Original upload date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:20:23 GMT
John Pedersen was one of the more prolific and successful gun designers in American history, having even been described by John Moses Browning as "the greatest gun designer in the world". And yet, man
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y people only know about Pedersen from his unsuccessful toggle-locked rifle or his WWI Pedersen Device that never saw action. In truth, Pedersen's work included a number of very successful sporting rifles and shotguns that many shooters would still recognize today. While looking through the guns at Rock Island on my most recent trip there, I realized that they had examples of virtually every one of Pedersen's guns - so I figured I should do an overview of the man's work.
