Oh man, you had me all excited for some pulchritude! So you know a muzzle sucker, huh? I know a few myself ha, ha.
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So, what sharp little eyes you've got...wait till you get to my teeth.
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Fun podcast. I remember I was in a gun shop once checking out a ppk and a woman asked me why I wanted such a small gun. Unfortunately, I couldn't give her a good Bond retort. But the shop guy did tell me that a ppk was more of a backup gun these days. I think Agent Mulder in X-Files had one in his ankle holster. Although, I think the type of bullet would help the ppk. But there was that final scene in Manhunter where Will Graham emptied all of his special rounds to take down the Tooth Fairy. So who knows. I wish Quantum had a scene where Bond decides to use the ppk over the p99. It would have made the film a lot smarter.
we have to remember that when Bond was originaly armed with the PPK it was one of the best guns out there, good quality, good reputation since it had been around from the late 20's and there were not alot of quality smaller framed guns, and in the book Dr. No he was also given a Smith&Wesson small revolver which he used. these days there are so many options out there that one could go crazy trying to arm Bond these days. personaly I think that a small 9mm such as the Sig P239 would be a good choice to rearm Bond with, or if Walther would see the light and reintroduce the P5 compact that was used in NSNA and made a breif appearance in OP, that would be awesome
For me it has never been about how Bonds gun is working… in my mind Bond doesn’t need a big gun, he just needs his little PPK…it is very iconic and I hated it when he changed it in TND….I also hated that DC had the big machine gun in the last scene in CR…in my mind it would have been perfect with the PPK…
I have to agree that PPK=Bond but taking a leaf out of the real Geoffery Boothroyd's book when he corrected Fleming over his choice of a Berretta I have to decry the practical use of the PPK. Unlesss the pistol was fully match tuned, eg a highly polished feed ramp, v high quality FMJ ammunition etc this weapon was notorious for jamming. The most high profile occurance of this was the attempted kidnap of HRH Princess Anne in 1974 when her Personal Protection Officer atempted to return fire on the perportrator and his PPK jammed after one round. The officer himself was wounded. The PPK was subsequently withdrawn from CP Duties. Royal Air Force fast jet crews are also armed with the PPK and the running joke is that you could probably do more damage by throwing it at the enemy than actually pulling the trigger. Personally I'd take a SIG in a major caliber anytime, but having said all of that I still love the iconic PPK.
Gadget Meister, although the press mentioned the pistol as being a PPK, the Royal Protection Squad (I think that's the correct title) were armed with the PP and it was a PP that jammed (I know, not a lot of difference). And believe it or not, when I contacted them about something I was writing (many years ago) the inspector that replied also mentioned that although he didn't know the model, their previous sidearm had been a Beretta.
Mark, fair one but as you know wether PP or PPK the problems are the same, prone to jamming unless tuned and no stopping power even in .380, which I believe was the heaviest calibre made and still regarded as a junior calibre.
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