Firearms Expert Reacts to Payday 3’s Guns

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the guns of Payday 3, including the FIK PC9 submachine gun, the Chiappa Ryno-inpsired Sforza Bison, and the KU-59 “Ruthless”.
00:00 - Opening
00:46 - CAR-4
03:23 - Signature 40
04:35 - KU-59
05:43 - KU-59 “Ruthless”
06:28 - SA A144
08:19 - Grenade Launcher
09:54 - FIK PC9
11:38 - Reinfeld 880
13:18 - Reinfeld 900S
14:10 - Sforza Bison
15:49 - ZIV Commando
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 Payday 3 and compares them to their real-life counterparts.
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[@DrBluefire59]

im happy to see that they finally gave jonathan a new cage at the museum. poor guy has been locked in the old one for so long

[@GG_MYDAWG]

Yes

[@TheSundayShooter]

Looks like Jonathan is at the indoor shooting range where all the live fire footage gets recorded

[@kayagorzan]

They gave him a new camera, so a new room makes sense

[@terry7907]

But the old one had such atmosphere…plus fabulous decorations.

[@michalsniadala1667]

personally think he locked himself in em if anything

[@catrionasloanei6847]

The reason it adds to the pool is from a skill that causes it to feed directly into the magazine instead of the reserve. It doesn't happen normally.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

Aaaah, interesting. Thanks. Still silly though 😊

[@saltkeeper44]

@@jonathanferguson1211 Yeah, it's silly. But it is very funny using that perk with a shotgun

[@ballchungus1900]

​@@jonathanferguson1211try using that skill with a double barreled shotgun and you've pretty much got a ten round semi automatic shotgun

[@luthfihar3211]

@@jonathanferguson1211 it's what makes payday quirky, the game's basically an RPG with guns set in a heist movie

[@sgt.squirtle2528]

​@@jonathanferguson1211 Payday has always had a silly side to it. One of the reasons it's so charming IMO.

[@SlipSpaceNinja]

As Jonathan is the keeper of firearms AND artillery I think it would be cool to see him react to armored core weapons, since its basically a mix of firearms and artillery just from the size of the mechs.

[@knrz2562]

Wo0w

[@jp969]

The titan weapons of Titanfall 1 and 2 would be cool too

[@aviatornic2839]

I imagine when Jonathan does one of these videos he gets to go around picking out guns from the collection like a kid in a candy store. Sounds super fun honestly

[@thelittledetailscr7231]

I donno. I would rather be here in America. I bet he never gets to shoot any of these.

[@cheezkid2689]

​@@thelittledetailscr7231 cry about it

[@J1mston]

@@thelittledetailscr7231They do have an indoor range (I think it's that room he filmed in) but I imagine that that shooting opportunities aren't "as and when" like the Americans have. That being said, his selection is greater than probably all Americans and there will be a few full autos in the collection that he can use.

[@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg]

​@thelittledetailscr7231 you haven't been around for very long, huh? He does get to test fire weapons, quite regularly too. America isnt the only country that allows civilians to use firearms.

[@thelittledetailscr7231]

@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg Civilans are not allowed any centerfire semi-auto's where he lives. It's only because he works there that he even gets to be around them.

[@majorborngusfluunduch8694]

3:00 This is an effect of one of the skills you can unlock. Ammo drops feed the magazine unless its full, in which case it goes into your reserves as usual.

[@Stickeebud]

I would've thought that Jonathan would be provided with some sort of context at this point. Not for everything, just for things like this.

[@shying69]

Also this only works when you have edge

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

​@@Stickeebud I mean, one could also expect Jonathan would use some sense of his own, considering his relative young age and experience with video games and Payday's overall "urban fantasy" setting.

[@aemaramathews272]

Bit of a weird one, but it would be cool to see Jonathan react to the guns in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Between the hidden gun from AC2, Cesare's gun from Brotherhood, the 18th century guns in AC3, Black Flag, and Rogue, the Napoleonic era guns in Unity, and the revolvers from Syndicate, there's a number of really interesting things from a huge range of history that he could talk about. Edit: And I even forgot to mention the artillery cannons in the beginning of Brotherhood, all the cannons in 3, Black Flag, and Rogue, and the Greek Fire from Revelations! Not to mention the Da Vinci weapons from brotherhood, like the machine gun. There are so many really interesting options to talk about from that series.

[@TheSundayShooter]

Jonathan knows about 1:57 allure surrounding the auto sear pin, which is a standard (unremarkable) feature of AR-15's in the Royal Armouries collection

[@kaffe5163]

It's not a typical shooter but I'd love for him to look at the guns from SIGNALIS. They're really interesting designs with clear real world parallels but still unique and cool

[@theshadow3438]

I love Signalis

[@giga-rat2007]

I heart signalis

[@pavelsvacha]

Oh i would LOVE that. The guns there are very nice

[@burningthunder8048]

Saaame I love the weapons in signalis

[@daviddarby2888]

A lot of the guns in signalis are actually really similar to real life counterparts which is pretty cool. If i remember correctly, the Rhino or what is called the Sforza Bison in payday 3 is actually the revolver from signalis.

[@Tyberes]

It's always fun when you see a game's "realistic" weapons. You just pop up the AK47 and see what it's called. If it's anything else you get to play the little game of "alright how legally distinct are we going to be"

[@Tyberes]

You know, on second thought. I'm not entirely sure it's fair to judge the game about bank robbers for not being able to secure firearm licenses.

[@screamingcactus1753]

@@Tyberes There are definitely firearms in there that you don't need a license to name given how old they are, but at that point you might as well give all of them fictional names just to maintain thematic consistency

[@mikaris_]

At 9:39 you can see that they modelled the used shells' primers being impacted by the firing pin, thought that was pretty cool

[@aaronl1998]

I'm happy to see Jonathon is able to get into the servers

[@_mailer]

I hope you'll revisit Payday 3 when new weapons come out, or even revisit the many guns left in Payday 2. I think that gun collection holds up very well too.

[@Phuckboy]

Some weapons from Payday 3 were missed out here too. More content to cover alongside DLC entries

[@fire_tower]

Payday 2 has at least 4 more videos worth of content in it.

[@Riggs_The_Roadie]

It'd be neat if Jonathan reacted to the guns from Black Ops 2, seeing as we're a little over a year away from the events of that game taking place.

[@gingercheesecake7357]

😎

[@CErra310]

Do you really want to inflict that on this poor sod after he nearly lost his mind from Vanguard

[@darkwolf9637]

8:58 this actually does come into play ingame. Killings civilians cost you money in "cleaner cost" and makes the cops come after you harder with longer and more difficult assault waves, also during the art heist its mentioned that the paintings are very fragile but since I didn't try i don't know if that actually effects gameplay or if just for flavor.

[@MrZeubiLaMouche]

On the art gallery heist you can destroy the paintings that require the USB key to deactivate the security on the blood tainted paintings. I've seen one go up in flames but thankfully it was one of the fakes

[@itsRigatonii]

It’s really funny too because when people first got a hold of the gun in the beta, there were lots of people who were downing themselves because of the large radius lol

[@StinkleDink]

Watching this while waiting to get into a heist. Might need to replay a few times.

[@luthfihar3211]

the weird regenerating ammo is an effect from the in game perk i believe, it's a buff that if the required action was done the effect will activate, payday is more of an RPG than a tactical shooter, which makes it fun and unique

[@CentreMetre]

Yes, specifically ammo funnel skill and you need edge to be able to have it happen

[@michaelanderson6394]

One of these days, we will get a Valkyria Chronicles video. One day.

[@Rossen42]

I really want to see Jonathan break down the guns from The Order 1886

[@infernaldaedra]

Model 1886, lol

[@callanhulett503]

Come on Gamespot, this guy is a featured part of this series at this point. Give him the breakdown he wants.

[@iandragooo]

@@callanhulett503 At this point, I'm betting Gamespot is planning on stringing that guy along until the end of the series lol Or maybe the final episode will be about The Order 1886, would be even better I think

[@Snippyyy]

he forgot about my favorite weapon "nebula server not found"

[@0Asterite0]

a couple dozen or so M32's got sold as surplus to civilians a couple years ago. You just needed to fill out a form 4 transfer form for a destructive device and wait for the tax stamp. Now getting the projectiles for it is another whole ordeal.

[@brianzimmerman4837]

The attention to detail on that 870 also extended to seeing light in the barrel as you rack it, but not to the chamber and bore being painted pink as well.

[@nice1bro759]

its time for a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. episode

[@johannkwanlaw]

Hi, M14 guy here. Re: the M14 bolt hold open, in stock configuration it only operates to hold the bolt open, it is almost impossible to operate with your thumb or with a slap as it is a tiny bit of metal with no way for the user to get leverage on it. The MagWedge or similar aftermarket replacements for that part gives you a paddle that can definitely be slapped or operated with your thumb. I cant get in close enough on my phone to see if such a device has been installed in the footage.

[@Hello-pz4rg]

Jonathan is the only guy who can still look friendly with a gun in his hands

[@JoJoRogain]

Has he always had blue latex gloves, or is he dressing up as payday gang gang for us

[@LemarSullivan821]

11:00 "that's your ultimate small size package" Y'know it, pal (smiley face with tear drop)

[@TBH69420]

Much love for your content and passion, Jonathan ♥♥

[@masterSageHarpuia]

It sounds like for just the sake of making video game firearms realistically depicted, there needs to be an online museum that allows modelers to see everything important and distinct about the weapons they want to use.

[@WipZedKay]

I guess this is one way to experience the game while the servers are still down lol

[@dw9192]

Love the channel😊 specifically the armory stuff

[@otbc1999]

I'd love to see Jonathan's reaction to the thundergun from bo1 zombies

[@CDCI3]

13:06 kind of surprising to see the pink inside the chamber and barrel, not sure I'd want that kind of thing inside my gun.

[@excrubulent]

Also since he's talking about wear patterns there, you'd imagine that even if someone could paint the inside of the barrel, it wouldn't last more than a couple of shots till it was stripped away or blackened by the combustion. Even the inside of the chamber where it's protected by the shells would get a lot of wear just from them going in and out, plus the heat.

[@pavelsvacha]

I saw another comment saying this and i wholeheartedly agree, it would be awesome seeing Jonathan react to the guns of SIGNALIS. I would love to see if they're close to any real life counterparts.

[@CJTheBluJay]

Its a shame they didn't show Johnathon the game's MP7, it "HK slaps" the air where an mp5 charging handle would be on the empty reload. Would have loved to hear what he has to say about that

[@NinjaEnShort]

M14 bolt release is just too small, both in surface and lever length, it's ironically easier to use the charging handle.

[@ImTheMan0fSteel]

As hes done more and more of these, he takes game design into account more and more. Which i appreciate. Sometimes devs get chastized for not making something realistic, when realisn in that context would have significantly hurt gameplay.

[@eriktheos6022]

Jonathan unlocked a new background!

[@SaltSpirits]

the surprising part is that anyone was able to get online AND stay online long enough to record footage of each the weapons. must’ve been quite the task!

[@thebeastmk2]

Didn't expect this so soon

[@rodp1984]

I have the MPX-k with the shorter barrel. LOVE it!

[@under-chonker]

I would like to see Jonathan reacting to the guns of Warframe

[@WolfRichter337]

Jonathan, the only man i know that can marvel for minutes at the realistic wear patterns of a digital pink pumpgun while missing that they painted the inside of the barrel as well.

[@smul9230]

I love that he wears the blue gloves to

[@davydatwood3158]

Even more than the silencer working too well, my thought in that sequence is "why are the injured but not disabled police not making a *lot* more noise?"

[@TomahawkDan]

I think you should talk about the amazon optic that developers love putting into games.

[@nilsmcmountain2377]

I came here to see the guns because I still can't play the game.

[@Max-js1mx]

literally 😂

[@Lemmiatem78]

I don't have the most amount of time on a M14/M1a but I have never seen the bolt released from the left hand side of the rifle. Gonna check it out when I get back into work.

[@Provoses]

God I love the Chiappa rhino. I was fortunate enough to get one a couple months ago and it’s a beautiful weapon

[@walkerwhited]

Finally, a game with real guns he might actually have, love it

[@infernaldaedra]

I know crazy how rare it is these days

[@jonathanferguson1211]

Annoyingly, we don't have much of what was featured this time!

[@walkerwhited]

@@jonathanferguson1211 just hearing the discussion on “real” guns is good enough. Been saying they should give you some old PS2 games like BLACK or Socom so we can look at how they had to model guns back then, and then see the real stuff in hand. I think that would be a lot of fun.

[@Kroq_Gar]

@@walkerwhited BLACK, what a classic.

[@DeeJay5K]

He's done Battlebit

[@JordanFlayer]

I wonder if they purposely modeled the Glock as a model 7 as an easter egg to Die Hard 2

[@jonathanferguson1211]

I mentioned that during recording 😂

[@JordanFlayer]

@@jonathanferguson1211 i figured you would have spotted that! shame it got cut :(

[@TugaAvenger]

A question for Dave: are F2P games viable for this series? Some of keep asking for Warframe, but some of the most interesting weapons would take dozens of hours to get. Do you need your own account for everything, or can you borrow one if need be?

[@CallanElliott]

I don't see why F2P would technically be off limits, game studios would just give him a press account. The question is more convincing people higher up the chain that it would be worth it.

[@Franshela]

He looked at tf2

[@repapeti98]

0:01 Jonathan really said c:

[@kichtdicky8441]

Fun fact about the Milkor MGL, you cannot recharge the the cylinders in a stop and go motion, you must charge the cylinders in a full 360 to have the weapon system cycle all 6 rounds.

[@CentreMetre]

Hope theres another video when more guns get added to payday 3, love the game/franchise and love these vids

[@Kruess]

Coincidence since he always does it, but amusing to see him doing a bit for Payday, while also nearly in a similar attire (primarily the surgical gloves) sans a weird mask.

[@TheEldritchStrom]

Ayo Jon, good to see you looking at more guns again. Keeping me tuned into this channel bud. And your other buddy, sure he doesn't get enough shoutouts but I'm guessing he's one of the ones who pulls all the clips and stuff and goes over them with you. Can't remember his name at the moment, the guy who does the intro.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

Thank you! That's Dave the producer. This series was his idea 😊

[@TheEldritchStrom]

@@jonathanferguson1211 Big shoutout to Dave then. Producer's/Editors don't always get the props they deserve sometimes. Dude is putting in work.

[@Dostoron]

some of the footage is only the "stock" configurations, barrels, stocks, muzzle devices, magazines and visors are customizable, so i imagine especially the marksman rifles can be outfitted with longer barrels.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

There are several images of such a lip on Forward grips appearing when you google for "AK forward wooden grip" and they allegedly also are Romanian productions... seems they had several versions of the grip. Or possibly some producers of replicas confused the forward grip with the pistol grip and changed the form slightly to be closer to that? Atlantic Firearms "Grab and Go" set for example has a slight nose bulge, but not the full lip.

[@axanael]

Funny Jonathan's comments about the MGL because it's notorious for getting yourself killed from friendly fire even in game

[@Niikemi]

I'd love an episode on Monster Hunter: World's wide variety of Light/Heavy Bowguns and Gunlances. The Hunter: Call of the Wild would also be fascinating Thanks for the video Johathan, Adam and Dave! You guys are rockstars

[@SergeyWaytov]

this was very interesting set of nerdy commentary and interesting firearms facts)

[@duke223_]

As Jonathan is already wearing the distinct blue gloves I wouldn't be surprised to see him as a future addition to the payday gang as their firearms expert :P

[@aod4796]

I have Shoot and use the m14 in the US Navy and yes, the side slap is done and it a little fun to do.

[@leerethamel3204]

The m14 bolt catch pushes in to hold bolt open So slapping it wouldn't send bolt home and I just tried slapping side to see if it causes any sort of inertia bolt bounce...all that happened is hurt my wrist

[@herbion6117]

2:37 that's an in-game skill from one of the skill specializations.

[@jacobwahler2072]

thanks for the informations sir

[@rickimaru915]

I do believe that’s the Punisher on Jonathan’s t-shirt 👍

[@SpringLeafWolf]

The M14 is by far my favorite gun.

[@NightRaptor]

Love his content. Would love to suggest the guns in both the Timesplitters series & Perfect Dark game - from the same makers of 007 Goldeneye, so some of the same weapons.

[@ncrranger6409]

Hey could you guys have Johnathan react to the guns from Zombie Army 4? I’ve been playing it recently and I’m curious what he would say about the guns. Especially once they get attachments and the more outlandish guns like the preacher.

[@adambrewer7004]

I always love your videos watching him see the weaponry in the video games and his reactions, but bit of a weird one, I would like to see him react/see the guns of generation zero, but normal and experimental versions. I would love to see what his reactions would be

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

nice to see Overkill leaving a much stronger impression with the models in the new game.

[@SponsoredbyCOV]

I personally would've liked it more if this was an more in depth video where you would've showed him the stock variants of the guns and then the available modifications you can adjust them with. But great video nonetheless, i love the stuff with Jonathan in it.

[@protossinator]

I'd love to see Jonathan look at some of the weapons from the Ratchet and Clank franchise!

[@Max-js1mx]

video was released before the launch server crapfest is fixed holy

[@entropy11]

2:20 given the context of the game, it's probably an illegally sourced law-enforcement or dealer sample full auto.

[@TheSundayShooter]

That explains the select-fire, but the ATF compliant barrel remains a mystery

[@cogarren4085]

Odd that the action release on the M870 under the receiver is on the wrong side of the trigger. Almost perfect

[@wolfman-up7dh]

"As my brain has just informed me..." is a great line.

[@PermadeathHD]

I’d say the M14 is one of the more chunky guns I’ve used. Surprised me how heavy the action and how stiff the mag release was on the M14 I used.

[@aerthreepwood8021]

M14 or M1A?

[@PermadeathHD]

@@aerthreepwood8021 M14

[@meme__salad]

7:24 it’s strictly a bolt hold open. You can’t release the bolt by hitting that button, it’s basically just a piece of metal on a hinge that gets in the way of the bolt to lock it back

[@Omega_A3]

the mk32 MGL has a plunger to drop all the shells out but to wind it up you have to do it all in one go. if you do it like that in the game you will be stuck with it only rotating once until its released.

[@comiclysmallspoon6652]

they should make a system administrator react to the servers of payday 3.

[@snight01]

ahh.. the mpx.. i worked in a section where that was my primary firearm. Mine had automatic feature.

[@Aetherial_Moth]

9:55 Suddenly I think Jonathan knows more german than we knew he did, haha.

[@anamusingidiot2565]

He's wearing the gloves!! Jonathan Ferguson confirmed 7th heister!!!

[@kenlort1]

the only reason why i was hyped for payday 3, is to see Jonathan Ferguson reaction ngl

[@ColtGuthrie]

On the M14, it’s just a bolt hold-open device. There’s no good way to use it as a bolt release. The best, and really only way, is to simply pull back on the charging handle with no magazine inserted, or a full magazine inserted.

[@PunkyCATGamer07]

do cruelty squad next, it has alot of discontinued obscure weapons!

[@thatshadowfox9255]

The ammo going into the mag instead of reserve ammo is a perk in the game

[@claytopolis]

Before anyone tries to complain about the incredibly small amount of guns compared to payday 2, understand that both games run on two entirely different engines. All of these guns likely had to be made from scratch since they couldn't just be ported over. We'll probably get back to payday 2 levels of guns but it will take time.

[@TugaAvenger]

Completely unfair to compare to 10 years of DLC.

[@bruticus1496]

@@TugaAvengereven at launch 2 had more verity

[@bruticus1496]

But I didn’t know it’s a different engine

[@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg]

​@@bruticus1496you mean 27 guns that have the same animations as 4 of them execpt they all have microscopic differences in handling and accuracy? Payday 2 is quantity over quality in most measures. Most of Payday 2's arsenal is unironically just copy and pasted weaponry with the most dramatic change being the model itself.

[@CturiX.IREALLY]

Would love to see more PD2 guns in addition

[@90lancaster]

+13:00 on the face of it a Pink Gun seems a little silly, but actually it isn't quite as silly as it first seems. The SAS had their "Pink Panther" edition vehicles and such like and some towns use a lot of pink brick or pink render on their buildings. also Pink isn't the "worst" desert camo you can imagine when it's a muted pink like this. So as outlandish as it seems I kinda dig it for historical reasons.

[@Super-Kuper]

Jonathan is very knowledgeable, but sometimes I just want to shout at the screen. That Remington 700 is clearly supposed to be the 700 SPS Tactical which is perfectly correct on theme, and has a 16" barrel.

[@doomslayer8025]

The ammo going into the mag is a perk that you need a buff to do

[@EggersMcBraiden]

Do an episode on Turbo Overkill! It has very intersting secondary firemodes

[@Blaze5x5x5]

Ngl the disclamer that both companies are owned by the same group gave me some instant respect. Most people would've put that in the description or ignored it. Being up front about it isnsome good character.

[@knightfall91]

3:07 it's a perk that tops up the mag in the gun

[@jaryncovell2538]

Using the grenade launcher usually damages me more than the cops do and from a much farther distance than I thought it would. So you're absolutely right. It's very dangerous😭

[@romanlegiontv]

That m14 also has the adaptor to be reloaded via stripper clips

[@shockwave6213]

We actually do have suppressors that work this well now, where If you're using subsonic ammo, the loudest thing you hear is the gun cycling. Commercially available suppressor baffling technology has made huge leaps and bounds over just even a decade ago.

[@LateNightHalo]

While they’re not using the real names, I’m at least happy they modeled them authentically (or as best as they could) I wish Cod would stop with the fictional weapon models