I would have to say; for literary Bond: maybe. For a moment, imagine the Silver Screen Bond firing Semmerling: DC in his too-tight-for-comfort suit jacket trying to work the action.... ) ) )
"I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
-Mr Arlington Beech
Could the Semmerling LM4 have been a viable gun for James Bond in the 1980's, at least the litterary Bond?
It's a neat gun but not really practical for the kind of shooting he's doing. Bond carries a small handgun for self-defense, and being able to accurately shoot your target as many times as possible with a handgun in the vitals until they drop is the best way to use it. The Semmerling was the smallest .45 of the period, but modern firearm doctrine holds that the caliber of a handgun is nowhere near as important as shot placement and the .45 statistically is no better than even .380 ACP in actual shootings. Handguns overall suck for gunfights!
Gardner's choice of an FN M1903 was bizarre, even if the gun wasn't bad, but the VP-70 was arguably worse because of its awful trigger pull making accurate fire an impossibility. The ASP he eventually stuck with really was the best concealed carry pistol he could get at the time if he was sparing no expense, taking into account concealability, and the P7 he used for one book is a very fine larger combat pistol.
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The gun you never knew you needed.
I didn't know there were foldable hand
Guns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5j97v2Yqo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxdPbG2PXu4
I would have to say; for literary Bond: maybe. For a moment, imagine the Silver Screen Bond firing Semmerling: DC in his too-tight-for-comfort suit jacket trying to work the action....
-Mr Arlington Beech
It's a neat gun but not really practical for the kind of shooting he's doing. Bond carries a small handgun for self-defense, and being able to accurately shoot your target as many times as possible with a handgun in the vitals until they drop is the best way to use it. The Semmerling was the smallest .45 of the period, but modern firearm doctrine holds that the caliber of a handgun is nowhere near as important as shot placement and the .45 statistically is no better than even .380 ACP in actual shootings. Handguns overall suck for gunfights!
Gardner's choice of an FN M1903 was bizarre, even if the gun wasn't bad, but the VP-70 was arguably worse because of its awful trigger pull making accurate fire an impossibility. The ASP he eventually stuck with really was the best concealed carry pistol he could get at the time if he was sparing no expense, taking into account concealability, and the P7 he used for one book is a very fine larger combat pistol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4trmOFxuJw0