Firearms Expert Reacts To Counter-Strike Franchise's Guns

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the insane weaponry of the Counter-Strike franchise, including the iconic AK47 automatic rifle, the FNP90 submachine gun, and the many versions of the AR-15/M4 rifle.

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 the Counter-Strike franchise, and compares them to their real-life counterparts.

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[ARIZONA-sd]

Jonathan's smile after he saw his photo as a spray just brings me so much joy

[keatonwastaken]

That little spray of Jonathan on the wall clip was a nice touch, he really liked it and it made me smile aswell, was a sweet moment.

[kindbutler]

This man played CS, wears a ghost shirt, and is also a firearm expert. Legend.

[JacksonKillroy]

I LOVE just how much insight he has into the logic and history behind the development of counter strike, as well as his own personal history with the game.

[AleksWorkshop]

Alternative Title: why Counter Strike reloads are a nightmare

[mordor]

I love how he knows about gaming and why some firearms look a certain way, because he knows the game, like the Cyberpunk video where he knew the game is a futuristic-retro 80s theme and he reviewed the guns basing his opinion on this knowledge, and same thing for many of his other guns reviews of other games. Not only he knows a lot about firearms but also the games he talk about which is really cool

[jax]

Jonathan keeps getting cooler, He's even wearing a Ghost shirt!

[TheLastArbiter]

6:15 The scenario you described did happen in Vietnam with a compromised US sniper who had the bad luck of running straight into a squad of enemy fighters. He was carrying an M1911 and a revolver (I don’t remember the caliber). He immediately drew both weapons and got to business. Would be weird firing 2 very different handguns in a situation like that.

[krjett]

Most of these "X Expert reacts to Y" type of videos have a lot of people who have little to no video game experience, and its a gem to find a series where the expert talks about the mistakes and forgives them based on the developmental limitations. Props to the.. umm humility? of this guy when talking critiquing what's shown.

[EclipsaMyrtenaster]

"It's (Negev) a bit too portable."

Yeah, I think the Negev is more of a laser gun than a machine gun with how straight it fires after two seconds

[gabrielloko]

You can see by the thumbnail what exactly he will tackle...


The good M4 foward assist ludicrous reload

[stevemcknelly]

Seeing his T-shirt, you know he's a true man of culture.

[JonH-]

"You run faster with a knife, everybody knows that!"
- FPS Doug

[dpsy]

Jonathan is like that one cool uncle, I would love to meet him and talk about guns, or just listen to him rant about anything, he is just so likeable!

[Phantomghost-hmbw]

i love the way he handles this. he could totally say shit about how it isn't relastic so it isn't good like many csgo players do, but he knows that GAME BALANCE SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON HOW REAL IT IS

[ianpopp]

*pulls out AK* "Here's one I prepared earlier" got a big laugh out of me

[BIGxBOSSxx]

He’s wearing a Ghost shirt. Just when you think this guy couldn’t get any cooler.

[enigma]

I think Jonathan will love reviewing Red Orchestra 2 / Rising Storm 1 since the guns there are very detailed (there's even a realistic flamethrower)

As well as Killing Floor 2 (Guns were animated in high framerates and actually shake when fired)

[brianreddeman]

Damn, I remember those early maps when they first came out. I remember tinkering with the sounds and textures. My first intro to GIMP was because of that game. Also back then you could replace the models...I had homer Simpson's running around on my screen. Foot steps replaced with duck whacking sounds...I remember replacing the knife with a snickers bar too.

[aceyinajar]

The fact that you made Jonathan a CS spray was amazing, and his reaction was honestly one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.