Q&A 43 (feat. Jonathan Ferguson): Military Wing of the Campaign for Beautiful Rifles
This Q&A episode of Forgotten Weapons features a discussion with Jonathan Ferguson from the Royal Armouries, focusing on various firearms-related topics. The conversation covers the military wing of the Campaign for Beautiful Rifles, questions about modern rifle cartridge taper, dealing with criticism, unique rimfire rifle designs, hypothetical adaptations of the Pedersen device in WW1, backlog of Zastava videos, the classification of the FG-42, comparisons of Carcano, Ross, and Steyr rifles, favorite pistol-caliber lever actions, filming personal firearms, rifle-caliber blowback designs, rechambering historical rifles, concealing serial numbers, European military surplus in the Old West, audio editing, and "three-gun" choices for fun. They also touch upon the provenance of guns, identifying erroneous historical literature, the effectiveness of belt-fed versus magazine-fed LMGs, details on the M1919 rear sight bracket, the development of 7.62x51mm NATO from .300 Savage, and early British semi-automatic rifle development. Ferguson, as an expert, contributes significantly to the historical and technical discussions.














