Firearms Expert Reacts To GTA 5’s Guns 

"Crime classic: Grand Theft Auto V." Game's been out so long without a sequel that it can be considered classic now.

“I’ve seen Russian special forces toting them around.” What do you get up to on your weekends Jonathan?

Jonathan is such a cool guy. He shows his expertise whilst also understanding that games are meant to be fun unlike many other "experts".

"12 Gauge. Or in this case, 12 *GOO-AGE."* I almost choked on my food.

Just wait until he sees the Widowmaker

MGS5 next, all the weird kinda historically accurate guns but not really, with made up names, would be really fun!

15:05 I think this SMG resembles the Sig Sauer MPX, even though the brand “Hawk & Little” is probably a reference to Heckler & Koch.

9:33 when it comes to shotguns and reloads, the combat shotgun (SPAS 12) added in the Cayo Perico heist has a realistic sped up reload. How many shots you fire will dictate how many shells you need to load when you reload. IMO, one of it's most fun aspects when playing with it.

I can't wait to see Jonathan take a look at CoD Vanguard's crimes against iconic WW2 firearms

Not a request, just a little comment showing my appreciation towards you Jonathan and Gamespot for making this awesome series.

We absolutely NEED to see Jonathan react to the "historically acurrate" weapons in Call of Duty Vanguard. WE NEED TO SEE IT!

I would love to see this series cover The Hunter: Call Of The Wild. Most, if not all, games shown here are 'action' games, meaning a realistic depiction of weapons may not always be accurate, The Hunter is supposed to be a simulator; or at the very least more realistic than action shooters. The game comes with a set of weapons (including bow and arrows) and DLC weapons packs are also available. I can provided 1080p footage of the game, just get in touch.

I’m going to pray for this man & his sanity after reacting to the many cursed weapons of Vanguard.

I love how Jonathan casually pulls out a Desert Eagle from under his desk lol 10:23

The g36 standard mag has the feed wheel still on it suggesting they modelled it off an old Airsoft gun

Homefront: the Revolution is something he should definitely check out.

imagine if he just pulls out the real "widowmaker", "unholy hellbringer" and "up and atomizer"....

if i recall correctly, the "pulling weapons out of nowhere" thing was justified in GTA Online by a character who made a line about prisoners hiding things in their "prison pocket" (such as a rocket launcher).

This has slowly become one of my most favorite RU-vid series

It would be fun seeing Jonathan cover generation zero's Guns. They are pretty well modeled

Oh man, I can't wait until he gets to take a crack at the Saint's Row games, with the triple-barreled shotguns and dual-wielded Deagles

I’m surprised this is just now being made 😭. Out of all of the episodes I have watched, I never realized there was never a GTA V episode 🤔

I'd love to see a continuation to this, specifically with the Online DLC + Mk 2 versions of guns

Every time I see these, I think of the videos forgotten weapons has done in the royal armory museum, and I wonder if you and Ian would be as fun in a collab as I would hope. :)

cmon folks, i wanna hear Johnathans' opinion about the Deus Ex weapons (he mentioned once about the combatrifles' caseless mag stuff so i think he know one-or two things about it )

If y'all gonna make Jonathan experience the COD Vanguard gunsmith, at least give him some time to mentally prepare for the horrors to come.

Hello, From Liverpool UK Myself and Met Jonathan. Really Nice Guy :)

I'd love to see Jonathan do a run down on some of the weapons from WW1 shooters Verdun and/or Tannenburg

Since we're on Rockstar's interpretation of guns in their games, why not take a look at Max Payne 3?

Jonathan is so well spoken its a joy to listen to his thoughts and explanations in these videos every time. Would have loved to see that Panzerschreck waved around on camera though.

I like this guy, he’s definitely knowledgeable but not snobbish about it and definitely friendly and conversational. I just wish he would explain more about some of the terms he’s using

"is definitely- are definitely" was a wonderful in-moment self-pedanticisation

I like that he’s both honest about how guns are portrayed but willing to admit that liberties have to be taken in games for the fun factor sometimes. I think some people who do these kinds of videos will point out inaccuracies then become genuinely mad. Then claim it detracts from the quality of the game. It always strikes me as petty or annoying. Jonathan is clearly knowledgeable about guns and gives an honest breakdown of the accuracy without shitting on the game/devs. THAT BEING SAID, I think people are right to tear games apart for gun inaccuracies if they claim to be realistic simulators. Obviously GTA V or Fallout: New Vegas don’t claim to be either of those, so if you whine about inaccuracies ruining those games you are genuinely just no fun. Like if you get genuinely mad because a poppy post-apocalyptic sci-fi game doesn’t portray a 1911 correctly you need to touch grass. But it’s fair to say that gun inaccuracies (no pun intended) do detract from the quality of alleged “Mil-Sim” war games like R6: Siege or Call of Duty (looking at you Vanguard) Anyway, long of way saying that I like that Jonathan shares his knowledge about guns in an interesting/funny way without just turning the videos into the know-it-all rants that you usually see with this type of stuff.

Titanfall 1 and 2? I’d really love to hear his opinions on both the pilot and titan weapons from both games. If he needs more information about the pilot weapons in titanfall 1, he could reference Ahoy and his RU-vid series on each weapon in the game.

When he said “if I can” I thought he said fuggin 😂😂 2:46

Jonathan, the man keeping this channel afloat.

Hey a small request, there's a VR Game called "Into The Radius" which is a post-apocalyptic fever dream type survival game which focuses on gun combat pretty intensively. Guns can jam, give false positives and so on. Would be interesting to watch Jonathan react to it.

You need to have Johnathan check out Wolfenstein: The New Order's (and it's sequels) guns. It'd be fascinating to hear his opinions on the alt history weapons.

About time was waiting for some video similar to this

So... Call of Duty: Vanguard is out. THE TIME HAS COME, JONATHAN

Definitely room for a part 2 on this! There’s loads more weapons in Online, and you could show him the bigger vehicle-mounted guns. Some of the weapon names are interesting to, like the AR-15 referred to as a “Carbine Rifle”

2:04 Note that the selector switch has an auto mode on it, clearly they took an AK receiver model instead of a bulged RPK-style one of the actual Saiga 12 & Vepr 12.

"Guys the thermal drill, go get it!"

The machine pistol appears to be based on a 'Blanca' Air pistol, with some modifications like the m1911 grips and rails all over. If you google it you can see the general shape, particularly of the rear of the slide, the trigger guard, and the serrations all look very similar to the game model.

I think the "fully auto machine pistol everyone and their mom is running around with" is 5.7 cause its called the AP pistol

2:44 I thought that he swore when he said “Blinged out, IF I CAN bring myself to use that word” Had to rewatch it a few times🤣

The shrewsbury reminds me a lot of the boberg XR9S which has a very similar slide configuration and actually pulls the bullet backwards out of the magazine before chambering it which would explain why the slide goes back so far.

I would love to meet this man if I ever get the pleasure of visiting england. Your videos are calming and informative. Keep em coming.

There's enough variation in the Mk II versions of all these guns to warrant another video, I'd say

*Johnathan, I'd love to see you check out wolfenstein, or Homefront: The Revolution, or both.*

that "clap" from the stock folding and unfolding is the best ASMR on guns Ive ever heard. Ranks right up there with the Garand Ping and The Charging handle pull of a barret or M2 .50 cal. Just pure smooth sexiness

Shrewsbury is also a town in Massachusetts, perhaps it's a substitution for Springfield, which is also in Mass

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GTA V always had horrible gunfire audio, finally someone calls them out.

I love that Jonathan has played all the games that are featured. True gamer

Jonathan is an absolute legend. Its 0130hr as I type this and Ive been watching 4 hours of his vids and i cant stop! Thanks for sharing your knowledge sir with the games we all love!

I think, given that Shrewsberry is meant to be a british company, the misspelling of gauge might be a joke about american english and british english spelling things differently? It feels like something Rockstar would do.

Here are some suggestions: - Ghost recon - Wildlands - Ghost recon - Breakpoint - Killzone series - Gears of war -Payday 1-2 - Doom

Cant believe they didnt show him the wind-up roller on the bottom of the G36 magazine, indicating that the guy who modelled it was looking at an airsoft G36 magazine when he made it! :D

Tough one to comment while keeping a somewhat straight face ;) Jonathan did it well, and his knowledge is of course staggering. He reckognizes this extreme game series for what it is, but still keeps teaching us those intricate details about every gun even remotely similar to the ones in the game. Hats off.

I would very much like to see him react to STALKER's weapons. Even for their time, they are reasonably realistic.

I'd always interpreted the AP pistol as firing 5.7 Blue tip, hence the ridiculous capacity and in-game armor pen.

4:03 I believe that the model for this pistol is bass in the keltec CP33.

I like how RPG rockets in games always go about 60 mph. You can follow them sort of lazily flying towards their target, take their sweet time, and get there after a few seconds. A real RPG is a flash goes off from the weapon and 0.01 seconds after what it was aiming at explodes.

You fellas should do a part two, there's a ton of other weapons that have come through over the years. I've always wondered what the "vintage pistol" is

Love to see him go over the guns in “Into the Radius” since there are super faithful recreations of both modern and old, soviet era firearms.

It's so nice to see someone talking about guns who is actually well-versed on their history and evolution, always appreciate those who appreciate what they study/work on

I'd love to see the 'mark II' weapons from the online series of weapons

Could you check out Dayz? As a descendant of Arma series, it took guns quite realistically, I think Jonathan would appreciate some of it, especially bottle suppressor that gets ruined after a few shots :D And after years of development they've got quite an arsenal.

At the beginning of the video, he says the first pistol isn't based on anything irl. But when I took a closer look at it, it looked like a Beretta Tomcat, which I think is what they were trying to go for

First gun is a Bond Arms Bullpup9. The “bullpup” design explains why the slide locks back so far.

Finally I have been waiting for this for a long time

I'd still like Jonathan to look at Halo weapons, especially the Halo Infinite weapons. There are a few images that can be found on the official Inside Infinite October 2021 blog where a few weapons have their exterior labeled. And of course there is the Halo wiki if he wants to know more.

"Its a damn minigun" Terminator 2, spoken by a cop in a chopper when he sees the Terminator (Arnold) with a minigun.

Love how the AP pistol has a blowback bolt that locks open similar to the Mauser 96 but when firing the whole ass slide of the gun moves, fairly certain that's not how that works

Jonathan has talked before about guns being modeled after airsoft equivalents because the designers can get their hands on the toy and use it as reference. A loading screen in GTA V shows the character Michael with an rifle loading a winder wheel magazine into the well, and in game the Heavy Rifle has a wheel mag in it too.

We HAVE to see Johnathan react to Payday 2’s guns at some point, because it would be a waste not to.

Id like to see Johnathan take a look at Verdun, lets go back to 1914 where everything isn't an assault rifle or rocket launcher

I would love to have a job similar to his. Study weapons all day and have extensive knowledge on them and being able to actually hold them. That’d be great.

I'd really like to see Jonathan take on Starsiege: Tribes, Tribes 2, or Tribes Ascend weapons given that the weapons are all futuristic and sci-fi based I wonder if he'd be able to draw any comparisons to real life weapons short of just "both shoot some sort of projectile". As far as I have seen he's not done any videos that compared completely fictional weapons, nor do I know if it would even work as video but perhaps the writers could figure something out.

The Halo series is something I’d love Jonathan to take a look at, mainly from Halo 3 and Reach

I feel like I'm being blueballed the COD Vanguard breakdown at this point. Come on lads, there's a goldmine waiting to be mined there.

I love your show. Big fan. Please do a show on the alternate history guns of the modern Wolfenstein series!

I loved the way he causaly destroyed the Gta 50. Heavy pistol then casually raises a real desert pistol from the void under the camera.

You can’t escape the inevitable Vanguard video, Jonathan

I wish they’d do an episode with Verdun’s weapons

This man is so wholesome, well spoken and informative, I'd love to see him react to the History Channel's Civil War games ^^

Thank you for doing this series, it's great fun!

John would love Reciever, especially the second game. I'm a gun nut who's happy to provide footage in a timely manner if you guys wanna reach out to me :)

I’d love to see him react to Receiver 2, since it has jamming mechanics, bullet penetration/ricochet, and reloading requires multiple button presses beyond just “press R”!

The first pistol really reminds me of the Boberg. I was surprised he didn't catch that one.

I watched Die Hard the other day after I saw this clip and though that the gun carried by Hans Gruber(Rickman) reminded a bit of the SNS Pistol with the short nose. He was using a Heckler & Koch P7M13.

Vanguard weapons will require many episodes. Also I recommend reactions to Metal Gear Solid series when it comes to their weapons, including Phantom Pain.

i started watching these videos yesterday and wondered why they hadn't made one for GTA5. Skip forward 12 hours and its there.

"A damn minigun" is that Terminator 2? It's been too long since I saw to know for sure, but it's the only movie that springs to mind when I hear it

About the weapon presented at 15:15. That's the first time I've ever seen that outside of Hitman: Blood Money. It's only found in the Chilean vineyard level. I never expected it's an actual Chilean submachinegun, which is a nice touch.

Surely the ‘sniper’ or anti-materiel rifle is predominately inspired by the _AS50_ than anything Barrett? It certainly looks far more like the former judging by the images here. To be fair Jonathan did mention AS50 maker Accuracy International but still!

The first gun resembles the Bond Arms bullpup. It's weird and does lock open pretty far back because the action is pulled further back.

6:00 RPG7 I remember one of Ian's videos. It was about an “RPG7” made in USA. I think the reason for this rework was to keep the platform relevant but still use the same Made in Russia warheads. However, I don't know exactly whether this "RPG7" model is based on that or not.

Hi Johnathan! I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I just wanted to mention that all of the SMGs and pistols in the game eject rifle round looking casings. Also, one detail I think is pretty cool is that in first person you can see the hammer move on revolvers as you pull down the trigger (although speaking of revolvers the ‘double action revolver’ is never used in double action lol)