{"id":16246,"date":"2020-07-23T06:56:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/qa-43-feat-jonathan-ferguson-military-wing-of-the-campaign-for-beautiful-rifles\/"},"modified":"2020-07-23T06:56:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:56:24","slug":"qa-43-feat-jonathan-ferguson-military-wing-of-the-campaign-for-beautiful-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/qa-43-feat-jonathan-ferguson-military-wing-of-the-campaign-for-beautiful-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A 43 (feat. Jonathan Ferguson): Military Wing of the Campaign for Beautiful Rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ac5psNc445k?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\/bullpup-rifle-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\/bullpup-rifle-book<\/a><\/p>\n<p>00:20 &#8211; My most unfortunate haircut<br \/>\n00:46 &#8211; Why do modern rifle cartridges still have a slight taper?<br \/>\n01:38 &#8211; What do I say to critics who say I&#8217;m wrong or a jerk?<br \/>\n04:04 &#8211; Rimfire .22 rifles that are both bolt action and semiauto<br \/>\n06:00 &#8211; If WW1 continued into 1919, how would the Pedersen device have been adapted to field conditions?<br \/>\n07:48 &#8211; Backlog of Zastava videos?<br \/>\n08:39 &#8211; Is the FG-42 more like a rifle or an LMG?<br \/>\n10:45 &#8211; Carcano, Ross, or Steyr?<br \/>\n13:37 &#8211; Favorite pistol-caliber lever action rifle?<br \/>\n14:41 &#8211; Filming my own guns that I have bought or had built<br \/>\n17:57 &#8211; Rifle-caliber blowback designs<br \/>\n20:26 &#8211; Rechambering historical rifles for which original ammo is unavailable<br \/>\n22:32 &#8211; Concealing serial numbers when filming guns<br \/>\n24:50 &#8211; European military surplus in the Old West?<br \/>\n27:13 &#8211; Post-production audio editing<br \/>\n27:44 &#8211; Three-gun choices to place last but have fun<br \/>\nBren: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hS_bM3Xlw7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/hS_bM3Xlw7M<\/a><br \/>\nGreener Martini: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mcnmXHA7Cx8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/mcnmXHA7Cx8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>30:17 &#8211; The Campaign for Beautiful Rifles has taken mom family hostage&#8230;<br \/>\nPedersen rifle: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PfhKLuPiXFc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/PfhKLuPiXFc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>32:40 &#8211; Most interesting provenance of a gun I have filmed<br \/>\nFerguson rifle: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IlD5SFR_qq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/IlD5SFR_qq0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>33:59 &#8211; How do I know when the literature on a subject is wrong?<br \/>\n35:32 &#8211; When does a belt fed become more effective than a magazine fed LMG?<br \/>\n36:58 &#8211; What are the three threaded holes on the M1919 rear sight bracket for?<br \/>\n38:45 &#8211; How was .300 Savage involved in development of 7.62x51mm NATO?<br \/>\n41:15 &#8211; British semiauto rifle development before WW2 (answered by Jonathan Ferguson of the Royal Armouries)<br \/>\n48:36 &#8211; Have I ever &#8220;rage quit&#8221; a competition or event?<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. Oracle #36270<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85740<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons 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 &#8211; My most unfortunate haircut 00:46 &#8211; Why do modern rifle cartridges still have a slight&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/qa-43-feat-jonathan-ferguson-military-wing-of-the-campaign-for-beautiful-rifles\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q&#038;A 43 (feat. 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