The suppressed L96A1 with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson

From Green Meanie, to ‘three men in a shed’, to gamers running wild with the ‘AWP’ -Accuracy International and their L96A1 created the modern template for sniper rifles to this day.
Less well-known, as Jonathan shows in this week’s episode, is the integrally suppressed variant.
Books mentioned:
Steve Houghton, 2021, 'The Green Meanie L96A1'. Swift and Bold Publishing.
Dave Walls, 2023. 'It Started in the Shed'. New Generation Publishing.
0:00 Intro
0:35 A Green Timeline
1:41 Integrally Suppressed L96A1
3:05 Exact Date of Production
3:35 Firearm History
4:50 Comparison with the Original Unsuppressed
5:43 Suppressor
10:20 Scope
11:06 History Continued
14:15 Outro
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  • @jonathanferguson1211
    @jonathanferguson121128 күн бұрын

    Correction - (edited) as pointed out by a helpful commenter this is *arguably* not truly "integrally suppressed" as it has no ported barrel. However, the term "integrally suppressed" existed at that time (hence the nickname of 'PMSD') whereas the "reflex" suppressor is a later invention intended for us with standard barrel lengths and to be removable for unsuppressed use. This rifle has a specially adapted barrel designed for use *integrally* with the rifle, which is not intended for use without it. The suppressor threads in place at the REAR like the DeLisle and the SPR300 (also not ported - I previously stated the DeLisle isn't either - it is in part, it just has a sleeve over the ports). Thus it is "integral" even if the barrel is not ported like an MP5SD.

  • @F1ghteR41

    @F1ghteR41

    28 күн бұрын

    So, not only it the first time I hear about this L96 variant, it's also the first time I'm encountering this bit of suppressor classification. Truly educational video, thanks a lot! @RoyalArmouries Pin the man!

  • @tommihommi1

    @tommihommi1

    28 күн бұрын

    however it is integral into the construction of the rifle, is it not? Unlike a reflex suppressor that fits under the handguard of an AR15

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    @@tommihommi1 I've been mulling this over and I do think there's a difference. Not to mention "integrally suppressed" was a thing in the 1980s whereas the term "reflex" hadn't been invented. I'll edit my comment, thanks.

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    @@F1ghteR41 The plot thickens - I think "integral" is arguable here... I will edit my comment.

  • @F1ghteR41

    @F1ghteR41

    28 күн бұрын

    @@jonathanferguson1211 A complicated matter indeed. It just occured to me, however, that there's yet another perspective in this matter. Just how integral is integral sound suppression? One might be tempted to say that the name is only deserved with cartridge-based solutions, like in the Soviet and US special purpose handguns (BraMit-suppressed Nagant, QSPR etc.), and everything outside the barrel is external, be it requiring a barrel swap to undo the effect like here or a sleeve like on the Agram. Besides, there is a degree of similarity between a ported barrel and a short barrel with a large suppressor hanging over the muzzle like on the rifle we've discussing. A longer ported barrel can impart spin on a bullet for a longer period of time, sure, but just how much does it have to do with classification of suppressors is not that obvious.

  • @user-rd6ii6mp1t
    @user-rd6ii6mp1t28 күн бұрын

    Showing of the neat suppressed rifle and casually pulls out L96 serial number 1. That's like showing off your comic book collection just to pull out Superman #1 to compare the artwork. Awesome flex.

  • @karm42yn

    @karm42yn

    27 күн бұрын

    Here's a SN 000001, nbd.

  • @WayStedYou

    @WayStedYou

    25 күн бұрын

    except there is only one serial number 1 instead of multiple #1 comics

  • @user-rd6ii6mp1t

    @user-rd6ii6mp1t

    25 күн бұрын

    @@WayStedYou Sure, it isn't a perfect analogy, but it's the flex that counts.

  • @TheAnnoyingPest
    @TheAnnoyingPest28 күн бұрын

    I saw a picture of this once, i had never seen an integrally suppressed L96, so I assumed it was fake or an airsoft thing, but no. It's real

  • @WanderlustZero
    @WanderlustZero23 күн бұрын

    'There's no record of it ever being used' That's right Jonathan. Keep to the script, or Mister Tiddles won't be coming home tonight.

  • @gings4ever
    @gings4ever28 күн бұрын

    Oddly enough, I would love to hear how an integrally suppressed one sounds vs the common "suppressor on barrel end"

  • @lordsummerisle87

    @lordsummerisle87

    28 күн бұрын

    Quieter, I would imagine 😂

  • @marvindebot3264

    @marvindebot3264

    28 күн бұрын

    Very much quieter. With these, the bolt makes more noise than firing one.

  • @gregwessendorf

    @gregwessendorf

    28 күн бұрын

    Like the little girl in the Taco commercial once said "Porque no los dos?"

  • @flanker1977

    @flanker1977

    28 күн бұрын

    I shot the modern equivalent. Like an AX series, but don't know the exact designation I chuckled every time I pressed the trigger. Insanely quiet

  • @TheJom101

    @TheJom101

    28 күн бұрын

    I have one of these and its no louder than standard ambient conversation, I have fired it at a range with people having a convo behind me and they didn’t know I had fired it

  • @user-zj8uc2hl5h
    @user-zj8uc2hl5h28 күн бұрын

    Bro just casually flexed the L96 serial number 1

  • @scrappydoo7887

    @scrappydoo7887

    28 күн бұрын

    He's in a museum lol but it's a pretty big flex lol

  • @Chiller11

    @Chiller11

    27 күн бұрын

    Yes that was an understated megaflex.

  • @mandowarrior123

    @mandowarrior123

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@scrappydoo7887it's a big deal even for a museum.

  • @scrappydoo7887

    @scrappydoo7887

    24 күн бұрын

    @@mandowarrior123 not really no. The way the arms industry works in the UK, especially for military items, the first one off the line almost always gets kept and almost always ends up in the hands of the royal armouries. I bet there's hundreds of pieces that are the first off the line in there

  • @BogdanK1
    @BogdanK128 күн бұрын

    The "boathouse" quip was priceless. Loved that movie

  • @DrCoolHands

    @DrCoolHands

    27 күн бұрын

    But what colour is the boathouse?

  • @grahambamford9073

    @grahambamford9073

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@@DrCoolHands a nice shade of lavender I believe....😅

  • @IO-zg8md

    @IO-zg8md

    24 күн бұрын

    @@DrCoolHands Lol. They're about 4 miles from the nearest jetty on the River Wye

  • @WanderlustZero

    @WanderlustZero

    23 күн бұрын

    Not the boathouse in HEERFORRRRD :o

  • @blackcountryme

    @blackcountryme

    22 күн бұрын

    ​@@WanderlustZeroOh god, I was shouting at the TV 😂

  • @tarouyamada2686
    @tarouyamada268628 күн бұрын

    Aww, look at how cute it looks without the suppressor 😊

  • @RoyalArmouries

    @RoyalArmouries

    28 күн бұрын

    Smol Boi

  • @AnnaVahtera

    @AnnaVahtera

    28 күн бұрын

    It looks like it's taken a dip in cold water :P

  • @humblenoob7631

    @humblenoob7631

    28 күн бұрын

    @@AnnaVahteraI WAS IN THE POOL

  • @christhesmith

    @christhesmith

    28 күн бұрын

    It's a cute widdle wifle with no supwessor!

  • @bostonrailfan2427

    @bostonrailfan2427

    28 күн бұрын

    @@AnnaVahteraIT’S SHRINKAGE!

  • @Monoryable
    @Monoryable28 күн бұрын

    Being able to flex #1 rifle is really cool

  • @deepwhatever
    @deepwhatever27 күн бұрын

    Only 35 ever made? That's pretty rare. Would love FPS games to include this type of info more often, to make you feel like you are using a very special weapon.

  • @mattblack6736
    @mattblack673628 күн бұрын

    I do love the background story of Accuracy International, one of those classic British start ups, designing something great and punching above their weight.

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    28 күн бұрын

    It's a very inspirational tale, couple of talented men who got to really show what they were made of and build an enterprise around it, even having to defend it from sabotage and takeover, and finally becoming a world class name in the industry.

  • @cedhome7945

    @cedhome7945

    28 күн бұрын

    Usual story of British inventors struggling against adverse conditions, the big story is they succeeded

  • @GTChucker86

    @GTChucker86

    27 күн бұрын

    every great british invention always starts with a man and his shed

  • @pkt1213

    @pkt1213

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@GTChucker86 many of them continue in their shed...basically anything British Leyland.

  • @extragoogleaccount6061

    @extragoogleaccount6061

    14 күн бұрын

    A man, his shed, and a pub.

  • @Manco65
    @Manco6528 күн бұрын

    Interesting I wish an acquaintance of mine was still with us. As he was a royal Marine commando sniper and for a time seconded to the SAS in Northern Ireland You might have been able to answer if this rifle was ever used in service by either. RIP Anthony.

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    Sorry to hear that. I think it's unlikely because it seems to have gone AI>Donington>Pattern Room>us, and it never got the SAS scope setup.

  • @Gunbudder
    @Gunbudder24 күн бұрын

    3:34 for those wondering, Jonathan is referencing the amazing film Ronin. One of the characters is testing another character to see if they were really SAS or not by asking about the boat house in Hereford (where SAS trains). I've seen Ronin a dozen times and i didn't even recognize the reference. i had to look it up lol

  • @andybrown4284
    @andybrown428428 күн бұрын

    I get the feeling that the term "ground off" probably means different things to the folk who make precision rifles than it would to everyday folk

  • @peterclarke7240

    @peterclarke7240

    28 күн бұрын

    Me: dremel. Them: graduated feathers and a microscope.

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    I'm sure, but I'm used to spotting minute differences and I still can't see any actual modification compared to the stock, er, stock - even with a loupe.

  • @justanobadi6655

    @justanobadi6655

    28 күн бұрын

    being a machinist (one who works with the precision cutting of metals) I can say that the loosest tolerances you'll get for a job like this are the specified dimensions plus or minus about .0002 of an inch. that is about as close to perfect as possible.

  • @justicar5

    @justicar5

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@@justanobadi66555 microns? That's nats danglies territory.

  • @justanobadi6655

    @justanobadi6655

    27 күн бұрын

    @@justicar5 I'm not making that up. The first machinist job I interviewed for said that was their standard for tolerances.

  • @Matt-md5yt
    @Matt-md5yt28 күн бұрын

    I heard of this variet from Ahoy once and glad to see it being covered

  • @djd8305
    @djd83056 күн бұрын

    I trained on the AW with Irish Army in 1993. On the course our SF instructor showed us the suppressed Meanie, with folding stock, removable barrel (I think.) and briefcase type ..

  • @therealchriscunningham
    @therealchriscunningham28 күн бұрын

    I absolutely hate that I now instinctively recoil from the initialised abbreviation of Accuracy International.

  • @exploatores
    @exploatores28 күн бұрын

    I have handeld a PSG-90/L118A1. this one looks even more fun to play around with.

  • @fredrichl
    @fredrichl26 күн бұрын

    I really didn't know that the Royal Armoury was in Leeds. I gotta visit Leeds one day when i'm over in the UK, both for the museum and for the whole "Birth town of The Sisters of Mercy" thing :)

  • @charlotteblackman429
    @charlotteblackman42928 күн бұрын

    An incredible rifle ❤️. And, an even more incredible success story about Accuracy International!

  • @peteredwards2318
    @peteredwards231828 күн бұрын

    That is bloody awesome.

  • @neilconnor2699
    @neilconnor269927 күн бұрын

    Very nice, never worked on a suppressed L96 but the earliest serial number to come across my bench was around 00170. Noticed the LSW's in the rack behind appear to be early A1s without the 3rd generation triggers fitted

  • @JonathanFitt
    @JonathanFitt28 күн бұрын

    How does the short barrel under the suppressor perform vs the longer barrel with no suppressor?

  • @mms16
    @mms1628 күн бұрын

    the unsuppressed barrel looks normal size to me

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    *Chortle*

  • @tacticalnache7153

    @tacticalnache7153

    28 күн бұрын

    What do you mean, that's big! (Pain)

  • @Sunnfjordingen
    @Sunnfjordingen22 күн бұрын

    I'm traveling to Leeds this summer from Norway, and can finally visit the Royal Armouries Museum. I just had to brag about it.

  • @ca9968
    @ca996828 күн бұрын

    Oooohhh...Bendy barrel LSW`s behind you...that brings back a few memories...

  • @robertsneddon731

    @robertsneddon731

    28 күн бұрын

    The barrels don't bend unless you do something stupid like shoot bullets through them.

  • @alext7074

    @alext7074

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@robertsneddon731 🔥🚒

  • @ca9968

    @ca9968

    27 күн бұрын

    @@robertsneddon731 🤣🤣🤣

  • @AnnaVahtera
    @AnnaVahtera28 күн бұрын

    This has been one of my favorite guns based on looks for a long time. I can't explain why, it just looks so damn cool. I own an Airsoft version of this and it's great :D

  • @scrappydoo7887
    @scrappydoo788728 күн бұрын

    Got to love the podgy barrel. It has secrets that are whispered

  • @TMFShooting
    @TMFShooting27 күн бұрын

    Wow '' Integrally Suppressed L96 , Another Great Video Jonathan 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

  • @LeGeNdDdArYable
    @LeGeNdDdArYable28 күн бұрын

    I see that your background weapon rack is filled with some (presumably all of them) machinegun variants of L86. Nice (it isn't, never was)

  • @weronikazalewska2098

    @weronikazalewska2098

    24 күн бұрын

    Just standard old LSWs arnt they?

  • @badcommando4219

    @badcommando4219

    20 күн бұрын

    @@weronikazalewska2098look like LSW’s to me. Horrid bit of kit

  • @DomingoDeSantaClara
    @DomingoDeSantaClara28 күн бұрын

    Would be great to get a demo comparing it to the non-suppressed version.

  • @TheCatBilbo
    @TheCatBilbo27 күн бұрын

    A bevy of LSWs casually behind...one of my favourites.

  • @Tricky_Vic
    @Tricky_Vic28 күн бұрын

    Interesting. So technically this is the predecessor to the AWS rifle? That's pretty neat!

  • @causewaykayak
    @causewaykayak28 күн бұрын

    Did I see a protective cover on the muzzle of the stock rifle ? I sometimes wonder if such a big collection makes use of VPI corrosion inhibitors to protect bores and other inaccessible spaces from tarnish and rust .

  • @SleeplessBrazilLimbo
    @SleeplessBrazilLimbo28 күн бұрын

    i love this type of videos

  • @Vodkarn
    @Vodkarn28 күн бұрын

    That 'Ronin' reference out of nowhere, haha. Thanks for the laugh @royal_armouries Johnathan!

  • @oasntet
    @oasntet28 күн бұрын

    If the first rounds are subsonic and the later rounds are full loads, were there two different scope reticles to account for the different trajectories? Or some on-the-fly conversion to recalculate the drop?

  • @dude126
    @dude12626 күн бұрын

    The .22 conversion of the SLR was useful out to 20 metres.

  • @bigsmoke6189
    @bigsmoke618928 күн бұрын

    what was the rifling twist rate?

  • @DeadzyW3
    @DeadzyW328 күн бұрын

    And 3 LSWs in the background seems fitting

  • @ghostie7028
    @ghostie702828 күн бұрын

    Praying for a pre-1900 firearm next week

  • @HazelS71
    @HazelS7127 күн бұрын

    Olive green meanie! Very intresting firearm Appreciate you Jonathan!

  • @a_lot5163
    @a_lot516326 күн бұрын

    Cool video…was really hoping we would get to hear it though…

  • @Nickcooper625
    @Nickcooper62528 күн бұрын

    "Something something boathouse..."

  • @user-cr3ti1vj6f

    @user-cr3ti1vj6f

    28 күн бұрын

    and we still didn't learn what color is it ...

  • @darklighter66

    @darklighter66

    28 күн бұрын

    There is no boathouse.

  • @jchance4d4

    @jchance4d4

    27 күн бұрын

    I had to giggle--even in the US I'd heard about using this to catch fakers.

  • @WanderlustZero

    @WanderlustZero

    23 күн бұрын

    @@darklighter66 I don't like yer attitude

  • @BS25999
    @BS2599914 күн бұрын

    It would be amazing to reord a firing test, so we can hear how quiet it really is.

  • @RRHACKKILLER
    @RRHACKKILLER28 күн бұрын

    Would love to see a Breakdown of the L115 if you guys have one in the armoury. Otherwise Known as AWM

  • @robertsperti5926
    @robertsperti592628 күн бұрын

    Been a shorter I'd assume custom barrel did lothar Walther make it a faster twist rate?

  • @rob2733
    @rob273328 күн бұрын

    Fantastic! V interesting!

  • @MostlyPennyCat
    @MostlyPennyCat28 күн бұрын

    6:38 oh i like the sawn off version, is that for when you carry it in a holster under your coat?

  • @stevepirie8130

    @stevepirie8130

    28 күн бұрын

    There was a briefcase/travel case version for discreetness

  • @hammyh1165
    @hammyh116528 күн бұрын

    The rounds for these had the headstamp removed in a lathe by machining a groove in them.. A lot of the barrel work on the original batch of green meanies was done by a Scottish gunsmith as AI didn't have the capabilities at the time being men in a shed at the time. Also the best gun at the SF trials wasn't the green meanie but a gun by Thomson and Campbell from Cromarty , when asked why they didn't win the guy bringing the weapon back to them said politics.

  • @felixthecat265

    @felixthecat265

    28 күн бұрын

    Yep.. Still a man in a shed, except this shed is in the highlands.. I lust after his DSG lathe.. a thing of beauty!

  • @Omnihil777
    @Omnihil77728 күн бұрын

    On the barrel end / crown of the stock L96 - is that a stool's foot, Jonathan? It is, right?! What a resourceful lad you are... :)

  • @charlesnowakowski8065
    @charlesnowakowski80657 сағат бұрын

    Is there something on the end of the barrel on the unsuppressed version of the gun? Like a storage protection plug?

  • @9daywonda
    @9daywonda28 күн бұрын

    I have seen this in mini version such as 1/6th scale.

  • @mikebeatstsb7030
    @mikebeatstsb703028 күн бұрын

    Love the facts

  • @F1ghteR41
    @F1ghteR4128 күн бұрын

    I see that the theme of unusual suppressed arms continues! 6:00 Now in Smell-O-Vision! 😁 8:46 I have to say I'm quite puzzled by what standard of accuracy & precision this rifle was held up to with the supersonic rounds. Barrel being so short doesn't strike me as supporting any sort of even medium-range performance, and the sight reticle needs to accomodate both trajectories. 9:04 Certainly back then there still were people around who might've remembered this logic being quite prominent, one only has to look at the M16 suppressors during the Vietnam war to see its manifestation.

  • @__logan__duvalier__
    @__logan__duvalier__28 күн бұрын

    Can we assume that the bullet is still accelerating in the ported sleeve so that the suppressed power is higher than with the suppressor removed ?

  • @lightsiderevan7233
    @lightsiderevan723325 күн бұрын

    My father used the same rifle. I showed him the video he says he used it while serving in Northern Ireland and Bosnia.

  • @TheRivieraKid
    @TheRivieraKid27 күн бұрын

    If you run out of ammo, you can always use the suppressor as a club!

  • @ianbrisland1982
    @ianbrisland198227 күн бұрын

    Any idea of the spin rate of the 12” barrel compared to the conventional full length barrel to accommodate the subsonic 200grain 7.62 bullet?

  • @NateTheBrewer

    @NateTheBrewer

    27 күн бұрын

    Curious about this as well. It being the military they could be using some heavier than lead core to keep the length down, since the stability issue with heavier rounds has to do with the increased bullet length to allow for higher weights.

  • @leppeppel
    @leppeppel28 күн бұрын

    It's always cool when the creators of well-known designs are still around and can provide clarification. So much of Colt and Browning history is guesswork, but then you can just *ask* modern designers, what was this hole drilled for?

  • @jamessmith84240
    @jamessmith842402 күн бұрын

    I am surprised by the 12 inch barrel of the suppressed version. What sort of range were they intended to be used and were considered effective and accurate?

  • @evelin1006
    @evelin100628 күн бұрын

    Looks like one of these green soldier toys

  • @ZGryphon
    @ZGryphon28 күн бұрын

    Is it just me, or do all the names of these rifles sound like DLCs for a tactical game? _Accuracy International: Arctic Warfare,_ in particular, sounds like one I'd have played.

  • @nemesis2264

    @nemesis2264

    28 күн бұрын

    These rifles have featured in a great many games so you probably have already played one.

  • @ZGryphon

    @ZGryphon

    28 күн бұрын

    @@nemesis2264 I know they're in games, what I'm saying is that their names also sound like they _are_ games. :)

  • @GrahamBunneh

    @GrahamBunneh

    26 күн бұрын

    Conflict: Desert Storm for one which actually had this in the 2nd one

  • @Davo996
    @Davo99622 күн бұрын

    Good job Fergie we all love your content ❤

  • @lawrencemartin1113
    @lawrencemartin111328 күн бұрын

    Awesome. How 'quiet' was it? Any stats on that??

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately not - all Houghton says (which I left out as too obvious) is the usual thing about hearing the ring of the steel over the report of the weapon.

  • @lawrencemartin1113

    @lawrencemartin1113

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@jonathanferguson1211 Jonathan thank you for replying. Well, I know that sound well! I have never fired subsonic 7.62mm but I have fired some very quiet 7.62mm suppressed rifles! I would love to have had a crack with one of these though!! 😊 I love your videos. Hoping to get a trip to Leeds before too long....🤞🏻

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    @@lawrencemartin1113 Thank you!

  • @neilk943
    @neilk94320 күн бұрын

    I did the first SASC Sniper Course with the ordinary infantry version of this rifle. They tended to break quite a bit. I bust mine by dropping it from about 1 foot putting in its rack in the armoury. The plastic furniture was not squaddie proof 😬

  • @_-KR-_
    @_-KR-_28 күн бұрын

    what was the color of the boathouse at heriford?

  • @Derecq

    @Derecq

    28 күн бұрын

    Before or after the fire?

  • @Unsound427

    @Unsound427

    28 күн бұрын

    You'd better ask Soap, or De Niro

  • @Derecq

    @Derecq

    26 күн бұрын

    @@yyy-875 Anybody who pronounces it "here ford" has never been there.

  • @randyhavard6084
    @randyhavard608428 күн бұрын

    Really surprised at how short the barrel is

  • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    @0neDoomedSpaceMarine

    28 күн бұрын

    Not gonna want all that acceleration for shorter range subsonics anyway.

  • @senilestix

    @senilestix

    23 күн бұрын

    Ye...but accuracy would be dog shit, as 7.62 NATO twist rate is 1/12! That rounds going everywhere...at a guess, I'd say 4 - 5+ MOA

  • @randyhavard6084

    @randyhavard6084

    23 күн бұрын

    @@senilestix If the barrel is long enough to stabilize the bullets they are using the length wouldn't have anything to do with accuracy. I would bet money their standard is higher than four or five MOA for that rifle.

  • @senilestix

    @senilestix

    23 күн бұрын

    @@randyhavard6084 ?.."The barrel length has nothing to do with accuracy" ...You sure about that statement buddy!?🙄

  • @randyhavard6084

    @randyhavard6084

    23 күн бұрын

    @@senilestix absolutely. Why do you think a longer barrel would be more accurate?

  • @andyriley668
    @andyriley66825 күн бұрын

    I must have seen every one of your incredible series. I have to comment Jonathan your knowledge is quite simply extraordinary. I loved reading about guns as an avid fan at my grand old age. However you are simple stunning Wow Wow I can’t tell you how happy these make me but could you possibly do one thing and I don’t think you’ve reviewed but the old sig sauer pp26 would be so good to hear your opinion on what Andy Mcnab called the best ev4 side arm but he was a little bit naught6. However I’d love to shake your hand And adding Dave is INSPIRED What a team you to are. Thank you sir. ❤️.

  • @OskarGregersen
    @OskarGregersen28 күн бұрын

    Is there any possibility of Jonathan firing these side by side at the range? Just for an audio difference

  • @welporajackwelp4899
    @welporajackwelp489928 күн бұрын

    Silent Awper

  • @johnreed3576
    @johnreed357628 күн бұрын

    Youngs 303 has been banned from the house for that exact reason!

  • @mattheide2775
    @mattheide277528 күн бұрын

    What color is the Boat House in Hereford? Sean Bean has been dying to know for 25 years and countless movies 😊

  • @hordegaming4771
    @hordegaming477125 күн бұрын

    This makes me wanna fit one to my L115a3, issue is that's in 300 win mag, sooooooo yeah. I doubt a suppressor would last very long with that, now I have tried mounting some but even muzzle threaded ones tend to expand a bit if I fire past think the most was 12 shots so yeah. I load 300s pretty high as I love long range shooting but I'd love a L96a1 honestly? In 300 blackout or 7.62x35mm To me it would be a brilliant cartridge for a medium range suppressed rifle even bolt action it would be pretty darn effective if you ask me. But let me know if a 300 blackout L96 is a good idea

  • @indigohammer5732
    @indigohammer573228 күн бұрын

    Would this use off the shelf subsonic ammunition, or did RG cook something up for it? Thanks.

  • @felixthecat265

    @felixthecat265

    28 күн бұрын

    You may very well ask, given the Sh1t & Shovel Corps aversion to "Downloaded Ammunition". RG couldn't boil an egg never mind anything out of the ordinary.. I would gently suggest that it would have been made in a shed somewhere with untraceable components using a Rockchucker and a tub of something like.. Oh let's say something Unique!

  • @tisFrancesfault
    @tisFrancesfault28 күн бұрын

    Genuine question; Do videos like have any impact on foot traffic for the museum? Or, as I suspect, more a supplementary stream?

  • @tisFrancesfault

    @tisFrancesfault

    28 күн бұрын

    I know it's not on topic, but I'm curious out of academic curiosity.

  • @peterclarke7240

    @peterclarke7240

    28 күн бұрын

    I've certainly visited as a result of seeing these and the series Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, home to a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history, does with Gamespot. Went for the M41a Pulse Rifle, stayed for, and got totally obsessed with, their gift shop. My wife had to drag me out by my collar before I beat our credit card to death 🤣 Seriously, it's the most amazing gift shop on the planet if you're a weapons/Sci fi/fantasy nerd. They had Star Wars christmas tree decorations 🤓

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    Our visitor data is not really set up to capture this unfortunately but maybe 2-3%? It might actually be less. But it's very rewarding when someone bumps into me or asks to see me and says they're visiting because of KZread, which has happened quite a few times now. US, Scandinavia, even China :)

  • @darklighter66

    @darklighter66

    28 күн бұрын

    I bought a sword from them due to these videos. Saw video, went website, saw they sold sword I wanted.

  • @somegeezer

    @somegeezer

    28 күн бұрын

    A lot of this stuff is hidden away in the actual armoury, not on display at the museum. But the museum itself is a really cool place to visit, with a good few hours worth of things to look at and experience, taking you through the history of warfare. There's not a whole lot of typical tourist chaff in Leeds to give a lot of people reason to visit for long, but it is a city full of history, going back to before the Danes settled here.

  • @FGYT1
    @FGYT125 күн бұрын

    Saw one once in 88/89. Was in the Wilts Army Cadets and a lot of units where in garrison towns on salisbury plain so Army brats had Dads in interesting units come help at cadets . One An RQMS in the SASC git lots of kit to show and brought one if these and a snub nose SA80 ( for tank crew) to a county range day . We didnt get to fire them but cool to see

  • @Name-ck9pv

    @Name-ck9pv

    5 күн бұрын

    Got the chance to see two rare variants of badass guns, good stuff!

  • @SC.920
    @SC.92028 күн бұрын

    Does the suppressor offset the short length of the barrel or is 12 inches actually just sufficient for a rifle like this?

  • @jleano609

    @jleano609

    28 күн бұрын

    The short barrel length may be an idea similar to the H&K MP5SD in that it will limit velocities even of standard 7.62mm rounds and result in a quieter report. That said the MP5SD barrel is both short AND ported to get velocity of standard 124gr NATO FMJ down so it's more likely just a practicality. Without a short barrel the thing would end up being stupidly long and unwieldy. Remember this is not really a long range rifle given it's CRW role. It doesn't need high velocities to reach out to 1000 yards.

  • @jameshealy4594

    @jameshealy4594

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@jleano609 1000 yards is absolutely long range for even a standard 7.62x51 rifle, no way you'd be firing this over that sort of range in anything other than desperation. The barrel length would compromise the velocity of full power rounds but it clearly isn't intended to function like the mp5sd because users were instructed not to use supersonic ammunition. I do agree with the length being primarily about handling characteristics.

  • @markdavis2475
    @markdavis247523 күн бұрын

    Be nice to hear it firing. Maybe compared against a standard one.

  • @ianmiles7916
    @ianmiles791617 күн бұрын

    look at that. A British designed and manufactured weapon, very rare these days.

  • @patrikhjorth3291
    @patrikhjorth329123 күн бұрын

    Question for Ian: What is your opinion as a professional gun nut of the concept of a CIWS featuring a 5.56 "microgun" instead of a 20mm Vulcan, for use as anti-drone defence? Potentially useful, or still too weak? Do you know of any such systems being conceived and tested? Yes, I know the question is off topic, but I couldn't find a better place to ask it.

  • @J1mston
    @J1mston27 күн бұрын

    Just on the very last point, what exactly was the .22 that the SAS were using in their converted L1A1s? .22LR or .22 Long are quite different to .22 Win Mag and .22 Hornet which are different to .22 swift.

  • @handpaper6871

    @handpaper6871

    27 күн бұрын

    On a suppressed rifle, it would be subsonic .22 LR. Very common in the UK then and now for small game, vermin, and target shooting.

  • @gergokerekes4550
    @gergokerekes455028 күн бұрын

    isn't this the one with the rumored "taped" mount? edit: the tape is a lie. I should have known

  • @jonathanferguson1211

    @jonathanferguson1211

    28 күн бұрын

    I'm sure it isn't, it's just that this one never made it to Hereford so didn't get the special scope plus tape :D

  • @TheJom101

    @TheJom101

    28 күн бұрын

    @@jonathanferguson1211i own the one from Steve Houghtons book where the tape is referenced and can confirm the tape is present!

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme50828 күн бұрын

    WOW LEGIT!

  • @GrahamBunneh
    @GrahamBunneh26 күн бұрын

    I mainly know about this from Conflict desert storm 😀

  • @TheWirksworthGunroom
    @TheWirksworthGunroom28 күн бұрын

    Surprising that an SLR with the the H&K .22LR conversion kit was being used as a suppressed rifle for SF work as late as the 1980s when the silenced Sterling was in service and there must have still been De Lisle 45 ACP rifles lurking somewhere in the system (considering that WELRODs were - apparently)

  • @terrywarner8657

    @terrywarner8657

    28 күн бұрын

    Armies are loathe to use equipment "off the street", even for high speed low drag units. There is a trust factor that equipment would have been accepted after professionally supervised trials. A sub-cal SLR makes more sense than a borrowed Cadet .22 single shot target rifle.

  • @TheWirksworthGunroom

    @TheWirksworthGunroom

    27 күн бұрын

    @@terrywarner8657 Not sure where your notion of a single shot cadet .22 target rifle comes from based on the weapons I mentioned....

  • @terrywarner8657

    @terrywarner8657

    27 күн бұрын

    @@TheWirksworthGunroom Think back to less martial designs. The CNo.7 and UK No.8 .22 rifles hung around Cadet arsenals for years. Target shooters also had plenty of BSA rifles and others. I know the differences between a Delisle, and a Welrod. I've held a genuine Welrod too.

  • @TheWirksworthGunroom

    @TheWirksworthGunroom

    25 күн бұрын

    @@terrywarner8657 I really have no idea what your point is.

  • @almost_harmless
    @almost_harmless27 күн бұрын

    The boathouse is pink btw.

  • @jonathanohagan1349
    @jonathanohagan134928 күн бұрын

    Look at those L86's!!!

  • @joebloggs8422
    @joebloggs842223 күн бұрын

    Remember a while back the army was trying to phase out snipers

  • @andrewchilds9475
    @andrewchilds947528 күн бұрын

    What is the AI serial number on the scope?

  • @chloe4587
    @chloe458728 күн бұрын

    .22 i do not think would be terminally sufficient nor would it fare well in any wind. I suppose that might be all they had, but yeah, i imagine the toob (whats next, threeb?) would been a welcome upgrade

  • @lordsummerisle87

    @lordsummerisle87

    28 күн бұрын

    *chewb

  • @lawrencemartin1113

    @lawrencemartin1113

    28 күн бұрын

    The IDF (!!😕) use suppressed Ruger 1022 rifles for 'riot' control. They apparently discovered that you can selectively take out 'ring leaders' from a crowd with supposedly 'non-lethal' shots to legs etc and disrupt a large group of stone throwing protesters.As a regular user of a suppressed 1022 and 15:02 many other .22LR rifles, I can well imagine how demoralising that would be! I have heard stories however, that other target areas were used at times and were absolutely lethal. There is certainly a major problem with .22LR ammo for so many reasons, but if you are in a location within effective range, your target will be 'just enough dead' if struck in a vital area. Effectively known as being 'lightly killed'. Depressing thought.

  • @GrumpyGenXGramps
    @GrumpyGenXGramps28 күн бұрын

    The Green Wienie

  • @Sorarse
    @Sorarse28 күн бұрын

    I'm wondering how accurate a rifle with such a short barrel would actually be?

  • @jameshealy4594

    @jameshealy4594

    28 күн бұрын

    My understanding is that in terms of mechanical accuracy shorter barrels actually tend to be more accurate due to their increased rigidity. Of course there are other compromises, primarily velocity, but accuracy should be excellent.

  • @grahampalmer9337
    @grahampalmer933728 күн бұрын

    😀 I had a reasonable idea what a reflex suppressor/moderator was. I made one for my Spring Air rifle about 25 years back - only to confirm that most of the 'crack' was from the piston hitting the end of the pressure chamber. 😕 I (still!) haven't gotten around to putting a buffer pad of some sort in. 🙄 Anyway. Where today's 'research' on said suppressors took me was - to the HSE info pages on them being a legal requirement for those 'who use firearms at work' 😅 Now that was unexpected. 😉

  • @jameshealy4594

    @jameshealy4594

    28 күн бұрын

    I would think a buffer pad might affect your velocity though, the piston would have slightly less stroke to compress the volume and that last little bit makes a big difference in pressure.

  • @nekomasteryoutube3232
    @nekomasteryoutube323228 күн бұрын

    Hehe, without the supressed barrel, its almost like an Obrezed L96, just need to cut off the stock parts. Though i'm pretty sure just the thought/image of such an idea will make some people, including Jonathan sick.

  • @senilestix
    @senilestix23 күн бұрын

    12” barrel must be super detrimental on accuracy with a 1/12 twist rate on 7.62 nato! Must be easy 4+ MOA!

  • @stephenpalano2188
    @stephenpalano218828 күн бұрын

    Its kinda like ai's answer to the vaime or the Steyr ssg 69 sd

  • @gunguide9201
    @gunguide920126 күн бұрын

    Use différent ammo make a huge shift of bullet Impact

  • @etiennesharp
    @etiennesharp28 күн бұрын

    Come on, Jonathan! Please don't leave us hanging. What colour is the boathouse?

  • @thestellarator815
    @thestellarator81526 күн бұрын

    looks like a lasgun were it not for the bolt