1 posted on
05/20/2014 4:15:53 AM PDT by
Perdogg
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2 posted on
05/20/2014 4:16:30 AM PDT by
Perdogg
(Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
To: Perdogg
A paragraph and a half after writing, “Fleming’s handgun knowledge wasn’t great,” the author displays a picture of a Walther PP and captions it, “Walther PPK.”
3 posted on
05/20/2014 4:21:41 AM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Perdogg; All
pictures needed. thanks.
gun porn needed. ;-)
5 posted on
05/20/2014 4:39:46 AM PDT by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? :-)
To: Perdogg
Bond needed to stick with Glocks.
7 posted on
05/20/2014 4:44:12 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Perdogg
Bond’s first gun was described as a Beretta .25 automatic with a “taped magazine & sawn barrel”, which was the Beretta model 418.
Geoffrey Boothroyd called it a “lady’s gun” & persuaded Fleming to equip his hero with the Walther PPK. The first edition of the “Doctor No” book jacket depicts the user’s manual takedown image of the PPK.
9 posted on
05/20/2014 5:06:13 AM PDT by
elcid1970
("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
To: Perdogg
I had a PPK/S, which I believe was the American made version. Very cool gun in style and function. I never had a problem with it.
17 posted on
05/20/2014 5:58:13 AM PDT by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: Perdogg
IIRC, he switched to the Walther PPK in the novel Dr. No, which was in the middle of his string of Bond novels. Prior to that, he used a Beretta .25 semi-auto, and (I think) .38 revolver as a backup.
With Dr. No as the first movie, it shows him making the change at the beginning.
Fleming even credited the fan who suggested the change to the PPK by naming him as the armorer in the Dr. No novel.
19 posted on
05/20/2014 6:40:49 AM PDT by
IYAS9YAS
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