Remington R51 Gen2 - Shooting and Takedown

Shooting my new Remington R51 Gen2. When Remington brought back the Pedersen action back in 2014, I was ecstatic. At least, until the terrible reviews started pouring out on the internet. When Remington brought it back, I was curious but weary like most and did not pick one up until a month ago when one came up for a price I couldn't refuse.

No modifications was made to the gun itself besides racking the slide constantly while stuck at home with nothing much else to do for a week or two and installing some aftermarket wood grip panels, but the biggest fix I found was to cut about 3/8th inch off the legs of the follower. I noticed the full length of the follower would cause the 7th cartridge to nosedive and make it difficult to charge the gun from a full magazine on a closed slide. Cutting the follower allowed some space for the cartridge to move and thus aided in loading a full magazine.

In the end, I share a takedown and reassembly video. This thing has a lot of sharp edges, but the method I use to take down the original Model 51 avoids a lot them. I hope it helps other R51 owners on handling this firearm.