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How many here have actually fired a PPK. I have a late 50's early 60's PPK in .32. It is glass smooth in operation, the fit and finish are fantastic, and it hits dead on. Damn fine pistol, and my carry piece when I travel outside of Illinoistan where I can use my carry cards.

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But the pakistani doc didnt have to race to get the location of Bin Ladens hideout to his CIA handler on skis, whilst Al Qaeda gunmen chased after him spraying the snow and trees arround him with gunfire as they rocket down a mountainside and off a cliff where the CIA agent is miraculously waiting in a helicopter and then they fly into the sunset with the doctor hanging from the skids as the gunmen fall to thier doom.

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When Fleming was writing his novels, in the early 50's, his choices for a concealable handgun were much less than today.

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when the movie started i was pretty disappointed by him keeping his weak ass weapon. Then i saw him sneak into that shower with that chick he talked to for less than 5 minutes. (like a boss), Then not even blink when she got shot (like a boss) I concluded this man needs no weapons at all.

I have, by now, got rather fond of Mr. James Bond. I like most of the things about him, with the exception of his rather deplorable taste in firearms. In particular, I dislike a man who comes into contact with all sorts of formidable people using a .25 Beretta. This sort of gun is really a lady's gun, and not a really nice lady at that. If Mr. Bond has to use a light gun he would be better off with a .22 rim fire; the lead bullet would cause more shocking effect than the jacketed type of the .25.

May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?


"May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver? This has many advantages for the type of shooting that he is called on to perform and I am certain that Mr. Leiter [ Bond's sometime associate] would agree with this recommendation. The Beretta will weigh, after it has been doctored, somewhere under 1 pound unloaded. If Mr. Bond gets himself an S & W .38 Special Centennial Airweight he will have a real man-stopper weighing only 17 ounces loaded. The gun is hammerless so that it can be drawn without catching in the clothing and has an overall length of 6� inches. Barrel length is 2 inches, but note that it is not 'sawn off.' No one who can buy his pistols in the States will go to the trouble of sawing off pistol barrels as they can be purchased with short 2-inch barrels from the manufacturers. In order to keep down the bulk the cylinder holds five cartridges, and these are standard .38 S & W Special. It is an extremely accurate cartridge and when fired from a 2-inch barrel has, in standard loading, a muzzle velocity of almost 700 ft./sec. and muzzle energy of around 200 ft./lbs. This is against Bond's .25 Beretta with muzzle velocity of 758 ft./sec. but only 67 ft./lbs. muzzle energy. So much for his personal gun. Now he must have a real man-stopper to carry in the car. For this purpose the S & W .357 Magnum has no equal except the .44 Magnum. With the .357, Bond can still use his S & W .38 Special cartridges, although not vice versa. The .357 Magnum can be obtained in barrel lengths as follows: 3� inches, 5 inches, 6 inches, 6� inches and 8? inches long. With a 6�-inch barrel and adjustable rear sights Bond could do some really effective shooting, getting with the .357 Magnum a muzzle velocity of about 1,300 ft./sec. and a muzzle energy of nearly 600 ft./lbs. Figures like these give an effective range of 300 yards, and it's very accurate, too—1-inch groups at 20 yards on a machine rest.

"With these two guns Bond would be able to cope with really quick-draw work and long-range effective shooting."

Now to gun harness, rigs or what have you. First of all, not a shoulder holster for general wear, please. I suggest that the little Centennial Airweight be carried in a 'Lightning' Berns-Martin Triple Draw holster. This type of holster holds the gun in by means of a spring and can be worn on the belt or as a shoulder holster. I have played about with various types of holster for quite a time now and this one is the best. Here are descriptions of how it works—as a belt holster and as a shoulder holster