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To: DCBryan1

I’ve shot M1s but never a Johnson so I can’t go by anything other than the specs. But I’ve always wondered why the Johnson never was more popular. You had more rounds, could top the mag off in the middle of a fight and didn’t tell the enemy you were out by going PINNNNNNNNNNNG.


24 posted on 11/14/2014 7:25:25 AM PST by Poison Pill
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To: Poison Pill
Johnson was fine, but was harder to clean in sandy environments. What was a TERRIBLE gun was the Reising M55 SMG, darn near useless in sandy environments in which the Marines were fighting. Johnson still worked with a little cleaning. Reising SMGs got thrown in the ocean until Army showed up with their M1921Navy/M1928/M1928a1 Thompsons.


26 posted on 11/14/2014 7:40:29 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: Poison Pill

The ping thing is a myth. In a firefight if you are close enough to hear the ping, you’ll be in hand to hand fighting.


42 posted on 11/14/2014 8:25:39 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good Communists, are terrible human beings.)
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