Firearms Expert Reacts to Fallout 76's Guns

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Published 2024-04-27
Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, heads to the irradiated wastelands of West Virginia to check out the guns of Fallout 76, including the Colt Single Action Army, the Black Powder Rifle and the Pepper Shaker.

00:00 Intro
00:35 Colt Single Action Army
04:40 Short Pump Action Shotgun
06:13 Quick 10mm Submachine Gun
08:19 Vampire's Gold .50 Cal Machine Gun
11:00 Black Powder Rifle
12:31 The Dragon
13:59 Blunderbuss Pistol
16:52 Black Powder Weapons and Ball Ammunition
18:08 Short Gatling Gun
19:55 Tactical Gauss Shotgun
22:14 Western Spirit
23:29 Pepper Shaker
24:40 Outro

In the latest video in the Firearm Expert Reacts series, Jonathan Ferguson--a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries--breaks down the guns of Fallout 76 and compares them to their potential real-life counterparts.

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If you're interested in seeing more of Jonathan's work, you can check out more from the Royal Armouries right here. - youtube.com/user/RoyalArmouries

If you would like to support the Royal Armouries, you can make a charitable donation to the museum here. - royalarmouries.org/support-us/donations/

And if you would like to become a member of the Royal Armouries, you can get a membership here. - royalarmouries.org/support-us/membership/

You can either purchase Jonathan's book here. - www.headstamppublishing.com/bullpup-rifle-book

Or at the Royal Armouries shop here. - shop.royalarmouries.org/collections/thorneycroft-t…

You can subscribe to the Armax Journal that Jonathan Associate Edited here: www.armaxjournal.org/

All Comments (21)
  • @ITzAhhMehMardio
    I see Jonathan Ferguson, the 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, I click.
  • If they ever made a FO game set in britain,i need a questline were a ghoulish Johnathan ask me to bring him the last preserved MP5 in all of the irradiated england
  • @Chidderationss
    I don't know why, but when Jonathan Ferguson, the 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, flicked out that bayonet blunderbuss I couldn't help but laugh, the sight of Jonathan Ferguson, the 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 pushing the catch and it just swinging out violently got me
  • @poromafia
    16:30 Actually yes. WV manufactured a lot of black powder guns. Notably Harpers ferry armory (which remains you can visit in 76).
  • @under-chonker
    I would like to see Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK reacting to the weapons of Warfarme
  • "There's none of [arcane elements] introduced to Fallout" I see Jonathan Ferguson, the 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 unfamiliar with questlines like the Cabot House questline, or anything to do with the Dunwich company.
  • @RikkSpencer
    Johnathan, there is a “black powder” only season for Whitetail deer in West Virginia every year. While many people use the more modern “in-line” smoothbore guns, there are still many people who use reproduction muzzle-loaders no different than what would have been used to hunt Whitetail 150-200 years ago. My father has, hanging on a wall in his basement, a “Virginia Rifle” manufactured in the 1750s, which belonged to one of our ancestors (I believe the brother of his great-great-great grandfather) and which was used in or around the time of the American Revolution.
  • @alexmelinte917
    "It's not real and it can't hurt me", I still get an aneurysm imagining the default Assault Rifle from FO4.
  • @user-mn8bc9em7g
    "its muzzle loady enough"-Jonathan Ferguson keeper of arms and artillery at the royal armories museum in the uk, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons throughout history.
  • @JackGilb
    I love how Jonathan looks like he's hiding in the museum's basement recording this video in secret
  • @TheFrogEnjoyer
    I'd love to see Jonathan reacting to the DLC weapons of Fallout New Vegas such as the Red Glare Rocket Launcher, Shoulder Mounted Machine Gun, K9000 Machine Gun and 12.7mm Smg.
  • @xzeuii
    16:45 Actually, you do! There’s a historic Civil War site on the map with Union and Confederate museums alongside the site. You can often find black powder weapons behind the display cases in said museums :)
  • @lego007guym8
    So, with the muzzle loaders in 76, they're part of the games smaller references to West Virginia's role in the American Civil War; there were several in game events on launch that were related to burying a soldiers remains or fighting other players wearing Union or Confederate uniforms. These were events during the games launch, but they had enough issues that they've been removed since. The developers haven't expand on the Civil War stuff since.
  • it's mentioned on a loading screen that many of the black powder weapons in the area were clamed from the various civil war collections in the are and that they were well antiquated even by the time of the bombs falling
  • Surprised jonathan didn’t notice the 1873 colt revolvers cylinder turning the wrong direction
  • @CaedoGenesis
    21:00 the game didn't only expand, but respectfully brought back classic weaponry. Fallout 2 had gauss pistols, and Fallout Tactics had the gauss miniguns! I've plenty to complain about with 76, but the attention to detail and care that goes into bringing back classic concepts is something these devs do exceptionally! The Gauss Shotgun is new thanks to 76 though I think, just nice to see things come back y'know?
  • @LaNoLaCola
    Loved that Jonathan mentioned Heretic. Hopefully GameSpot shows Jonathan another Raven software game. Maybe Singularity?
  • @TehJojoBeans
    "It's muzzleload-y enough." –Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK
  • @AE1OU
    Please Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK, break down the weapons from METAL GEAR SOLID 3 before the remake comes out. So many weapons in MGS3 to react and comment on like the Patriot's infinite ammo magazine, the EZ tranq gun, Snake's customized officer M1911A1, Snake whittling the pistol grip to use a knife for CQC, Ocelot's SAA juggling skills, The End's paratrooper tranquilizer Mosin Nagant, the Davey Crockett recoil-less nuclear launcher, Eva's chinese Type 17 mauser clone with her "bandit shooting" technique and Volgin's electricity discharging the 7.62mm bullets. There are so many more other interesting trivias and weapons in MGS3 so please Dave and Johnathan, please consider making a video for the MGS3.
  • @Scuzz1204
    Fallout has had arcane and magic elements in the series since the very beginning. The entire plot of fallout 1 for example revolves around defeating a Psykers including telekinetics, Pyrokinetics, and Telepaths. It’s been a very consistent throughline for much of the series. Fallout 2 even has you help a ghost out.