Remington Model 51 — The Original

John Moses Browning told Major General Julian Hatcher that John Pedersen “was the greatest gun designer in the world.” Although his name might not be as well known as John Browning’s, Mr. Pedersen was essential to American firearms design. Guns like the Remington Model 17 shotgun still influence modern shotgun design. John Pedersen also designed the ingenious, graceful, and fantastic Remington Model 51. Advertisement — Continue Reading Below The Model 51 premiered in 1918, and in that era, small guns like the Model 51 relied on a straight blowback principle. That was a simple and effective fir

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