post up your ppk setups!
ady007
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now for the best part of my colection - my ppk set up, i have a 1960s ppk im mint condition with 1962 leather sholder holster (with separe spare mag pouch with spare mag!) i have both brown and black grips (picked up he black ones today brand new from wather 
), i managed to source a complete mint box and all the items it would have come with new, even down to the original cellophane bag 
the silencer is unfortunatly a plastic toy one but i am in the process of making a proper one for it (im an engineer) however i dont want to thread the barrel so it will only be for show!
now if you intrested in buying a ppk dont settle for anything less than the real thing, spend the extra and get the best! i have a c02 ppk as well and its amazing how different it is! as for prices there not cheap expect to pay £280 in the uk however my advice would be not to buy a wather ppk but rather a manhurlin ppk like i did its identical in every way to the walther since wather gave them the rights to produce it under there own name, if anything their quality is better than wather! oh and the best part.....is there around 100 pounds cheaper
), i managed to source a complete mint box and all the items it would have come with new, even down to the original cellophane bag the silencer is unfortunatly a plastic toy one but i am in the process of making a proper one for it (im an engineer) however i dont want to thread the barrel so it will only be for show!now if you intrested in buying a ppk dont settle for anything less than the real thing, spend the extra and get the best! i have a c02 ppk as well and its amazing how different it is! as for prices there not cheap expect to pay £280 in the uk however my advice would be not to buy a wather ppk but rather a manhurlin ppk like i did its identical in every way to the walther since wather gave them the rights to produce it under there own name, if anything their quality is better than wather! oh and the best part.....is there around 100 pounds cheaper
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...and PPK, Del Fatti, P7's, P99, BHP and more Del Fatti's...
The Centennial with a Berns Martin Triple Draw Holster
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The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
You certainly have a nice PPK! If it is the French marked version, that is ccol, because it is likely that Bond had a French PPK. Has yours been deactivated?
Your faux silencer is also very nice, can you provide some details on how you made it, and if your barrel is not threaded, how it fits onto the pistol?
Thanks for starting a fun thread!
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
With the box and the manual !!!!
Congratulations !
This version was featured in the Bond series though not as prominently as the "Ulm Do" and "Manhurin" produced examples.
Sorry to disapoint you, but they never used any Zellas on screen. They did use them on the video and DVD sleeves when they photoshopped new hands and PPK's onto stock images starting in the mid 90's. A few have cropped up in auction claiming to be genuine screen used, but they are all fakes. Apart from Bapty, only Stembridge supplied PPK's for the films, and that was for only one film - LTK also post-war Ulms too. The Manhurin was only used in publicity shots for Living Daylights.
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the silencer shown is just a fake plastic toy silencer from a p99 bb gun and doesnt fit it its just for show, however i am making a prop silencer from turned metal for show and for fitting with out the need to thread the barrel.
will be posting up more pics of the other bits that i have tomorrow
what is the relivance of the Smith and Wesson Centennial Airweight i reconise the name of the holster since it was the one named by ian flemming in the books, was this style of Smith and Wesson used in a bond film??
im busy saving up for a berreta 34 seen in many of connerys films such as thunderball just having troble finding a nice one!
ive found that 8mm blanks make good prop bullets if you are having trouble like me finding 7.65 inert rounds! and if you email smith and wesson they will post you out the latest manual for the ppk as show in the picture if you need one!
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Not fully mine to acknowledge, but an expert in the field I rely upon. I did though research this in the late 90's when I bought a Zella PPK, and could find no evidence on-screen through all of the films of it's use. Interestingly, Stembridge has sold a few Zellas on, or people claiming they are from Stembridge, saying that they are LTK used. They are not. If you see a Zella screen used prop for sale with the distinctive machined slide near the muzzle. Screen used it ain't.
Still, as I've said before, if you want the best built PPK, buy a Zella!
When Geoffrey Boothroyd first communicated with Ian Fleming complaining about the .25 Beretta, he initially recommended two replacements for Bond to carry. For concealment the Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight and for long range work the Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum. Fleming was initially quite taken with the Centennial Airweight, and even attempted to purchase one when he visited New York.
When the novel "Dr. No" was finally published, Fleming disregarded Boothroyd's suggestion of a .357 Magnum, adding the Walther PPK as Bond's primary pistol with the Centennial as a back-up gun.
In it's day the Berns-Martin Triple Draw holster was considered the fastest holster extent. Boothroyd recommended it for the Centennial, Fleming ended up having Bond holster the PPK in the Triple Draw, a bit difficult since the triple draw was designed for revolvers and won't hold a PPK.
The Centennial is the Bond gun that didn't quite make it .... sad too, because it was a revolver that was well ahead of it's time!!!
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
anyone else gonna post up pics of their set ups??!
Do fake ppk's count
Donald Grant makes a superb Bond shoulder holster, someone out there must have on with a PPK in it!
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
"Who supplies the guns on our streets? "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6937457.stm
"Who makes the world's guns?"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6294242.stm
full of interesting snippets like "Legend has it that Hitler used his own PPK to kill himself in his bunker.."
Didn't Superado already post that?
Your right!!! Superado's PPK holster is right there in plain view, so many other nice items in the picture I zoned out ...sorry!!!
Sill there must be some more nice rigs out there!!!
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
oh and i also managed to pick up seven 7.65mm inert rounds for my ppk display
Congratulations!
Looking forward to the pictures of your "new" Beretta.
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
A Beretta like yours makes it's best appearance in Dr. No , as the "jam-amatic" confiscated by "M". Got to love the way oo7 tries to steal it back!!!
Your'e right about "Thunderball" in which "Quist" is given a hot shower by Bond, who briefly confiscates the pistol. oo7 must have felt some sympathy for the goon! I don't think the '34 Beretta has been seen since in the "offical" EON films.
Good find and thanks for the photos!!!!!
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The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
The 1934 was made in different calibers; .32, .380 (9 m/m Short) and even in .22 LR!
An interesting note, In the film "Dr. No" the caliber of Bond's Beretta is never specified. It is referred to as "that damned Beretta" and "nice and light in a ladies handbag", but never as being in .25 caliber.
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
i will have a look around and see if i can find anymore info on this.
i have just started builing my silencer, i have managed to find a bit of hard rubber that is a nice push fit in the barrel and im going to turn up the silencer in aluimum so it can be fitted to any ppk without damaging/threding the barrel!
You have hit the nail squarely on the head!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond