johnanon6938 Ай бұрын

Wow can't believe Mark said the Johnson isn't needed.

@sdvc244 Ай бұрын

Awesome Mark, Thanks and Great advice too, CHeers!

@cavscout888 Ай бұрын

Thank you always!

@quiettime6871 Ай бұрын

More great content. Thank you Mark

@Romuls753 Ай бұрын

"There's a lot more guys who spent time around Johnson's" Weren't you a submarine crewmen Mark? I thought Navy men spent a lot of time around Johnsons 😂

@enricomandragona163 Ай бұрын

Hey now!! 😂

@StarDangerous0 Ай бұрын

Long shot. No pun intended... I have a mateba unica that needs service. Mark, can you help me with any information if you or if you know anyone who would service a mateba unica.

@blargh2212 Ай бұрын

Upvote and comment for visibility, because I'd love to see Mark work on a Se Unica!

@bigredjeepyj3436 Ай бұрын

Upvote as well. Mateba's are awesome unicorns.

@tonyneo6100 Ай бұрын

Very good info, thank you.

@easternWashington. Ай бұрын

If you're working on milsurps eventually, you'll end up on either Sarco, Numrich, Apex, or Liberty Tree or possibly all of the above.

@p47rr Ай бұрын

I absolutely love that gun. Don’t know why? But it is cool.

@ironhead2008 Ай бұрын

Ladies and gents, the granddaddy of the AR-15

@alfamontydog Ай бұрын

The bolt design for sure.

@joelkist6493 Ай бұрын

Nice work (SS) sailor!

@darrellbedford4857 Ай бұрын

Great lesson on the Johnson. Has the workshop been moved out the Rabbit Hole. Miss that intro.

@poppy2394 Ай бұрын

Genius

@emmettdibble8404 Ай бұрын

Thank you Sir.

@ThatPNWGuy2024 Ай бұрын

I’m all for paper resources for your exact reasoning. Thanks as always for the great content. Cheers from WA State. Keep up the good work. Want me to text you about some vintage 11.5x60r Bell stamped?

@enormhi Ай бұрын

Perhaps the magazine door spring broke so they took out the bolt holdopen

@thompsonjerry3412 Ай бұрын

More Johnson jokes please.

@kevspss Ай бұрын

Definitely not a Marine Proof rifle. Now you know why they stopped using it.

@quentintin1 Ай бұрын

it was mostly used by the marines because they wouldn't get Garands from the big A until a long time, and it accepted standard M1903 charger clips and even there it was mostly used by the paramarines as the ability to remove the barrel made it that much shorter, thus easier to handle in an hypothetical para operation as for whether they were marine proof, eh~, the gun design was solid enough, a couple parts that are weaker but all rifles have that, regular maintenance would have you mostly just pop the barrel out to clean it, and remove the lower assembly via that one pin to clean and oil the firing group, uncertain now how the bold came out but for a simple field maintenance it was okay most of the little issues are down to a lack of ord support who of course favored their baby (the M1 rifle)

@Z7d3nR4 Ай бұрын

With that barrel sliding back, does that affect the accuracy? And they wouldn't have been able to use a bayonet on it.

@chriscone2684 Ай бұрын

It did have a very lightweight pig sticker bayonet issued…

@williamcrawford7982 Ай бұрын

Grand check

@Sman7290 Ай бұрын

Intro sequence plays... Damn! Mark has a long Johnson!

@rustyauerswald1069 Ай бұрын

I had one I fixed the juice can..on.haha..it was dented bad..trunk lid got it..owner told me..haha.yes the mag

@cameronboyce4695 Ай бұрын

Mr. Novak, I've recently disassembled my No. 1 Mk. 3 to the maintance and noticed something odd. When I removed the brass butt plate, the back side of it and the end grain of the stock were caked in green shmonz. I'm guessing it is a reaction with the brass and whatever urethane the previous owner applied to the stock. Do you have any recommendations for easily removing this gunk? I've picked and scraped it from the brass plate, but it seems to be inbeaded in the end grain. Thank you for your videos, I've thoroughly enjoyed them.

@AKlover Ай бұрын

Curious as to whether CAD and some sort of "mapping" auto-lathe exist that can just reproduce and make yet that does not costs 100K? Seems like there is demand for it and not just for guns, machine or car parts for instance.

@lwilton Ай бұрын

There's a lot of magic in material selection and heat treating that you can't get out of A 3D scan, and it is all absolutely critical to making a correctly working gun. Just do the scan and duplicate it in ABS or PLA or 1040 or aluminum, and you will have a gun that might empty the mag without naming, blowing up, or failing completely in some other way.

@karlschuneman7960 Ай бұрын

my my, thats a big johnson, thats what she said.

@Z7d3nR4 Ай бұрын

Yes, but unfortunately, she didn't say it to me. 😢

@Cemi_Mhikku Ай бұрын

I've been wondering when someone'd send you one of these.

@johnanon6938 Ай бұрын

Oh but its not the first time Mark's gotten his hands on a Johnson. A must watch is Mark's earlier Anvil episode 058 where he completely took it apart. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9uIpbpyt5yrl3k.html

@Cemi_Mhikku Ай бұрын

@@johnanon6938 I've been following his work since he was still posting on C&Arsenal and not his own page, so thank you for reminding me why this seemed inaccurate to say. That (when I first became aware of his work, I mean) was like eight years ago, and a LOT has happened, both in the world and just my personal life in that time.

@msamsamsamsamsamsamsamsamsamsa Ай бұрын

4:09 on that exact corner of the fore end, my Johnson is missing the metal that the cross pin locking tab is supposed to lock into… I cannot find any manufacturer for a new one. Does anyone here know where I could buy one/I would also just buy the next tire assembly as long as it has that tab still nailed into it

@paul66766 Ай бұрын

It might pop up on gunbroker or ebay. Looks like there a "johnsonautomatics" forum that would probably be a really good resource. I didn't see any at the usual suspects, Sarco, Numrich, Apex, Old Arms of Idaho or EveryGunPart.

@alfamontydog Ай бұрын

I fabricated one for mine out of a piece of sheet metal (old car fender)

@WalterBurton Ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@BMorgan021953 Ай бұрын

Definitely NOT GI proof!

@crakkbone Ай бұрын

Fuck I love Mark Novak. Mark, what’s with the schist disk?

@tcapo514 Ай бұрын

😎👍

@BillWilsonBG Ай бұрын

Queue the Johnson jokes.

@Kriss_L Ай бұрын

I'd take an EM with no eyebrows over an ET anyday.

@captmuttonchops Ай бұрын

Algorithm engagement comment

@pcmacd 24 күн бұрын

Sorry, Mr. Novak, but those two rifles were ALWAYS competitors. Read your history, sir!

@oconnorsean12 Ай бұрын

Did you put the magazine pin in backwards?

@mikeearl4263 Ай бұрын

The stock has a recessed notch in the wood to accept to the magazine retention pin.

@MrPlankinton Ай бұрын

11:05 "....or some other substance..." 😂 hmmm, what else is brown and soft? 🫢 💩

@tssteelx Ай бұрын

Quit showing of your Johnson.

@alanrogs3990 Ай бұрын

edit

@enricomandragona163 Ай бұрын

It's off!! Not of...😮

@salty4496 Ай бұрын

@vernonland5987 Ай бұрын

you can see why this model was not successful, too many fiddly bits.

@GETTHATNIGGERBITCHOFFTHEPLANE Ай бұрын

Crazy to think so many attempts were made to create what was essentially proto-battle rifles only for battle rifles to already be redundant by the time they actually got mass produced.