If not Walther PPK in Dr. No, what other gun?

Stand-In Spy · May 2011

The iconic Walther PPK that was certainly a step up from that Beretta model 418 that Bond toted around. What other gun could have been assigned to Bond?

I nominate Smith and Wesson model 39.
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson_Model_39

*gun has to pre date 1962

thesecretagent · May 2011

Good choice. For me there's no agressive situation that a Browning HP-35 can't answer. However, it is bulky and wouldn't have suited Bond's tuxedo with a shoulder rig. Maybe the Browning M1910 Bond uses to shoot Dent in Dr. No...

Stand-In Spy · May 2011

http://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/MPP/MPP07/mpp07.html

Mauser HSc in .380, another alternative for Bond. German made originally for commercial but was adopted for military and police service.

DanielCraig007 · June 2011

Stand-In Spy wrote:

The iconic Walther PPK that was certainly a step up from that Beretta model 418 that Bond toted around. What other gun could have been assigned to Bond?

I nominate Smith and Wesson model 39.
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson_Model_39

*gun has to pre date 1962

The walther ppk was never used in DR NO. It was a walther PP.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Dr._No

Peppermill · June 2011

DanielCraig007 wrote:

Stand-In Spy wrote:

The iconic Walther PPK that was certainly a step up from that Beretta model 418 that Bond toted around. What other gun could have been assigned to Bond?

I nominate Smith and Wesson model 39.
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson_Model_39

*gun has to pre date 1962

The walther ppk was never used in DR NO. It was a walther PP.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Dr._No

It is strange however that in the part about the M1911A1 it is mentioned that Dent used a S&W revolver in the novel when Dent didn't appear in the novel whatsoever.... Reading that, I'm not really convinced the rest of the article is very accurate.

7289 · June 2011

It is strange however that in the part about the M1911A1 it is mentioned that Dent used a S&W revolver in the novel when Dent didn't appear in the novel whatsoever.... Reading that, I'm not really convinced the rest of the article is very accurate.

Imfdb is not always accurate, much like Wikipedia.

No doubt the script contained the line, "that's a Smith & Wesson", no one expected the films to be viewed over and over or paused. Back in those days a gun was a gun.

thesecretagent · June 2011

I think the film makers knew very little and there was no real expert on set. They followed the book, the script and never knew the differences.

If not Walther PPK in Dr. No, what other gun?

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