Approximately 21,400 Johnson Model 1941 semi-automatic rifles were manufactured c. 1940-1945, per "Johnson's Rifles and Machine Guns" by Bruce Canfield. The M1941 rifle initially had a large order placed in 1940 by the Netherlands Purchasing Commission, as service rifles for colonial troops stationed in the Dutch East Indies, but the invasion of the region by Imperial Japanese forces in early 1942 prevented completion of deliveries. Approximately 750 rifles were also procured by the U.S. Marine Corps, with some seeing extensive combat use in the hands of U.S.M.C. Raider and Parachute Battalions during the early South Pacific campaigns of 1942 to 1943. Developed by Melvin M. Johnson Jr. (1909-1965) in the 1930s, the design of the Model 1941 rifle features a novel short-recoil operated action, utilizing a rearward moving barrel assembly and eight-lug rotating bolt design, which Johnson believed to be more reliable than the at-the-time recently adopted M1 rifle designed by John C. Garand. It also features an internal 10-round rotary magazine, which could be fed and topped off using standard issue Model 1903 rifle pattern stripper clips. Despite its features and Mr. Johnson's use of personal connections to force about an impromptu test of his design versus the M1 Garand, he was unable to persuade the U.S. Army to favor the M1941 Johnson rifle in place of the already adopted M1 Garand rifle. Features winged blade front and range adjustable rear sights marked "M2" and graduated from 100 to 900 meters, triangle enclosed "CRANSTON/ARMS/CO." stamp on the right rear of the receiver along with a five-point Dutch "star" acceptance mark as seen on nearly all of these rifles, four-line "CAL. 30-'06 SEMI-AUTO./"JOHNSON AUTOMATICS"/MODEL OF 1941/MADE IN PROVIDENCE, R.I., U.S.A." marked above the serial number on top of the receiver, and five-line U.S. and foreign patent dates roll marked to the rear. The bolt is marked with a non-matching "B5280" serial number (it was standard for numbered components on Johnson rifles to not match). Fitted with a smooth oiled walnut forend and buttstock with checkered steel buttplate. Includes a bayonet, leather scabbard stamped with number "896" and with handwritten "25718", Boyt M1907 leather sling, and a period Johnson Automatics pamphlet.