Q&A 43 (feat. Jonathan Ferguson): Military Wing of the Campaign for Beautiful Rifles

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http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Thanks to Jonathan Ferguson for joining me today to answer our second-to-last question! You can still preorder his upcoming book, Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms 1901-2020 at Headstamp Publishing: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/bullpup-rifle-book 00:20 - My most unfortunate haircut 00:46 - Why do modern rifle cartridges still have a slight taper? 01:38 - What do I say to critics who say I'm wrong or a jerk? 04:04 - Rimfire .22 rifles that are both bolt action and semiauto 06:00 - If WW1 continued into 1919, how would the Pedersen device have been adapted to field conditions? 07:48 - Backlog of Zastava videos? 08:39 - Is the FG-42 more like a rifle or an LMG? 10:45 - Carcano, Ross, or Steyr? 13:37 - Favorite pistol-caliber lever action rifle? 14:41 - Filming my own guns that I have bought or had built 17:57 - Rifle-caliber blowback designs 20:26 - Rechambering historical rifles for which original ammo is unavailable 22:32 - Concealing serial numbers when filming guns 24:50 - European military surplus in the Old West? 27:13 - Post-production audio editing 27:44 - Three-gun choices to place last but have fun Bren: https://youtu.be/hS_bM3Xlw7M Greener Martini: https://youtu.be/mcnmXHA7Cx8 30:17 - The Campaign for Beautiful Rifles has taken mom family hostage... Pedersen rifle: https://youtu.be/PfhKLuPiXFc 32:40 - Most interesting provenance of a gun I have filmed Ferguson rifle: https://youtu.be/IlD5SFR_qq0 33:59 - How do I know when the literature on a subject is wrong? 35:32 - When does a belt fed become more effective than a magazine fed LMG? 36:58 - What are the three threaded holes on the M1919 rear sight bracket for? 38:45 - How was .300 Savage involved in development of 7.62x51mm NATO? 41:15 - British semiauto rifle development before WW2 (answered by Jonathan Ferguson of the Royal Armouries) 48:36 - Have I ever "rage quit" a competition or event?