I don’t own a firearm but all of a sudden want a Walther PPK.
Original pre-’68 PPK’s (they were banned in ‘69) go for a fortune on the gun auction sites. It has been made here under license for years but somehow isn’t the same as the German made blue steel PPK.
Go to gunbroker.com & search. I’m lucky; I was stationed in Germany & brought one back. These days a good alternative to the PPK is the Polish P-64 in 9mm Mak; the same size & function and not expensive at all.
Bond used his PPK best in From Russia With Love, IMO.
“Walther PPK”
Here is my love with the world in the 60s. “The Man with the Golden Gun”.
He assembled his assassination weapon, the Golden Gun and shot a man on the street. Bond pulls out his PPK and begins the hunt. He is stopped by police in the street and says... Get this ...
“If you inspect my firearm you’ll see that I have not fired it”
WOW if only today’s life was that simple. That scene still blows my mind that that would ever work.