In Popular Culture
- The Ferguson Rifle is a book by Louis L'Amour. It's not about the rifle specifically, but instead a historical fiction story about someone going out west who was given one of the rifles by Ferguson.
- The rifle was used by Dewey Lambdin for his character Alan Lewrie who picked one up at Yorktown.
- The Video Game "Empire: Total War" has a unit of "Ferguson Riflemen" which use the Ferguson rifle and are only recruitable by the British.
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“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
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