The reason for removing the grips to ‘skeletonize” the pistol was intended to make the pistol even more compact and concealable in suits and civilian clothing. Remember, the primary task of being a Spy is Not Getting Caught…
I'm a 1911 fanboy, however, I've owned a gen 1 P99 since 04 and it is a truly amazing gun. I can't remember it ever having a stoppage. It is incredibly accurate. Just a dream to shoot. My wife now carries it every day. I never understood how glock remained in business after Walther introduced it.
the trigger and decocking feature of the P99 is its masterpiece, a very good gun and im not surprised at all that many people like it more than the PPQ.
Glock sells their pistols at barely more than cost to LEO depts, and used to (maybe still do) have a ridiculous warranty. I think they essentially used LEO sales as a loss leader for civilian sales, and they probably make a decent margin on magazines. Walther had a distribution agreement with S&W, who they were in direct competition with (including S&W making a version of the P99). Walther also had a weird management decision to limit the amount of pistols they sold. I think they were adverse to having unsold stock sitting in the factory. I think there was also some bad press around the P99 in the late 90's/early 00's, in particular around the guide rod snapping.
The first time I saw the p99 in the intro to the world is not enough and I saw that red striker indicator, I fell in love. Loved 007 since i was a kid. I waited over a year and a half to find a NEW p99 AS black 9mm. One of the most ergonomic pistols ive ever shot and the paddle mag releases are amazing. Fast forward 2 years, my grandfather dies and he leaves me a small mysterious box. Inside, a mint condition ppk/s in grey, made in West Germany early 60s.
My fault entirely! I rebuilt this 7,65mm PPK from the ground up, and I need to replace the safety detent spring. I’m finding that the safety no longer likes to stay up on occasion. That, and the only .32 I had on hand was some **very** old Remington Kleanbore 😂. Looking forward to shooting with Honest Outlaw again, with the cleaned up PPK, and some more 00 firearms!!
4:00 That jam is why M took Bond's Berretta away in the film "Dr. No" and make him use the Walther PPK. Bond had been wounded previously and spent six months recovering due to a jam.
Wasn't expecting a video like this. I thought we would get a different gun review or first impression, but a James Bond theme video was a pleasant surprise.
This is just cool. This video is awesome, I really like the nugget about the .25 beretta being a daily pocket carry. Thanks for having this guest on, he was great!
The reason for the grip panel removal on the Beretta was for a flatter profile, not to "look cool" (it was a book series). The novels mention a couple of times how Bond notices the bulge of a gun under a suit, or mentions having a suit tailored to hide a pistol. The tape was to make the skeleton grip more secure as well as to hold down the grip safety.
@@RWMAirgunsmithing You're just having us on, right? Go back and watch it again and you'll see he never is "waving them all around loaded and everything." Even when the PPK misfired, he kept it pointed downrange as he cleared it. Troll on somewhere else, eh.
I really would like to see the next Bond pick up the next Walther (PDP). Going back to the PPK from the P99 with Daniel Craig was so silly. Same with him having an Aston DB5, as if those cars don’t cost several million dollars today!
I just got a PPK/S in .22LR. I haven't had a chance to take it to the range yet, but there's something about it that's already made me fall in love with it.
she's picky on ammo. give her cci that runs the best, and aguila works pretty well. amazing single action trigger and very very accurate. if you wanna try different ammo's get 150-200 rounds. 500 is to much if it chokes a lot, goin thru the ammo will sour the range experiance. 150-200 rounds is enough to shoot all the ammo in a session and still find some enjoyment, if it ends up jamming a lot on that ammo.
The irony that Bond had to give up his Beretta for the Walther because of a jam, then the Walther struggles through a mag with two stoppages in the review.
Original Walther P99 is an awesome pistol. Very reliable and many manufacturers imitated the design features. PPK in 7,65mm is a true classic. Both are definitely great pistols.
Great video! 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I heard the 418 was skeletonized to make it as light as possible and slim for deep concealed spy in very close use 😄 It was at 25 acp too light weight to kill a big Soviet adversary, the ppk 35 acp was a step up but still good for concealed use.
Honestly .32 ACP isn't that much more potent than .25 ACP. The round is going too slowly for hollow point expansion so you're just making slightly bigger holes in stuff than a .25 would - in practice the amount of damage they do is very similar. Now .380 ACP, that's significantly meaner than .25 or .32. .32 pistols and .380 pistols are the same size. .25s are a fair bit smaller. So .32 is really "the worst of both worlds".
The years of use really makes a difference. I've got a 1915 WW1 Luger and it's been shot a lot, it's trigger is at about 3#. Then I've got a 1939 WW2 Luger that's been shot very little and the pull is at about 8#, Everything is just much tighter on it.
M - "007 take off your jacket. Just as I thought, this damn Beretta again!" 😠 007 - "It's served me well." 😘 M - "You'll carry the Walther!" 👉🏻 M - "007!" 🧐 007 - "Sir???" 🤔 M - "Just leave the Beretta." 😂
I need this man's guns! I've been dying to get the .25 Beretta and .32 PPK. I am so happy someone FINALLY got it right that the PPK was a .32 and NOT a .380!
It's funny I was just thinking about you doing a video like this and now here we are lol, just ordered a brand new 2021 ppk in black. Speaking of which you should do a video review of the new Walther ppk to redeem itself, the one in the video didn't exactly shine haha.
My Pre-War definitely needs some love lol! She’s been a work in progress for a bit! Incidentally, I had a blast last year with The Bond Armory & Cody Osborn of Walther Arms discussing the 2020 PPK! It’s live over at The Bond Armory! I’d love to see Honest Outlaw shoot one too!! Very solid re-launch!
He's missing my personal pick for best Bond gun, the Walther P5C! Bond used one in Octopussy in 1983. It has the classic style and profile of the PPK, but is chambered in full size 9x19.
@@MrGravgrav I had a P99C as my EDC gun for a very long time and I have a full size in the safe, unfired as of now. P99 is near and dear to me as it was the one that cured me of my Glock sickness.
I have the same 3 guns except newer models- 25ACP 418 , US made 380 PPK and Gen 3 p99. I also have a 1934 beretta (the one he hands in in the movie Dr No)
I have a Bersa 97 ... single stack .38 ... that looks like a PPK clone. Being a Bersa, it was much cheaper than a ppk, and I've owned it over 40 years and it has operated almost flawlessly the entire time. Biggest problem with it .... I didn't shop for extra magazines when I purchased it, and they are now IMPOSSIBLE to find.
“He didn’t know a lot about guns” was literally an Intel spy man during WW2. You still need to know guns no matter what branch of the military you are in.
I think this quote sums it up ! Major Boothroyd: [to M, referring to Bond's Beretta] Nice and light... in a lady's handbag. M: Any comment, 007? James Bond: I disagree, sir. I've carried the Beretta for ten years, and I've never missed with it. M: No, but it jammed on you last job, and you spent six months in hospital in consequence. When you carry a 00 number, you have a license to kill, not get killed. Furthermore, since I've been head of MI7 [sic - MI6] there's been a forty percent drop in casualties, and I want to keep it that way. From now on you carry the Walther... unless you'd rather return to standard intelligence duties. James Bond: No sir,I would not. M: [to Boothroyd] Show him, Armourer. Major Boothroyd: [to Bond] Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeter, with a delivery like a brick through a plate-glass window. The American CIA swear by them. Martini's are Shaken NOT Stirred!!!
Good example of a gun collector versus a gun shooter. Nice to see all three in one short film! Nice work guys! Love the old PPK, would love to have one but not for much real shooting. The new Walthers are badass!
I don’t know if this is known here, but a Major Boothroyd who was a gun expert and a fan wrote Ian Fleming and told him to give Bond a more manly gun and he recommended the Walter PPK, Fleming liked it so much that’s why the PPK was introduced in Dr. Novel the novel and made Major Boothroyd the character who gives Bond the gun. I believe as the gentleman states, Fleming was pocket carrying the Beretta 418 while in the service and he thought it was the right gun for a spy who needed to deep carry. And I believe he kept a Colt .45 in his glove compartment, but never specified if it was the SAA Colt or the 1911 Colt. If you’ve never read the original Bond novels, I can strongly recommend them. Heck the post Fleming Bond novels are entertaining too.
If intelligence analyst (I guess) like Fleming carried a gun in car's glove compartment it and it was .45 Colt it most certainly was Colt 1911, not Colt SAA as SAA is quite big gun when compared to 1911. Not to mention it is cowboy gun.
@@Tadicuslegion78 That is plausible alternative as well. It definitely was not SAA as that was antique gun and too big to fit conveniently into glove compartment.
@@rdrrr Forgot those existed. Could have been Smith & Wesson using same cartridge. All revolvers are colts no matter what company manufactured it. Unless it's nagan. My guess: semi-automatic Colt M1911 without any customization. Novels do not specify Beretta 418 being exact gun Bond carried, but it uses proper cartridge and was available and enough for Bond's expectable need.
Ian Fleming was an agent and officer during WWII. James Bond was a blend between fact and fiction from his own experience. He was not just your ordinary writer, he knew his weapons.
Ian Fleming knew about intelligence service, but as his job had been mostly clerical and much less practical he wasn't that familiar with guns. He had carried .25ACP Beretta so he just made Bond carry same model of pistol.
Great vid. I haven't watched your last few as they've been somewhat expensive and not within reach. These are expensive as well, but I lke the history behind them. Expecially liked the Canik comments.
Ian Fleming was never in MI6 he was naval intelligence. He created a commando unit called 30AU ( Assault Unit) which was to go behind enemy lines and collect intelligence.
As a fourth generation gun for our Mister Bond I think a Walther PDP Compact would be eminently suitable. By all accounts it's accurate, reliable, concealable, it carries 15 rounds of 9mm in the magazine, and it still has the cachet of the Walther name!
That Walther PPK is around 80 years old. There is a tiny stamp that indicates it can be from the 1940´s. Incredible that it still fires, no wonder that there were a few `jams`. PLEASE DO A VIDEO WITH A NEW PPK/S!!!! They are now manufactured in the U.S with Walther. I consider it to be the best carry gun and it would be really interesting to hear your opinion about it. I can't stand hammerless pistols. P.S it was a hard blow for us in Europe having Sig Sauer and parts of Walther moving production to the U.S. Best wishes from Europe!
I seem to remember one of the novels featuring an ASP 9mm with the guttersnipe sight, as well as a 629 Smith in Live and let die. Plus a snub Smith .38 in the book version of Dr. No
Absolutely! Bond uses the ASP in some of the novels of the mid 90’s! The .38 was a SW Airweight too! Introduced in Chapter 2 of Dr. No, seriously some of my favorite Fleming prose of all time.
He’s also used: A browning Hi Power, an HK VP70 and an HK P7 before John Gardner settled on the ASP…and frankly it’s a shame because I think the ASP could have gotten a second chance if more people knew it was James Bond’s gun. Then all the other others stuck to either the PPK or P99 depending on time era. If I had to Arm Bond for 2021, I’d either give him the HK VP9 or Walter PPQ
I'm a fan 007, I don't have a Walther PPK. But I carry a Bersa Thunder 380 Plus 15+1 made in Argentine. An PPK Clone with a frame lock, but the key is duck taped into box. When the other Guy where saying all where Beretta, I'm assuming they were P Beretta from Cordon via Tucci, Italy.
he'he' Fleming was more than just an office geek , and he didn't run for MI-6' he was asst' to the director of British Navy intelligence , he was not only an ideas guy for his boss , he was a go between brit intelligence and to us intelligence and above , he planned a numerous amount of intell operations , but he was also instrumental in creating what is considered to be 1' of the 1'st intelligence gathering / commando units of the War = special commando unit -30 and he was a respected individual he was no David nevin who ran with the SOE , but crazy old Fleming was no lame
Something tells me THIS 'Bond' needs a shotgun. lol SIDE NOTE #1: By the way, I was fortunate to have worked on the San Francisco sequences of Roger Moore's last outing as 007 in the film, A VIEW TO A KILL ... and what a true gentleman he was. SIDE NOTE #2: Did you know that David Bowie was originally slated to play the bad guy, MAX ZORAN ..? He was replaced by Cubbie Broccoli and replaced by Christopher Walken. Why-? Bowie wanted script approval and that was a no-go with the producers. At Eon, the only person with script approval, other than daughter, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ... is the actor playing Bond and that's usually AFTER he's got a few films under his (or maybe soon) her belt. Welcome to bigtime filmmaking. D.A.
Very cool on the Beretta! A little-known James Bond fact. Question, didn't Rodger Moore as Bond use a Walther P5 in a movie? Octopussy, or Moonraker? Nice video!
Nothing like getting smoked with ya own pistol 😂😂😂. Clearly need more time with steel! Thanks for having me on my man, had all the fun!!
Thanks for showing some of your collection! Great lookin pistols
Redo it man. And upload your best
That p99 is beautiful pistol
Amazing collection. That skeletonized grip is museum worthy. Thanks for sharing sir.
I don't know that i would've done any better w/Mrs. Outlaw standing there aiming a video camera @ me. Nice video though.
The reason for removing the grips to ‘skeletonize” the pistol was intended to make the pistol even more compact and concealable in suits and civilian clothing. Remember, the primary task of being a Spy is Not Getting Caught…
Sounds like some early "tacticool" stuff. I wouldn't be suprised if the logic was that you can see how many bullets are left
Outlaw - "Its like an old Beretta"
😂👌
"This damn Beretta again? I've told you about this before."
well stopping power is relative. You still wouldn't want to be shot by it...but then again if it jams you're fucked...
Then the armorer, after telling Bond the Beretta is a ladies' gun, gives him something with more "stopping power." A .32 caliber Walther! lol
In Goldfinger.
@@cpiper6338 Nice and light...for a lady's handbag...
@@cpiper6338 perhaps the .380 version would have been a little more appropriate.
Good to see the old Beretta 418 getting some love. One of most reliable pocket guns I ever ran across.
Tell that to Major Boothroyd.
I'm a 1911 fanboy, however, I've owned a gen 1 P99 since 04 and it is a truly amazing gun. I can't remember it ever having a stoppage. It is incredibly accurate. Just a dream to shoot. My wife now carries it every day. I never understood how glock remained in business after Walther introduced it.
Glock had lots of movie exposure through Bad Boys and other movies.
Walther got plenty of screen time. TV, film, anime, video games. It stands out more.
most were too dumb to appreciate the p99.
the trigger and decocking feature of the P99 is its masterpiece, a very good gun and im not surprised at all that many people like it more than the PPQ.
Glock sells their pistols at barely more than cost to LEO depts, and used to (maybe still do) have a ridiculous warranty. I think they essentially used LEO sales as a loss leader for civilian sales, and they probably make a decent margin on magazines. Walther had a distribution agreement with S&W, who they were in direct competition with (including S&W making a version of the P99). Walther also had a weird management decision to limit the amount of pistols they sold. I think they were adverse to having unsold stock sitting in the factory. I think there was also some bad press around the P99 in the late 90's/early 00's, in particular around the guide rod snapping.
The first time I saw the p99 in the intro to the world is not enough and I saw that red striker indicator, I fell in love. Loved 007 since i was a kid. I waited over a year and a half to find a NEW p99 AS black 9mm. One of the most ergonomic pistols ive ever shot and the paddle mag releases are amazing. Fast forward 2 years, my grandfather dies and he leaves me a small mysterious box. Inside, a mint condition ppk/s in grey, made in West Germany early 60s.
Fun video... never seen Honest outlaw fumble with any gun.... the man is human after all. Thanks for sharing this “off the ranch “ video with us.
My fault entirely! I rebuilt this 7,65mm PPK from the ground up, and I need to replace the safety detent spring. I’m finding that the safety no longer likes to stay up on occasion. That, and the only .32 I had on hand was some **very** old Remington Kleanbore 😂. Looking forward to shooting with Honest Outlaw again, with the cleaned up PPK, and some more 00 firearms!!
@@commandobond yea man anytime
A small microfracture can often be silver soldered by any competent jeweler, ensuring the problem won't spread.
4:00 That jam is why M took Bond's Berretta away in the film "Dr. No" and make him use the Walther PPK. Bond had been wounded previously and spent six months recovering due to a jam.
Lmao wasn't a jam he was using a beretta 418 in 25 acp with a silencer upong drawing it from his Westland it got stuck.
@@MrPckanellopoulos Well, .25 ACP is unbelievably under-powered. No one now days would carry that.
@@JDSFLAexcept me lmao
@JDSFLA undeniably BUT with various ammo it can certainly be a life saver at up close range.
Wasn't expecting a video like this. I thought we would get a different gun review or first impression, but a James Bond theme video was a pleasant surprise.
Thanks for the Bond history recap!
The walther ppk always has been my favorite james bond pistol and it really matches and fits in with the character.
Bought a P99 in early 2000. 10k rounds, only on failure (to eject). Very smooth trigger, and devours all ammo!
Thanks
This is just cool. This video is awesome, I really like the nugget about the .25 beretta being a daily pocket carry. Thanks for having this guest on, he was great!
I've been waiting so long for a video like this!!!!! Nice job!
The reason for the grip panel removal on the Beretta was for a flatter profile, not to "look cool" (it was a book series). The novels mention a couple of times how Bond notices the bulge of a gun under a suit, or mentions having a suit tailored to hide a pistol. The tape was to make the skeleton grip more secure as well as to hold down the grip safety.
Also Ian Fleming was an interogater not a secretary.
Imagine going after Honest Outlaw saying “show how it’s done” after he only misses two shots with your own gun
@@RWMAirgunsmithing I think you misunderstood his comment.
@@RWMAirgunsmithing You're just having us on, right? Go back and watch it again and you'll see he never is "waving them all around loaded and everything." Even when the PPK misfired, he kept it pointed downrange as he cleared it. Troll on somewhere else, eh.
I really would like to see the next Bond pick up the next Walther (PDP). Going back to the PPK from the P99 with Daniel Craig was so silly. Same with him having an Aston DB5, as if those cars don’t cost several million dollars today!
Last time I was this early I slept on the couch.
Finally got my Bond gun this last January. PPK/S stainless, works reliably so far. This led to the new PDP. Maybe Bond will use this in the future?
I got all excited thinking Honest Outlaw had a P99. LOVE that gun
I really love those PPKs. Fun little pistol to shoot. Beautiful in stainless.
Thumbs up before watch for ya Mr . Outlaw ;)
Same
Pretty routine for me.
Another quality vid. Great job letting the guest speak!
A great video to wrap up my Sunday night 🌉☺️👍🗽🦅🇺🇸
I just got a PPK/S in .22LR. I haven't had a chance to take it to the range yet, but there's something about it that's already made me fall in love with it.
she's picky on ammo. give her cci that runs the best, and aguila works pretty well. amazing single action trigger and very very accurate. if you wanna try different ammo's get 150-200 rounds. 500 is to much if it chokes a lot, goin thru the ammo will sour the range experiance. 150-200 rounds is enough to shoot all the ammo in a session and still find some enjoyment, if it ends up jamming a lot on that ammo.
Keep it clean. Mine runs REM Thunderbolts
The irony that Bond had to give up his Beretta for the Walther because of a jam, then the Walther struggles through a mag with two stoppages in the review.
I already have a 1911 so this interested me. I think I'm leaning towards the PPK for my car/carry gun.
Original Walther P99 is an awesome pistol. Very reliable and many manufacturers imitated the design features. PPK in 7,65mm is a true classic. Both are definitely great pistols.
Wheres the p5? Good stuff as always
The P99 AS trigger in single action is still better than even the PDP imo. Soooo clean
Totally agree. However....I threw a PDP slide on my gen 3 and now I have the best of both.
"Yaaassss yur duen etttt" most insightful, well thought out and intelligent words whined out during the entire video, thank you.
My next gun is gonna be a Walther so I clicked on this instantly.
Which one?
Love my Walther. Q5. But really you can’t go wrong with any of them.
@@deathbymazda I’m leaning PPQ.
@@DIYDad1 love to see it.
@@BOKCQueKang What makes you choose the PPQ over the PDP?
Great video! 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I heard the 418 was skeletonized to make it as light as possible and slim for deep concealed spy in very close use 😄 It was at 25 acp too light weight to kill a big Soviet adversary, the ppk 35 acp was a step up but still good for concealed use.
Honestly .32 ACP isn't that much more potent than .25 ACP. The round is going too slowly for hollow point expansion so you're just making slightly bigger holes in stuff than a .25 would - in practice the amount of damage they do is very similar.
Now .380 ACP, that's significantly meaner than .25 or .32. .32 pistols and .380 pistols are the same size. .25s are a fair bit smaller. So .32 is really "the worst of both worlds".
Ian Fleming worked in Naval Intelligence during WWII. 👍👍👍👍
He knew all about guns. Honest Outlaw displayed narrow minded ignorance.
The years of use really makes a difference. I've got a 1915 WW1 Luger and it's been shot a lot, it's trigger is at about 3#. Then I've got a 1939 WW2 Luger that's been shot very little and the pull is at about 8#, Everything is just much tighter on it.
M - "007 take off your jacket. Just as I thought, this damn Beretta again!" 😠
007 - "It's served me well." 😘
M - "You'll carry the Walther!" 👉🏻
M - "007!" 🧐
007 - "Sir???" 🤔
M - "Just leave the Beretta." 😂
I need this man's guns! I've been dying to get the .25 Beretta and .32 PPK. I am so happy someone FINALLY got it right that the PPK was a .32 and NOT a .380!
I just got a PPK the other day. I am a long time Bond fan so when i saw it I had to have it. Its now my backup or sometimes primary carry.
It's funny I was just thinking about you doing a video like this and now here we are lol, just ordered a brand new 2021 ppk in black. Speaking of which you should do a video review of the new Walther ppk to redeem itself, the one in the video didn't exactly shine haha.
My Pre-War definitely needs some love lol! She’s been a work in progress for a bit! Incidentally, I had a blast last year with The Bond Armory & Cody Osborn of Walther Arms discussing the 2020 PPK! It’s live over at The Bond Armory! I’d love to see Honest Outlaw shoot one too!! Very solid re-launch!
Without question, the P99 is the only suitable Bond handgun, but the PPK would be a decent choice for a backup.
7:41 i love the sound the gun shot makes
.32 ACP: "like a brick through a plateglass window."
I believe Q was referring to the S&W 38 when he said that. Bond was issued both the PPK and S&W at that time.
What a powerhouse!
Thought fleming was NID not MI6
“Oh it’s like an old beretta”
“Well it is a beretta” Lmao 😂
Thanks for reviewing Bond’s guns! I recently purchased a Walther PPK/S and I love it!
Fondling my Titanium P99 while I watch this....So nice.
Who else cant wait for "no time to die"
I sure can’t! I’m loving everything we’ve seen so far! I’m actually wearing the Rag & Bone henley featured in NTTD in this video!
As long as it is not woke. I hate all the PC stuff that they are inserting into movies.
I’ll be buying the blu-ray when it comes out.
Raymond Benson is a truly nice guy. Met him while I was working in a bookstore in 1994.
That P99 has such a unique sound to it!!!
He's missing my personal pick for best Bond gun, the Walther P5C! Bond used one in Octopussy in 1983. It has the classic style and profile of the PPK, but is chambered in full size 9x19.
Sean Connery as Bond also used the P5 in Never Say Never Again
Love the P99.
The DA/SA striker design is really neat, shame it never really caught on.
@@MrGravgrav I had a P99C as my EDC gun for a very long time and I have a full size in the safe, unfired as of now. P99 is near and dear to me as it was the one that cured me of my Glock sickness.
Nice stuff guys! 🤘🏼🔥
"It's like an old Beretta, kinda"
"Well, it is a Beretta."
Lol
Best Bond gun video I’ve seen in a while!
I have the same 3 guns except newer models- 25ACP 418 , US made 380 PPK and Gen 3 p99. I also have a 1934 beretta (the one he hands in in the movie Dr No)
I have a Bersa 97 ... single stack .38 ... that looks like a PPK clone. Being a Bersa, it was much cheaper than a ppk, and I've owned it over 40 years and it has operated almost flawlessly the entire time. Biggest problem with it .... I didn't shop for extra magazines when I purchased it, and they are now IMPOSSIBLE to find.
A modern James Bond should be using a walther PPS.
A modern Bond should use a PCR
@@ErvuJuklFuck. No. James Bond wouldn't be caught dead using a firearm from a former Soviet satellite country
@@strikerdelta Those days are over pal. Czechia is an ally.
“He didn’t know a lot about guns” was literally an Intel spy man during WW2. You still need to know guns no matter what branch of the military you are in.
I think this quote sums it up ! Major Boothroyd: [to M, referring to Bond's Beretta] Nice and light... in a lady's handbag.
M: Any comment, 007?
James Bond: I disagree, sir. I've carried the Beretta for ten years, and I've never missed with it.
M: No, but it jammed on you last job, and you spent six months in hospital in consequence. When you carry a 00 number, you have a license to kill, not get killed. Furthermore, since I've been head of MI7 [sic - MI6] there's been a forty percent drop in casualties, and I want to keep it that way. From now on you carry the Walther... unless you'd rather return to standard intelligence duties.
James Bond: No sir,I would not.
M: [to Boothroyd] Show him, Armourer.
Major Boothroyd: [to Bond] Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeter, with a delivery like a brick through a plate-glass window. The American CIA swear by them. Martini's are Shaken NOT Stirred!!!
Awsome video I have a p99 and ppk both great shooters
Good example of a gun collector versus a gun shooter. Nice to see all three in one short film! Nice work guys! Love the old PPK, would love to have one but not for much real shooting. The new Walthers are badass!
Walther p99 or pdp, which is better outlaw? 🤔
I don’t know if this is known here, but a Major Boothroyd who was a gun expert and a fan wrote Ian Fleming and told him to give Bond a more manly gun and he recommended the Walter PPK, Fleming liked it so much that’s why the PPK was introduced in Dr. Novel the novel and made Major Boothroyd the character who gives Bond the gun. I believe as the gentleman states, Fleming was pocket carrying the Beretta 418 while in the service and he thought it was the right gun for a spy who needed to deep carry. And I believe he kept a Colt .45 in his glove compartment, but never specified if it was the SAA Colt or the 1911 Colt. If you’ve never read the original Bond novels, I can strongly recommend them. Heck the post Fleming Bond novels are entertaining too.
If intelligence analyst (I guess) like Fleming carried a gun in car's glove compartment it and it was .45 Colt it most certainly was Colt 1911, not Colt SAA as SAA is quite big gun when compared to 1911. Not to mention it is cowboy gun.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Or it's one of those Colt Army specials from the WW1-WW2 era that were churned out and given as Lend Lease aid all over
@@Tadicuslegion78 That is plausible alternative as well. It definitely was not SAA as that was antique gun and too big to fit conveniently into glove compartment.
@@vksasdgaming9472Outside possibility is a Colt-manufactured M1917 revolver, but that's a huge hunk of steel and you need moon clips to shoot it.
@@rdrrr Forgot those existed. Could have been Smith & Wesson using same cartridge. All revolvers are colts no matter what company manufactured it. Unless it's nagan.
My guess: semi-automatic Colt M1911 without any customization.
Novels do not specify Beretta 418 being exact gun Bond carried, but it uses proper cartridge and was available and enough for Bond's expectable need.
Ian Fleming was an agent and officer during WWII. James Bond was a blend between fact and fiction from his own experience. He was not just your ordinary writer, he knew his weapons.
Ian Fleming knew about intelligence service, but as his job had been mostly clerical and much less practical he wasn't that familiar with guns. He had carried .25ACP Beretta so he just made Bond carry same model of pistol.
Great vid. I haven't watched your last few as they've been somewhat expensive and not within reach. These are expensive as well, but I lke the history behind them. Expecially liked the Canik comments.
Ian Fleming was never in MI6 he was naval intelligence. He created a commando unit called 30AU ( Assault Unit) which was to go behind enemy lines and collect intelligence.
Red Indians.
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1 - Great idea for a video, loved it.... 2 - Never, never, never shoot against Honest Outlaw. I'll be a spectator all day on that day.
As a fourth generation gun for our Mister Bond I think a Walther PDP Compact would be eminently suitable. By all accounts it's accurate, reliable, concealable, it carries 15 rounds of 9mm in the magazine, and it still has the cachet of the Walther name!
That Walther PPK is around 80 years old. There is a tiny stamp that indicates it can be from the 1940´s. Incredible that it still fires, no wonder that there were a few `jams`. PLEASE DO A VIDEO WITH A NEW PPK/S!!!! They are now manufactured in the U.S with Walther. I consider it to be the best carry gun and it would be really interesting to hear your opinion about it. I can't stand hammerless pistols. P.S it was a hard blow for us in Europe having Sig Sauer and parts of Walther moving production to the U.S. Best wishes from Europe!
I seem to remember one of the novels featuring an ASP 9mm with the guttersnipe sight, as well as a 629 Smith in Live and let die. Plus a snub Smith
.38 in the book version of Dr. No
Absolutely! Bond uses the ASP in some of the novels of the mid 90’s! The .38 was a SW Airweight too! Introduced in Chapter 2 of Dr. No, seriously some of my favorite Fleming prose of all time.
Some of the other comments also mention a Walter P5 in a couple of the movies. I must investigate further. Trust but verify, after all.
He’s also used: A browning Hi Power, an HK VP70 and an HK P7 before John Gardner settled on the ASP…and frankly it’s a shame because I think the ASP could have gotten a second chance if more people knew it was James Bond’s gun. Then all the other others stuck to either the PPK or P99 depending on time era. If I had to Arm Bond for 2021, I’d either give him the HK VP9 or Walter PPQ
Hah. But after Bond's P99 ran out in Spectre, he still managed to shoot down Blofeld's helicopter with his trusty ol' PPK.
There was no P99 used in Spectre.
@@strikerdelta Good eye. I looked again and it was a VP9.
My favorite pistol the P99.
"Hmm...the new Walther, I asked Q to get me one of these"
#MY #FAVORITE #GUN #CHANNEL
Recently picked up the PDP and love it
I bought a new production P99 last year never fired. Absolutely love it, I grew up in love with this gun and I love its features. Also, paddlemag ftw.
I'm a fan 007, I don't have a Walther PPK. But I carry a Bersa Thunder 380 Plus 15+1 made in Argentine. An PPK Clone with a frame lock, but the key is duck taped into box. When the other Guy where saying all where Beretta, I'm assuming they were P Beretta from Cordon via Tucci, Italy.
Have the PPK and P99, LOVE the P99 trigger and ergonomics.
I am getting P99 soon. Will get a PPK eventually.
The shots at the end of the video with the Walther sound so weird compared to other guns. It was a cool audio effect.
I’ve seen smiths a lot like this gun. They did a collaboration for the US market did they not?
Since childhood I’ve loved the look of the PPK\s but hate the way I shoot them.
What i like about the Walther P99 is that, it was owned by 2 of my fav anime characters (Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop and Mireille Bouquet from Noir)
The P99 is a classic. I carried the p99as for years.
"I was in MI6 but I was just an office guy"
Yeah... I'll believe anyone who tells me that...
Finally someone got the correct Beretta !
Sadly the P99 went out of production this year with the introduction of the PDP.
They’re still out there. Check gunbroker.
This is an incomplete lineup. The FN Model 1910 is missing.
How about a review on all the pistol red dots you use.?
The p99 is the nicest factory made guns ever made
he'he' Fleming was more than just an office geek , and he didn't run for MI-6' he was asst' to the director of British Navy intelligence , he was not only an ideas guy for his boss , he was a go between brit intelligence and to us intelligence and above , he planned a numerous amount of intell operations , but he was also instrumental in creating what is considered to be 1' of the 1'st intelligence gathering / commando units of the War = special commando unit -30 and he was a respected individual he was no David nevin who ran with the SOE , but crazy old Fleming was no lame
And here folks is a perfect example of book smart vs street smart
Something tells me THIS 'Bond' needs a shotgun. lol
SIDE NOTE #1: By the way, I was fortunate to have worked on the San Francisco sequences of Roger Moore's last outing as 007 in the film, A VIEW TO A KILL ... and what a true gentleman he was.
SIDE NOTE #2: Did you know that David Bowie was originally slated to play the bad guy, MAX ZORAN ..? He was replaced by Cubbie Broccoli and replaced by Christopher Walken.
Why-? Bowie wanted script approval and that was a no-go with the producers. At Eon, the only person with script approval, other than daughter, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ... is the actor playing Bond and that's usually AFTER he's got a few films under his (or maybe soon) her belt.
Welcome to bigtime filmmaking.
D.A.
Walther P 99 is personal weapon Polish Police .
I have a sigsauer P230 stainless that is very very similar. It is a .380 but shoots fantastic!
Super Cool" Heaters from the small one to the bigger one.
Very cool on the Beretta! A little-known James Bond fact. Question, didn't Rodger Moore as Bond use a Walther P5 in a movie? Octopussy, or Moonraker? Nice video!
Yes, Moore used the P5 in Octopussy (and Connery used it the same year in Never Say Never Again).
*holding an old Beretta*
"Oh it's just like an old Beretta"
Have you ever shot a P38 Walther 9mm, and what did you think of it?