Came across this on X a couple hours ago. Thought it would go over nicely here.
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Yaworski
Hawkeye
Seven point six five mill, with a punch like a brick through a plate glass window.
The only thing I like about the Walther PPK is the look. Does not say much about this Boothroyd guy if he thought the .380 was much of a step up.
But it did fit better in Bond's tuxedo.
But it did fit better in Bond's tuxedo.
JackBull
Hunter
The step up was from a 25 to a 32, not a 380. The real step up was when Bond got his Walther P99.
JackBull
Hunter
Didn't Bond carry a SW Centennial at one time?
ProfessorWes
Hawkeye
A great look at a recent past, when the British were allowed to be men instead of sheep. And Connery will always be the best Bond.
I loved it when Boothroyd called the .25 Beretta "a lady's gun, and not a nice lady at that." :ROFLMAO:
Not to mention Boothroyd's own preferred choice of a .44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawk, although he did allow that the Ruger wasn't exactly the best choice for concealed carry. I do wonder if that influenced John Gardner's choice of such a weapon for Bond in the Bond novels he wrote in the 1980s, although his version of Bond generally used the Ruger as his car gun, stashed in a secret dashboard compartment.
Edited: My original hardcover omnibus copy of the first three of the Gardner Bonds went walkabout some time back, so I forgot the cover art had Bond brandishing . . . not the PPK. :giggle:
I loved it when Boothroyd called the .25 Beretta "a lady's gun, and not a nice lady at that." :ROFLMAO:
Not to mention Boothroyd's own preferred choice of a .44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawk, although he did allow that the Ruger wasn't exactly the best choice for concealed carry. I do wonder if that influenced John Gardner's choice of such a weapon for Bond in the Bond novels he wrote in the 1980s, although his version of Bond generally used the Ruger as his car gun, stashed in a secret dashboard compartment.
Edited: My original hardcover omnibus copy of the first three of the Gardner Bonds went walkabout some time back, so I forgot the cover art had Bond brandishing . . . not the PPK. :giggle:
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ex13F
Single-Sixer
Bond should have had an HK.
An american police revolver....the .32 colt's police positive, basically a relabelled 32 s&w long, was standard issue to l.a.p.d. police plainclothes and detectives, as well as policewomen, and the preferred carry of sam spade among others. 6 rounds of 32 vs 5 of the 38 spl, in same frame. Same reasoning fleming went with the .32acp, one more round vs the .380, and its fictional anyhows, is why the 25 berretter was written in in the first place; bond is THAT good. The reason it failed, and was replaced, was because bondy dint have a holster for when the silencer was on, and from a mexican carry it got hung up on his drawers...er...in the draw...and put him in hospital for 6 months. He would have continued to make maximum damage with the minimal gun had he not decided to let boothroyd think he could dictate to a writer.
Yes. I couldn't remember what book so I looked it up. Dr. No, according to this page.
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Firearms
Armybrat
Hunter
Or a Sig P365X…
Yaworski
Hawkeye
When I was young and thin, I carried a Walther PP in .32 ACP in a Bianchi Pistol Pocket holster. I never felt under gunned.
Yaworski
Hawkeye
Both are ugly and lack panache and style.
Armybrat
Hunter
My svelte SR9 would be too big…
I carried a HK4 in .32ACP for a long time. But I shot it with the .22LR barrel mostly.
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
As I recall, Mike Hammer did alright with a Colt Government Model .45 ACP.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
While I've likely seen most of the bond films I've never been a fan"atic". I don't know if Bond used a 1911. Hmm, wonder if there is a list of firearms he used in the movies/books.
epags
Single-Sixer
My spouse votes for, in the following order, Sean Connery, Roger Moore then Pierce Brosnan.
I do not think I have a say in that decision.:rolleyes:
I do not think I have a say in that decision.:rolleyes:
JohnL
Buckeye
I long thought the S&W Model 36 or the Colt Detective would have been a better choice for Bond.
As stated in the video, Fleming was a enamored with autoloaders. More European I guess. In the 1950s, the Walther was probably the best choice. The Colt 1903/1905 would have been handy but perhaps too large?
As stated in the video, Fleming was a enamored with autoloaders. More European I guess. In the 1950s, the Walther was probably the best choice. The Colt 1903/1905 would have been handy but perhaps too large?
Cussler had zabala using a bowen .50, and pitt almost always with a 1911.
Adit; it was austin, not the z-man
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Since Bond started in the 60's and the early ones at that we are somewhat limited to what he 'should' have carried back then. I'd go with some type of 1911. My father carried for a while some small Colt 1911 in .380 but traded it for a 38 S/W revolver because the safety would not stay on.
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The original Walther PPS 9mm (one of the early micro 9’s) is my vote for the perfect Bond gun.
TINCANBANDIT is back
Single-Sixer
I created a list, while not exhaustive, it lists the guns he was issued or given to use, not the ones taken from guards or enemies
https://tincanbandit.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-guns-of-007.html
.25 .32,380? Caliber does not matter at all. If the writer is on your side.
OP
And or the sponsors! A couple movies ago( forgot which one) Bond was a train with a Bond Girl and she's asked him about his watch, he said Omega and mentioned something about it. It was like a mini commercial. They must have paid higher then Rolex for that honor.
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They call that “plot armor”
In another train scene he handed her a Sig P226 and started to try and explain to her how it worked... she looked at him took it dropped the mag and ejected the round from the chamber (she did sweep him while she was doing this though) In fact I may have that scene on my YouTube channel not sure. found it some where else:
https://www.google.com/search?clien...ate=ive&vld=cid:7b87628c,vid:pKc8On_thCk,st:0
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ProfessorWes
Hawkeye
What I don't understand is that given Fleming's experiences in WWII - he was a liaison of some sort between the British Admiralty and Churchill's Special Operations Executive** - you'd think he would have picked up at least some knowledge of guns. He certainly picked up enough other tips and tricks of the clandestine trade that would influence his writing . . .
(** See, for example, Damien Lewis' book "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" about the exploits of the SOE. One of the senior SOE officers, Brigadier Colin McVean Gubbins, who served as SOE's Operations and Training Director, and with whom Fleming worked, was "better known to all as 'M.'" That was a job title that lived on in print . . . Lewis notes that SOE raiders were especially fond of the Thompson SMG and Colt .45 pistols, along with certain German and Italian arms that would be encountered behind the lines where SOE spent so much of their time.
So why didn't Fleming just give Bond a Colt 1911A1 and have done with it?)
(** See, for example, Damien Lewis' book "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" about the exploits of the SOE. One of the senior SOE officers, Brigadier Colin McVean Gubbins, who served as SOE's Operations and Training Director, and with whom Fleming worked, was "better known to all as 'M.'" That was a job title that lived on in print . . . Lewis notes that SOE raiders were especially fond of the Thompson SMG and Colt .45 pistols, along with certain German and Italian arms that would be encountered behind the lines where SOE spent so much of their time.
So why didn't Fleming just give Bond a Colt 1911A1 and have done with it?)
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