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Scored big today. Walked into my favorite gun store to find they'd pulled some classic firearms out of the safe where they'd been stored for a year of more.
One of them was a Remington UMC Model 51 that was in near perfect condition despite having been produced around 1921. In fact, as I'm sure we all know, Remington recently tried and failed miserably to produce a new version of this gun because, despite what would seem a logical conclusion, you can't reproduce a completely handmade and hand fit extremely complex pistol on a bunch of milling machines.
This looks so modern and sleek it's unbelievable -- a slim, single stack pistol in .380 with a firing mechanism designed by John Pedersen never used in any other pistol but this one.
I have to do some research on the serial number and exact date of manufacture and get with the collector to get its background story, but owning a piece of history like this is fascinating, especially when it looks like it just came out of the factory yesterday. The only wear is around the muzzle, which means someone actually carried it either personally or on the job. I looked and only found one other similar model 51 for sale anywhere in the US and nowhere near the condition mine is. Lucky me. And the value will NOT go down on this thing.
One of them was a Remington UMC Model 51 that was in near perfect condition despite having been produced around 1921. In fact, as I'm sure we all know, Remington recently tried and failed miserably to produce a new version of this gun because, despite what would seem a logical conclusion, you can't reproduce a completely handmade and hand fit extremely complex pistol on a bunch of milling machines.
This looks so modern and sleek it's unbelievable -- a slim, single stack pistol in .380 with a firing mechanism designed by John Pedersen never used in any other pistol but this one.
I have to do some research on the serial number and exact date of manufacture and get with the collector to get its background story, but owning a piece of history like this is fascinating, especially when it looks like it just came out of the factory yesterday. The only wear is around the muzzle, which means someone actually carried it either personally or on the job. I looked and only found one other similar model 51 for sale anywhere in the US and nowhere near the condition mine is. Lucky me. And the value will NOT go down on this thing.
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