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2009-02-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Smith & Wesson recalls James Bonds weapon of choice

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Posted by tu3031 2009-02-27 12:32|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Pop quiz, smart guy:

Which pistol did 007 prefer before M forced the PPK on him?

Posted by mojo 2009-02-27 13:36|| 2009-02-27 13:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Berretta.

Posted by Gabby 2009-02-27 13:55|| 2009-02-27 13:55|| Front Page Top

#3 A .25 ACP, IIRC, which Bond reluctantly swap with the "more manly" .32.

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-02-27 14:15|| 2009-02-27 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Beretta, and I believe a .22 (.25 is actually weaker)M forced him to trade it for a 9mm. claiming he had to use several shots and missed some kills.

('Oh and Bond, leave the beretta'.)

Bond resisted the forced change and tried to sneak it out of M's office.
What I thought interesting, he wasn't given a holster, apparently the Beretta and the 9mm were the same overall size.

(PS I've got a .22 beretta, the Montgomery cops use them as backup weapons, usually in an ankle holster, what's good enough for both Bond and the local law is good enough for me, it's a beauty, light, accurate, and small.)

Posted by Rednek Jim">Rednek Jim 2009-02-27 14:25|| 2009-02-27 14:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Nope, IIRC, it is .25 and .32, though, obviously, the movies has had to keep up with an ever-increasing firepower, especially now, to keep that "heroic" image.
But, back in the olden days, a .32/7,65 was an acceptable choice for a novel hero. Bond is not Mack Bolan, let's just say that.

List of James Bond firearms

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-02-27 14:30|| 2009-02-27 14:30|| Front Page Top

#6 And I've read more Bolan than Bond, which you american might find weird, but the serie (part of it, anyway) actually was translated and well-diffused, as "train station literature", and my grandpa used to have quite a few, which were a delight for a young teen.

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-02-27 14:33|| 2009-02-27 14:33|| Front Page Top

#7 I haven't kept up with S & W. They were an American firm and then a British firm and then an American firm. I did not know they were manufacturing the PPK and PPK/S. I have an older Walther PPK .380 and like it fine. It does not have a "happy trigger." I had read that the Mossad, at one time, used .22s while on the job. I don't know if that is still true today.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-02-27 16:00|| 2009-02-27 16:00|| Front Page Top

#8 A) Beretta model 418, .25 automatic

Posted by mojo 2009-02-27 17:38|| 2009-02-27 17:38|| Front Page Top

#9
Q: Now Bond PAY ATTENTION, we've modified this so that you don't even have to pull the tr ...
Bond: BANG
Q: Ouch!!! Bond, would you kindly call for a medic.

Posted by DMFD 2009-02-27 21:40|| 2009-02-27 21:40|| Front Page Top

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