Q&A With Jonathan Ferguson of the British Royal Armouries
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Today I am joined by Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the British Royal Armouries for a Q&A session, with questions provided by the fine folks who support Forgotten Weapons on Patreon...
1:02 - Would the L85A1 have been better if Enfield wasn't being privatized while it was in production?
3:22 - How does the Armouries obtain modern small arms?
7:22 - Distinction between Pattern Room and Royal Armouries
10:39 - Best water-cooled machine gun?
11:01 - Silent telescoping-piston rounds like 7.62mm SP4
13:50 - How did the L4 Bren fare in the world of GPMGs?
17:21 - Differences between first and last L1A1 rifles?
20:38 - How did you get started with GameSpot, and did video games get you interested in firearms?
23:38 - Thoughts on old guns being used in Ukraine?
27:28 - WHY NO METAL GEAR SOLID?
29:53 - If you were John Wick's sommelier, would you make different recommendations for him?
34:46 - History of breech-loading artillery
38:23 - Information about NATO PDWs?
39:50 - What specific influence has the UK had on firearms development and evolution?
44:17 - What are your responsibilities at the Royal Armouries?
47:20 - If you could have one British cap & ball revolver made as a reproduction, which would it be?
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Glad to see Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history
That is his actual full name and no one will convince me otherwise
It's interesting as someone whose been watching Forgotten Weapons for years seeing Johnathan rise in popularity so much.
The first of his name, the Unburnt, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, King of Meereen, Khal of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lord Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains, and Father of Dragons.
@@planescaped To be fair, Gamespot and Dave were a big part of that. I think it's nice though. A media focused company teaming up with an expert to create content neither one could by themselves.
Does he have to carry two driver's licenses, to hold all that name?
In Jonathan’s defence, I’m not entirely sure even Hideo Kojima knows what’s going on in Metal Gear Solid.
Kojima might be the most sober drug addict in human history
@@Fadaar Why is this such an accurate description? 😂
Yeah, fair point. :D
Snake Eater is the best followed closely by OG MGS on Shadow Moses. Sons of Liberty, 4, and Five were what I call the "Extended VR Universe"
Given the state of NHS mental health services these days, it's probably safer not to know too much about what happens in Kojima's brain.
Is that THE Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery At the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, Which Houses a Collection of Thousands of Iconic Weapons Throughout History?
That's right! Johnathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, Which Houses a Collection of Thousands of Iconic Weapons Throughout History!
He doesn't come across as impressive in the video.
he's pathetic. never even fired a gun more than once in his life and didn't enjoy it. @@workingguy6666
@@workingguy6666 That sounds like a "you" problem.
Oh, sorry. A cousin.
I love the fact we all just started calling Jonathan the full thing "Jonathan Ferguson, keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries™ Museum in the UK, which houses some of the most iconic weapons throughout history" instead of just Jonathan Ferguson 🤣
Like A Tribe Called Quest, you say the whole thing.
@@YellowDogWithCone or a
A Pimp Named Slickback
it's, "which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history."
I have seen him in person and everyone who knew him kept calling him “Jonathan Ferguson, from CZcams” to tease him
It’s his official title given by the crown.
I knew that was his legal name
They like him so much they even named a museum after his name.
its a really long and big birth certificate.
Can someone explain this joke everyone keeps commenting please. I'm
@@ZaphnathPanea it’s his catchphrase
@@ZaphnathPaneaJonathan is popular due to his involvement with an ongoing video series on the Gamespot channel, where he reacts to firearms from various games. The videos all start with the host, Dave Jewitt, introducing Jonathan, invariably, as "Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history"
The sheer consistency of that introduction has lead to the community joking about how that's Jonathan's full legal name now
As an Englishman, the idea of Ian walking around Leeds and interacting with the locals is very amusing to me
He looks like he'd be going to a games workshop to play Warhammer 😂
As and Englishman from Leeds, I can only hope he avoided the many freaks on the streets
If he can understand the Yorkshire accent
Must feel weird walking around without a gun on his side 🤔
@@cedhome7945
...well as long as he isn't in London, that should be ok
It was really great to listen to a couple of gents that I really admire in the CZcams gun space sit down and chat. As much as I've spoken to Jonathan over the years, as a bit of a gun nerd myself, I really enjoy hearing his deeper dives that we don't always get to feature on GameSpot.
And what an honour for my name to have been dropped into a Forgotten Weapons video now too
Is this Dave. Keeper of Gamespot channel. Which houses thousands of unique videos and shorts.
They really are great videos you all have produced. You should be proud.
Did you get a laugh out of how well the intro for Jonathan Ferguson has caught on?
@@CAP198462 haha I did. Seeing comments across CZcams reference it always makes me chuckle.
honestly tho, you 100% deserve it, those videos from gamespot are very popular for a reason after all
I'm a simple man. I see Ian and Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history. I watch. Simple as.
Jonathan Ferguson (Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth, Solar System, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Cluster, Laniakea, Universe, Multiverse) never disappoints.
Wait, isn't a place where hipergalaxy road is set to the build?
And Ian, of Forgotten Weapons
@@PobortzaPlWell then, why don't you look at the plans and find out?
@zadtheinhaler last I heard those plans are few lightyears away...
...hidden in a desk
...in the basement
...behind a door with a sign "Beware of tigers"
@@zadtheinhaler Beware of the leopard.
Happy to see Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Musuem in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history collabarate with Ian McCollum in Forgotten Weapons! 👍
Lovely to see Ahoy get a shout-out from Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK, Which Houses a Collection of Thousands of Iconic Weapons From Throughout History. That man does great work.
I really enjoy all three channels. Cool that he got mentioned.
Ahoy is one of the highest quality channels on CZcams
@@BudgiePanic Of course, Stuart Brown, aka Stu, aka XboxAhoy or just Ahoy, the host of the Iconic Arms, a CZcams series of iconic weapons and firearms throughout the history of action / shooter video games
To give a bit more explanation to the first question, The Royal Armouries Museum will have a Section 5 authorisation under the Firearms Act and also probably Section 7.1 and 7.3 as well. This allows them to purchase firearms the most of the British Public can't buy. It should be noted that no gun in the UK is actually banned but rather classified into categories that impose restrictions on who can buy and own them.
The main licence for us is actually the Museum Firearms Licence, which covers all 'Sections' "for the purposes of a museum".
It's by the sounds of it, licenced to have whatever it likes if they can fit it through the door and keep it locked up.
@@jonathanferguson1211 thanks for the clarification/correction
In other words British citizens can't own anything fun. The writer owning two registered machine gun and a pile of other "fun" stuff. Just got back from Manchester and they don't believe me until I show them the pictures. The government "protecting" they're SUBJECTS not they're citizens.
So what you're saying is that I should change my name to Mr. The Royal Armouries Museum..?
Way to go mentioning Ahoy. I wish he had more consistent uploads.
When do they mention him in the video please ?
@@mrick1974 21:32
Quality over quantity, friend. That buttery smooth voice takes refinement.
Yeah, every Ahoy upload is an insta-click when that notification pops.
@@Finbiff89 thank you !
Can you imagine a monthly podcast with these two?
yes!
Add The Chieftain for a bit f flavour
holy shit, yes please!
Short answer no. Long answer noooooooo…. More bangs for your clicks. 😆 great interview.
Was it a reference of a zero punctuation review of spore?
It was a reference to an old Mitchell & Webb sketch that I suspect Mr Croshaw is also familiar with :) @@janhulek785
@@janhulek785 I too heard it from yahtzee years ago but couldn't remember the episode. I'm sure he got it from somewhere else too lol
@@Simp_ZoneCould just be a British dry humor thing. They're (probably) around the same age.
@@VoxAstra-qk4jz Or he really liked skippy from cyberpunk game.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Q&As are some of my favorite FW videos, and I wish they’d come out monthly again
Me too
Yes!
100%
Watching Ian and Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history, is like watching Captain America and Iron Man sitting down for a chat.
"Don't quote us!"
-Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history.
Wonderful video! Thank you so much for your work. Best regards from Germany.
That's "Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history" to you, sir!!!
@@henry6136Fixed!
@@henry6136You're absolutel right! There, I fixed it!
I love the chemistry between Ian and Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history. I hope they do more collabs in the future.
I'm glad to see Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Musuem in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history getting the attention he so deserves.
Maxims and M2s will be in service for a long long time, I expect to see them both during the invasion of anchorage in 2066
The core design of the M2 is still in use in the Grim Darkness of the Far Future Where There Is Only War as the heavy stubber as well.
@@Mr_T_Badger ew 40k cringe
@@Pigness7 😁
@@Pigness7I’m 40kmm in ur mom.
So happy to see Gun Jesus interview Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history. A wonderful collab!
A Scotsman invented the percussion cap. That was a massive step forward. Can't believe Jonathan didn't mention that.
This is correct answer although the percussion cap was either invented by Egg (English) or Prelat (French). But percussion ignition per se was absolutely invented by Forsyth who as you say was Scottish, thus British, thus the correct answer :)
A percussion cap sounds like something to do with a sore heid.
@@jonathanferguson1211 IIRC, Egg was Swiss working in England. (I used a copy one of his flint locks when shooting muzzleloader competitions for several years.) So not strictly English, but his company did make Ferguson rifles.
Fulminates themselves were also discovered by a British chemist.
He's Scottish, not british
I really enjoyed this video. Although I do not own a gun, I love the way how Ian discusses guns in a nonjingoistic way on Forgotten Weapons. For someone in the UK, it is appreciated to get an insight into the culture and history of firearms. Jonathon adds so much content to this discussion from his position and his crossover into computer games.
Jonathan is the man. I like the videos he does and his sense of humor.
Thank you!
@@jonathanferguson1211 You're very welcome sir. Keep up the great work.
So if I wanted to gift something to the Royal Armories, I just address it to you, and if it gets seized in customs you still get it?
I love that, lol.
I definitely can't encourage you to do that lol
great to see his full title on the thumbnail lol
Never though I get to see Gun Jesus and Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Musuem in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history together in one video
Far from the first time we've done a video together :)
As Jonathan already wrote, not their first video together. The Christmas one was especially lovely.
The earliest video I can find on a quick search of them two is from 11 years ago
More Q&As with Jonathan and others please. This is gold. Had a big grin on my face the whole time. Plus learnt a few new things.
Learned
@@beargillium2369".. learnt is the more common spelling in British English, while learned is more commonly used in American English"
@@beargillium2369That ain't right at all 😂
As a response to the 2nd question about how the museum gets modern guns. I think US gun enthusiasts make a big mistake about countries with strict gun laws. Guns aren't banned, it's just that the ownership, sale and use are heavily (HEAVILY) regulated.
I had a gun license here in the Netherlands for nothing other than recreational reasons and a general interest in guns, just like a lot of you. I think 99% of American gun enthusiasts could easily acquire licenses were they to live here (although there was a requirement for number of practice shots per licensed gun per month that was very expensive to maintain, but that was 20 years ago).
The only thing that's really different is that the gun sales market is completely dead from an owners perspective. You can buy them at licensed salesmen, but you can only sell them back to licensed salesmen. Which leads to ridiculous things like buying a gun for a 1000 euro's and selling them back for 50 euro's a few months later even if you haven't even shot it once.
The UK has a prohibition on semi-automatic rifles beyond .22RF however, so the museum probably can't source those from civilian dealers as easily as they could in most of mainland Europe?
@@gallotwelve I must say that my statement about "countries with strict gun laws" may have been a bit broad. ☺I only really know the weapon laws in the Netherlands, and I only know the older ones well. Although they haven't changed that much, they're a bit more flexible concerning "toy" guns like airsoft and a bit more strict concerning bladed weapons these days, I think.
That said, if the laws in the UK work in the same way, and from mr. Ferguson's answer I believe they do (mostly), then the museum can buy or source anything they're licensed to have, and as a reference collection they seem to have a rather broad license. There's a thriving arms industry in Europe as you're no doubt aware of. The only difference is that you can't walk to a gun shop down the street. But Heckler & Koch, FN or Beretta will ship them anything they'd like (after checking they have a valid license).
You can compare it with regulated drugs, the fact that certain substances are under a general prohibition doesn't mean that licensed medical personnel can't acquire them. As mr. Ferguson said, sometimes it even makes it easier to acquire things as those manufacturers only have a limited amount of customers.
A hurdle here may be Brexit, which may have severed customs agreements regarding the sale and transport of arms. That may result in every country in the EU having separate agreements with the UK and THAT will make things a lot more difficult. Transporting restricted goods through several different custom domains can be a complete headache.
@@gallotwelveTechnically, there are no 'prohibitions' on firearms in the UK. A group of amateur historians hold machine guns and use them for live fire demonstrations. It all depends on which category a firearm falls into, and your justification for ownership. Not sure what justification you'd actually use for a semi or full auto centre fire, (other than research or historical collection), but it's technically feasible, but highly unusual.
similar licensing situation here in Australia. We didn't "ban all guns" we just made some really restrictive categories for licensing. If I had a D license I could legally own an AR-15, and if I had an R/E class license I could legally own *anything* defined as a "firearm".
Surely the biggest mistake Americans can make is to assume that Europe has uniform gun laws. Czechia, Estonia etc are more liberal than some US states on guns, the UK and Ireland are very strict, with most countries in between.
ITS HAPPENING
Is that a dethklok logo? 🤘
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
I got into guns the same way Jonathan did - reading over gun books belonging to a family member. I remember spending ages with the diagrams trying to understand exactly how each action type worked, and trying to internalise the idea that the bolt reciprocates so fast it creates a rapid-fire effect, but it still moves orders of magnitude slower than the bullet, meaning the bullet had left the gun long before the action had moved appreciably. Neither of those were easy to understand with only static text & images but I got there in the end.
Ian and Jonathan collabs are just pure gold.
Ian that thumbnail is ABSOLUTELY fantastic🤣🤣
Two of the very finest gun nerds on CZcams, what bliss!
Ian, if you think 50 min of Jon is “running out of time”, you are surely not in tune with your audience! I think most of us would be fine with 50 min a week of this great content.
I was not expecting a crossover episode between Ian McCollum and Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history. But I sure am glad to see it!
Thank you Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history
After seeing Ian collab with Jonathan on the Royal Armories Channel a couple months ago, it's nice to see Mr. Ferguson on this channel, classic duo.
These two dudes are my goal as a history nerd and casual gun nut. So much knowledge and fascinating to listen to.
Two of the coolest guys in the firearms community!
Ian, you helped me get through lock down. I was an essential worker and put in some long hours and when the stressful day was done, your videos were engaging and detailed and a suave to my techie soul. Jonathan Fergeson is a great guest. Not only for knoweledge, his accent is so convincing. :) Thanks.
I love Johnathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, Which Houses a Collection of Thousands of Iconic Weapons Throughout History!
The Ahoy mention made me really happy! It’s really cool that Jonathan knows who he is.
Good to see the sole man keeping the Gamespot channel alive. I really to come to the Royal Armouries and meet the man
Regarding 43:40, the discussion of things that Brits have come up with. Othias at C&Rsenal said that the Webley self-loader was the first instance of a browning-style tliting barrel action locking on the ejection port, rather than extra lugs in the slide. This design later became standard for pistols made by H&K, Glock, and others. So, that's something, at least!
During troop trials prior to the SA-80 being sent to front line units, an observer was allowed to inspect a stripped SA-80 and was surprised to discover that he could squeeze the receiver walls together slightly using his thumb and forefinger. He was told that this was only possible in a stripped condition. Try squeezing a stripped G3 receiver together!
I wonder if the British military would've been better off by adopting the SAR 80 with a FAL Para style folding stock instead of the bullpup L85. They would've still gotten the compactness needed for mechanized warfare with the folding stock but without the typical bullpup problems such as not being able to shoot from behind right hand cover, poor triggers etc.
@@hendriktonisson2915 Offhand, I can understand the allure of a bullpup rifle. With standard barrel lengths there is no need for a folding butt. Carriage inside a small lightly armed vehicle, suitable for urban environments, is entirely possible. I still think the concept sucks with regard to ergonomics. The FAMAS notwithstanding.
To the SA-80's credit, the SuSat optical sight was factored in from the get go. This at a time when optics on a standard right arm were a wet dream anywhere else in NATO.
@@marcg1686 I think the SuSat could've been easily added to the SAR 80.
@@hendriktonisson2915 honestly i doubth the bullpup side was the actual issue, but it was more a matter of quality/design, stuff like plastic parts breaking in the field, feeding issues, poor bolt designs and so on
like yes, those things you pointed at were issues, but also not really, mostly because (talking out of my ass) the idea of changing shoulder based on cover probably didn't came out until later and the trigger beeing bad is yes an issue because it will feel like shit, but also not really if the gun itself works, especially when the average guy in the army probably never shot a gun before anyway
@@marcg1686 I will maintain to my dying day, that the bullpup is a fatally flawed concept (at least for combat) unless one can be made using effective caseless ammo. A combat weapon needs to be INSTANTLY ambidextrous, so that fire can be given left or right of whatever cover presents itself according to tactical neccessity. The fact that the original SA80 had a host of other issues is almost beside the point. Even if it had been made to Purdey standards, it would still have been a poor weapon to give to troops.
Great to see Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history.
Never would of thought that ian and Jonathan Ferguson, keeper or Firearms and artillery at the royal armouries museum in the UK, which houses thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history doing work together. Good shit
Name a more iconic duo. Love these two together.
Somebody said imagine a weekly podcast.
with these two covering Q&A, topics and news for gun ect that would be amazing!
I would like to just slightly quibble with Jonathan's answer about British contributions to firearms history as there's one very significant innovation that does jump out as distinctly British-the percussion cap. Fulminate compounds were discovered by the English chemist Edward Charles Howard and the idea of using them as ignition sources for firearms was first proposed by the Scottish reverend Alexander John Forsythe, with Forsythe's idea then being further refined by the English gunsmith Joesph Manton and English inventor Joshua Shaw (who was based in the US at the time but was English and developing on the works of earlier Brits), or possibly fellow Englishman Joseph Egg. It's fair to say that the percussion system was a distinctly British contribution and it was not only an immediate improvement in reliable ignition over it's flintlock predecessors but also played a major role in the development of cartridges (and therefore breech-loading and self-loading firearms), as well as the development and mainstream adoption of the revolver.
I love how they can sit down and just talk, it makes this Q&A feel more human instead of rattling off questions and answers as fast as possible.
I really like watching you two together, interesting and fun, you should do it more often.
always enjoy these chats between Ian and Jonathan.
This one sparks joy
Always good to see you both together in a video 🤘🤘
Nice to see Ian and Jonathan together, following both.
Excellent video. Regarding the question "What specific influence has the UK had on firearms development and evolution?". I consider that a relevant aspect was the importance that the British Empire gave to the standardization of weapons with the Brown Bess. I don't know if it was the first Nation to do it, but it was surely one of the ones that put the most effort into it. Greetings from Patagonia Argentina.
Was very surprised (nay, honoured) to get a response from Jonathan himself on a question I sent to RA enquiries about WW2 ammunition. Thank you 🤠
We need another Q&A live with an audience in the UK with both of you... You are both LEGENDS ... & Ultimate Dinner Party Guests.. respect to the pair of you...for keeping the spark of interest in Firearms in a " Ban everything"world.. I bow to both of you.
Hey guys 👊🏼👊🏼
I have had the pleasure of watching you both over the last few years and regard you as two Pillers in the community - 💯%!
A very enjoyable video, thanks for sharing 🍻
ATB Gus 👍🏼
This is definitely a good interview. Thanks guys. Could listen for hours.
Great interview Ian and thank you to Jonathan for spending the time with you.
Awesome to see these two doing stuff together. Get C&Rsenal in there and i would love to hear the conversions that come out of that!
Fantastic interview. Love both yalls content so its amazing to see worlds colide. Also very proud that Ahoy was mentioned, he was one of the first youtubers who really got me into not just guns, but their history and design.
I always enjoy episodes with Jonathan!😊
21:33 " X Box Ahoy " mentioned ~~~ 🎉❤ yuppie
So so happy log form Q&As are back. Loved the log form QA videos but the long form many question videos are my favourite and hope they continue indefintely
Thank you very much for doing this, a real treat.
Amazing collaboration
Thank you both. Facinating!
Entertaining and VERY informative. Some great questions there. Thanks to both our experts!
Great Q&A… could listen for hours!
Thanks for the interview.
I just really love these two together, Ian is great at leveling with other people also if their not totally the same kind of person. But these two are just on the same wavelengt. Just two Geeks talking about guns.
I always enjoy when these two get together for a discussion. It's always entertaining and informative.
Great video, loved every second of it. The nerdy gun stuff and the more meta stuff about Jonathans' career were both very interesting topics. Nice and relaxed presentation from the two my of my all time favorite firearms people on the platform. Only thing that was missing were a cup of tea and a few example weapons to show.
Maranyl, Jon. Also erm Alexander Forsyth (Fulminate locks), and Joseph Manton (percussion nipple) percussion caps seem to have arrived somehow fully formed within the British gun trade at some stage although Joseph Egg and to a lesser extent James Purdey also are there and about.
Jonathan is just so passionate. Such a pleasure seeing him here! Thanks Ian!
I LOVE seeing two experts talk to each other about a topic they understand. Also, these two are fantastic in front of a camera
-What a wonderful conversation. -Thank's, gentlemen.
I know a Falklands Para veteran who specifically asked the armourer to fit their SLR with the wooden furniture rather than the plastic.
The thing that got me about the whole John Wick series, was how one-dimensional it all was, they were all the same film, no one evolved, nothing changed, the plot went nowhere. It was like one long (repetitive) film cut into four parts.
John Wick 1 is a very good character driven story with great characters and awesome fight scenes the other 3 moves are pure nonsense fantasy
The Firearms Blog covered the piston ammo mentioned @11:01 search for the title " POTD: Silent Piston Cartridge 7.62×42 Posted May 1, 2017 " and you should find a paragraph with a couple of photos and a video of it being fired from one of those NRS knife-guns (the one you point the blade at your face). The other two uses are the PSS and OTs-38 pistols
Great to see you two doing crossover videos!
Love these Q&A's thank you both.
Love seeing Ian and Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK. Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history, having a nice chin wag.
Great interview. Would love to see more content with both of you collaborating.
Love the oblique shoutout to that one guy asking for Order 1886 for years
Another excellent video. I can only confirm the L85/SA80/LSW comments; we (1990's RAF Regiment) were taught in basic training only on the L85A1 and LSW . We were issued a pack of spare firing pins as they failed so often!On arrival at my first unit in Germany , the LSW was present but every section also had a GPMG. Keep up the good work!
*OH WOW!* Now that's a couple of classy gentlemen suited to be locked in the same room and talk about guns.
We're only missing old man Hickok cleaning his Colt SAA in the background.
When a person with a depth and breadth of knowledge speaks, you often get an infectious fascination with the topic along with them and I always get that from Q&A's with "Jonathan Ferguson, keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses some of the most iconic weapons throughout history". Very little captures my interest as apposed to being background noise at home on youtube. But Ian and Jonathan videos here and on History of Weapons and War just trigger my love of history.
This was OUTSTANDING ! ! !
Great piece. More, please!
I could listen to you both for hours!
Awesome video!
Two of my favourite gun experts in the same video!
Loved the shoutout to Ahoy, such a great channel with such a distinct art style
It’s a fantastic channel
Been watching your videos for years and just now realizing you’re shop is down the road from me in Tucson. Small world!
I love the longer Q&As.
Beautiful meeting of great minds!
Collab of the year!!
For years I have dreamed of this moment….this is too good to be true