Posted on 02/25/2019 12:12:45 PM PST by w1n1
I once read a story by the real “Q” or Major Bootheroyd which was his real name.
He read one of the Bond books and wrote a letter to Ian Fleming telling him that he had mis-named the Beretta .25, by calling it a 6.75 cal. He also said a real agent would not carry a .25 auto.
He and Fleming kept up correspondence and eventually met and did some target shooting. Bootheroyd said that Fleming was not knowledgeable on guns but despite that was an excellent shot.
It turned out that the owner of Purdey shotguns had already corrected Fleming on the caliber. Fleming asked the Major what gun would actually be used and he replied, “A Walther PPK, in .32 caliber.” Fleming made the correction in “Dr. No” and used the Major’s real name.
“Are you kidding? I can’r even hide my anatomy in a Speedo!”
No room for two M1911’s.
All the online stores carry it:
How about an AR15 pistol, chsmbered in .25-45 Sharps?
;^)
My EDC alternates between an eight shot .22 magnum revolver snubby or a Bersa 32 acp. The second shot will be either a head shot or a bladder shot.
At first. He was persuaded to switch to .32 as I remember. Walther, I believe.
Geoffrey Boothroyd’s “The Handgun” (1970) is still unsurpassed as a comprehensive history of handgun evolution up until that year.
When Bond was issued the PPK, Boothroyd assured him that its .32 round “has an entry like a brick through a plate glass window”.
Hmm....
A Beretta 6.35 cal Gardone V.T made in Italy in 1957.....
I don't carry it and have never bothered firing it. It was in my dad's firearm collection and remains there.....
My dad was a Detroit cop and married my Canadian step-mom back around 1960. At the time she owned a flower shop in Windsor so she either bought the gun herself or my dad did and gave it to her for protection before they got married and she moved here to Detroit.
“...or are you just happy to see me?”
Hidden in a speedo, yes. But hard to find over an enlarged stomach........LOL!
Boothroyd said in the article that the “brick through a plate glass window” was Fleming’s idea. It actually caused the Major some embarrassment as he knew it was not a real powerhouse.
When readers complained about it and also a mistake about the correct holster, Fleming sent the letters to Boothroyd to answer.
I knew a guy who’s wife shot herself in the head with a .25. Then, she got up, wandered around, maybe got some coffee, and then sat down and shot herself again.
Would a cal. 6.35 been more appropriate?
I stick to hiding socks in my Speedo.
I stick to hiding socks in my Speedo.
Yes.
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