Totally agree. Great movie, and the villain is wildly accurate..A media mogul, manipulating the news to achieve a specific outcome. Sounds pretty realistic to me
@@9HoleReviewsYou should do a video on yours! Especially if it's a Gen 1. Also, while I love this 1911 Syndicate video, it's another missed opportunity for a modern look and analysis of the PPK chambered in .32 ACP. I get it's not in production anymore, but the vast majority of Bond films feature the pistol in this chambering, which to me makes it an entirely different gun.
The PPK in 7.65mm is still the one. I bought one from a Manchester gun shop in 1964 for £12. It was a prewar Zella-Mehlis manufacture with immaculate bluing. Geoffrey(pronounced Jeffrey) Boothroyd was a member of Glasgow Rifle and Pistol club when he wrote to Ian Fleming. He wasn't Scottish but originally from Blackpool, Lancashire.
I totally agree. The PPK makes the most sense - way back when and now in .32 ACP/7.65mm. The size, low capacity and recoil sensitive nature of the pistol just begs for it to be in .32/7.65 exclusively. I've owned a PPK in .380 ACP (9x17mm) and it was rather awful to shoot. Also, I never get slide bite with my smaller, thin hands - but I did with the PPK in .380 - and I never have with any other pistol over the years. 7.65mm for the win!
Missing a few: Roger Moore had a S&W Model 29 in .44 in a super sweet shoulder holster that he used in Live and Let Die’s finale. Craig’s Bond disarms a security officer that came to detain him and uses his P226 in the finale of Quantum of Solace. The P226 makes appearances again in Spectre and the finale of No Time to Die. Craig’s Bond seemingly uses the PPK as his EDC while the P226 is his “go to war” pistol. He also had a Browning Hi Power as his home defense gun while living retired in Jamaica.
@@waynereynolds3232 plus he uses a regular Walther PP more than once, a beretta 92 or 92FS, and a couple of times he has used a bond girls beretta pocket like 3032 or 21A. Her kills someone with a silenced FN 1910 in From russia with love or maybe it was thunderball, , and he sat and planned that one which is kind of implying it is his personal gun rather than something he grabbed off another person.
just sold mine. as pretty as it is it’s just not practical. i can hide a 17 on me there’s no reason to not carry something more capable. especially with the rise of multiple assailant crimes.
@@claytonbhymer5483 The Rambo Knife cuts, really well if you keep it sharp. You could build a whole shelter with it if you're careful/skilled enough, if it's a genuine reproduction of the original as far as materials used, but almost every hunting/bushcrafting knife out there will do it better.
The very first time I saw a video from this channel catapulted my savings to buy a Staccato XC. Now they're making gun videos that really get you excited for all realms of firearms and great to see their channel just keep going. Thanks for sharing these videos with us guys, we really appreciate it.
These guys are the reason why I’m probably gonna end up buying a Tisas 1911 as my first handgun. Something cheap, punches above its weight, and is reliable. Plus the looks and feels of a 1911 is all I want. I’ve seen so many videos on Tisas 1911s, but this channels video I think perfectly describes the Tisas. It’s an Ashley. Not a 10/10, but definitely someone you could wife up and live your life with.
@@DKlikesStuff I was very surprised at how much Jake likes that pistol during filming. Jake and I have said it in the past but when you find a gun like that that just as cool and some do the other higher end stuff. Snag that shoot it a ton and you can always have a good 1911 smith upgrade parts over time as you go. Thanks for watching and trusting what Jake had to say about that pistol with your dollar. Means a lot to us.
My favorite Bond gun? The Walther P5. I own seven examples. Two are twin barrel packages (9Para/7.65Para). One is a rare Lang (6" barrel) example, under 100 produced.
@1911 Syndicate The pistol you were using is not a "PPK", it is a PPK/S, there is a difference. The PPK that Bond used was chambered in 7.65 aka 32 ACP. Bond specifically carried FMJ ammo. The PPK is very reliable and has a great trigger. You really need to try a real prewar PPK, they are amazing. The PPK in its 32 ACP chambering recoils like a 22.
My favorite handgun I own is a P99AS, such an underrated gun and I think its still better than the new Walther's in everything but ergonomics EDIT: After watching this I am definitely bringing the P99 to the range tomorrow, it is just too good.
You guys must not yet have had the sheer pleasure of putting some rounds through a Q5 Match SF - black tie edition with the Walther Dynamik trigger. No comparison to nothing else Walther has made……including price. Try it and come on back.
I need to start incorporating the dry humping to threat in my training. Great job I can’t believe I never thought about training that before you need to be ready at all times!
I agree & I’m a Gen Xer. Daniel Craig was the best bond & I’m old enough to have seen Moonraker in the theater & parents whom I watched the Connery offerings with. Connery was a great Bond as well but to disrespect Craig is silly.
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I was just about to post about Bond using the Walther P5. In Dr. No, you see him using the Walther PP. I think they did that because it's a little bit bigger and you can see it better. Then in in Live and Let Die, he uses a S&W Model 29 when confronting the Voodoo camp and rescuing Solitaire. Most of the Daniel Craig era films, he's using a Walther PPK/S. So in your shooting, if you would have used the PPK/S, you would have had one more round and the newer PPK/S's that were using in Craig's films, the frame had a longer tang on it and would have protected your hand from hammer/slide bite. Bond uses a lot of different guns throughout the movies and books, but the top 3 I would say would be the Walther PPK, Walther P99 and the Walther P5. In that order. Fun Video!!! Good Job!
@@devinj.3657 No, they used a PP in Dr. No due to that movie actually being fairly low budget. James Bond didn’t really reach Blockbuster status until Goldfinger, so for the first movie they were much more limited in options. A lot of props were stand ins for other guns if you have a sharp eye, like the Beretta in the movie actually being a newer .380 pistol (actually more powerful than .32 ACP) to stand in for the .25ACP pistol from the novel, and the famous scene where Professor Dent’s gun was clearly supposed a S&W revolver of some kind but the prop used was a Colt 1911. Since Dr. No was a success, though, they were able to have a larger budget for From Russia With Love and give Bond a proper PPK.
It's good to see that hard hitting quality firearms information is still available on the internet. And I like Quantum of Solace too. Revenge after all.
I think you did a great job at the end by discussing how the P99 may end up being retro-cool over time. That made me think and decide that I need one of those too.
I have a Interarms PPK/S 380 that was given to me when I retired from the Sheriff's Department and it turned out to be a really good gun. I have a son that retired out of the Army and every time he comes home he's begging me to let him have it as he fell in love with it. I have been eyeing the Walther PD-380 lately and I may just buy one and let the boy have the PPK/S. I also have the P99 that I do my yearly retired qualification with and I have never shot a better pistol than the P99. It will shoot rings around the Glock 19's that the department carries now.
Collectors firearms is like the Costco of firearms!! It’s a huge gun store and I live less than 10 minutes from it. You boys should head on down here to Houston and check k it out and possibly talk business. I’m in the wholesale real estate market down here. Keep killing it fellas!!
That’s cause it’s the only girl he can ever get to go to the range with him. Or spend time with him. Or ride in a vehicle to desert with him. Get what I’m saying 😂
As a Bond nut, i found a P99-AS second hand at a pawn shop and snatched it up. Thinking it would be a safe queen, just to have a real steel Bond gun. I then took it to the range and fell in love with that trigger system. That was in 2015, and since then that P99 has been my main CCW handgun. Personally i carry it with it decocked, yeah it is a very heavy pull. The thing is, you gotta practice it. Every range session with it, you have to pay particular attention to your first shot. Best to go to a range that allows draw and fire from the holster, that way you can practice that first round fired. Spend a couple magazines drawing and firing when it was decocked. with that practice, the P99 is one of the most accurate pistols for me. I changed the sights to XS Big Dots, and i have a Olight light laser combo. The XS sights are the second best option to a pistol red dot.
Walther PPK is a beautiful firearm. Downside is its pretty heavy and the one I had rarely ran through a mag. Plus 9mm kurz doesn't give a lot confidence
Well after seeing Jake mount a blow up doll I think we all wondered when Chris is coming back. I got the last edition P99 and I love it. It’s a great pistol and actually has some interesting innovations like being a Stryker fired gun but having a decocker. That’s some interesting shit right there and especially given the early 90s. So yes you earned your license. Great episode even though highly disturbing in some areas.
I agree with you about the "modern" Bond should be using something else other than the PPK, even though I like the PPK and is a "statement" as said by Bond, I would like to see Bond upgrade to the current Walther, the PDP! Even the small 3.5" PDP-F would be alright in my book.
Both guns are fantastic when you consider the context in which they were made. The 1911 was built to go to war. The PP/K was built to be a carried covertly. When you look at in that way, the genius of each design is clear. John Browning's comparable carry design is the 1903 Colt Pocket Hammerless in .32 acp and it is larger and heavier than the PPK and also doesn't have the DA/SA trigger. The PPK delivers the same firepower in a smaller, smoother, safer (DA/SA trigger), easier to carry and conceal package. The P99 is the best of both worlds, a carry pistol, but also a war pistol. The DA/SA trigger on the P99 lets you safely carry off body or in something other than a kydex holster and still have a super precision trigger when needed and 15 rounds of 9mm. That was Walther's goal, to place the DA/SA trigger from the PPK into a gun that could go to battle if needed. The true successor to the PPK, that Bond should have used, is the PPS. 7 rounds of 9mm in a slim and concealable package that still has super precision and speed. If only thay had put the DA/SA trigger in the PPS that would be ideal. But the P99 can really do it all. The only reason Walther is discontinuing the P99 is probably because there is no way to mount a red dot on the slide with the decocker button. That's really the only thing the gen 2 P99 can't do as well or better than any other compact gun out there.
The P99 is a God. I love that pistol - probably the most innovative of the 1990s. It's just fantastic and has something for everyone, the D.A. setting, the A.S. setting, or if you want to be super tacti-cool and borderline unsafe, carry it with the short trigger reset (single action on this gun???). It's just an all around fantastically underrated pistol in the mainstream...
Bond in the time frame and his job he would carry the best tool for him. At that time and being U.K. intelligence officers would have a beretta 70 32acp or 380 and also a BHP 9mm. The beretta would be EDC and the hi power would be for more dangerous work. Now would he have a secret gun room with suppressed sterling mk4 or M3 SMG. Suppressed beretta 70 22lr maybe but i do know he would never carried a 8inch 44 mag like "live and let die" that's during dirty harry years and they were trying to uparomor him.
@@1911syndicate It’s basically a commercial for H&K and Walther. Also: Teri Hatcher. The outstanding David Arnold score. And also Teri Hatcher….you know it makes sense. 😉
Concealability is paramount for a "secret agent." Ergo, it's gotta be the classic PPK! Of course, he should upgrade to a P365, but the PPK just IS 007's gun.
IMHO Bond should be armed for the next installment with something like a PDP-F. If Brosnan was able to carry a P99 in the 90s, the new guy should be able to pack a smaller gun than than that one. I'd like to envision a part of the movie with exploring a bit 007's military background, since Pierce had SAS wings on his naval blues uniform in Tomorrow Never Dies, implying that he was a Blade prior to MI6. With that, him carrying the new UKSF long guns with his trusty Walther would be interesting, even for just a training snippet like the one seen at the beginning of The Living Daylights. Eventually at the end of the movie, he could carry a PPK just for continuity's sake and say that his PDP got lost, like in Octopussy when Moore looses the classic pistol. Bond should be integrated into the 21st century on weaponry, but not changed anywhere else.
I own both, and I agree with you 100%. But, like you, I will not get rid of my PPK. In fact, I just got the new PPK that they now offer in the original .32 ACP.
P99 all the way. I bought my gen 2 right before they discontinued it for the civilian market in favor of the PPQ. I carried it as a duty gun for years. I bought a PPQ as well to carry off-duty so I would have a similar enough gun to fit in my holsters and mag pouches. I like them both, but I prefer the P99 for on duty and the PPQ for off duty. I'll probably cave and buy the new PDP as well because it's a nice looking gun.
2:00 You forget Octopussy & Never Say Never Again where he used the Walther P5. (Also, Dr. No being low budget, couldn't get ahold of a PPK so they used a PP instead [though, it's referred to as a PPK.]) 33:40 I believe in the later books he carried both (I only read the original 14 by Ian Fleming) The PPK for concealability, used only for self-defense and to get away. The P99 for when he knows he's going to get in a gunfight or assault some place. [Also, in the original books, he had 3 guns: Beretta 418/PPK as his carry gun; .38 revolver as his room/hotel gun; and for even more fire power .45 1911 as his car gun.] 34:23 I got mine in .22LR this year (2023) for $655.77 new.
While the P99 is a more practical modern handgun (more powerful caliber, better mag capacity, I think it's even a bit lighter due to the polymer frame),the PPK is my personal favorite handgun,I just find it more cool. It's the same with cars,I know that a modern Ford Mustang has a more powerful engine, handles better, is safer in a crash, etc. compared to a 1964 Mustang,but the classic still has something cool about it that makes me like it more.
The Gen 1 P99 Titanium Coated. I own one of these with 6 hard chrome 16rd mags. A Titanium P99 Gen1 just sold on GB for $1.9k, plus tax and shipping. I may purchase a Final Edition and sell the Titanium. 🤔
Walther make excellent pistols, the quality and engineering and second to none and accurate. On a side note, what is the shell you are wearing? I'm researching my next one and the one you are wearing looks very good indeed. Thanks.
Left out that Bond does use the Sig P226 Navy (or a variant of it) in a couple of the Daniel Craig films, in Spectre, and No Time to Die. He's even in the promo art for No Time to Die wielding the Sig P226 in what appears to be some kind of Safariland holster for his final mission.
Fun topic. Right out of the gate there's a problem in that Bond's PPK was .32 ACP (7.65 mm) and not .380. You also missed the .44 in Live and Let Die and the P5 which is likely a better gun than the PPK being in a proper calibre and with slightly higher capacity while retaining concealability. In all aspects (except a bit of concealability) the P 99 is far superior. 9 mm is the better round. Capacity. Ergonomics. Sights. Trigger.... it goes on. All that said, however, we need to ask what is the purpose of Bond's carry gun? He's a spy. He's sneaking around. He's not leading the charge into a lair of bad dudes. If and when he does that, he gets a weapon suited for that job (like a rifle). His sidearm is a discreet, last ditch self defence weapon. The concealability is more important than the calibre. By all accounts, the .32 shoots better out of a pocket gun than .380 so maybe even that is preferred for Bond. Although the .25 in the Beretta would be stretching that concept too far... It's akin to why a 3 man recce patrol doesn't arm every one with a belt fed GPMG... they aren't going out to start a fight. Their personal weapons are to break contact (if they slip up and are seen) and to aid in evasion. If Bond got 'stuck into it' with his poxy .32, he can use it to, as Col Cooper would say, "fight his way to a real gun". Despite every argument I just made for a pocket gun, I think a compromise may be needed. Even though his sidearm is for emergency self defence, he'd be better off with something minimum of 9 mm. That's why I liked the used of the P5 so much. Proper calibre. Traditional looks etc. Concealable. 8 rd mag. I honestly think the modern Bond would use one of the latest pocket 9s - Sig 365, M&P Shield etc. Last ditch, defensive, highly concealable while in a proper, effective calibre.
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Newer ppk’s have a longer beaver tail to avoid that slide bite. Very smooth double action trigger pull and a very light single action. It’s actually pretty shocking how accurate you can be with it
What about the Hi-Power? Not as present in the movies but considering his history in the Special Forces he was probably most familiar with that thing after all. Or am I wrong on this?
In "No time to die" J.B. is actually using a Browning Hi-Power...probably his off duty gun but IMHO still a better choice than the other two "service" guns.
P99 is the way to go. I loved firing a friends P99. The most comfortable handgun I've tried (haven't tried the PDP-F, yet). I thought Bond used a Beretta M1934 in his early movies, before the PPK? I'd rather use the M1934 before I'd use the PPK. Keep up the great vids!
In response to your question about whether or not the P99 might ever achieve "retro cool" status: i think that's what Walther did to the P99 by discontinuing the series. Whether intentional or not, when something is no longer be actively manufactured its value to those who want it goes up. Walther has started an entirely new discussion around the P99 and brought it to people's artention because it's going to become more rare now. NOW, i might catch some flak for this, but in response to the question of "what new pistol will Bond use?" I think the answer should be the P365XL. It's close to the same size as the PPK and easily concealable while packing double the ammo of the PPK AND in a more capable round, it can accept a weapon light and (with a threaded barrel) a suppressor for some added "stealth" the regular P365 is actually smaller than the PPK and still holds more rounds of a more powerful cartridge, but i think an XL (or better yet, an xMacro cut down to take XL mags) just is better all around, it's still small, but most people can get a more or less "full" firing grip on it and do work with it.
I think the PPK has a heavier recoil feel because it's so top heavy (high center of inertia). The slide is soaking up all the recoil impulse and throwing it back over your wrist and you don't have much to balance that on such a small gun.
When I fell down the rabbit hole of GunTube content, seeing a grown man mounting an inflatable sex doll and shooting off a few rounds with a PPK was not a thing I was thinking I'd see.
Said this before. James wouldn’t be using anything with six rounds today or anything less than a 9. I would imagine the modern bond to carry some custom sig “spectre.”
Sounds like the P99 is the best but PPK is your favorite. For the next Bond, if they stick with Walther pistols, the PDP-F is the evolution of the P99 with the near-concealability of the PPK. Could be cool.
@@wehrwxlf Yeah that makes sense. I didn’t know they were making the next film a period piece. That will probably be best for the series; take out all the iPhones, smart blood, and satellites- just make it a Cold War espionage thriller.
@@MikeRehfuss this is just what i’ve heard & those reasons are the exact ones i’ve heard. aaron taylor johnson or however you spell his name is allegedly Bond
It’s the year 1995, GoldenEye & with that James Bond began my interest into the Underworld… been a hell of journey from there on, PPK no question about that!
I gotta say it, while Quantum of Solace gets and deserves some hate...it's a guilty pleasure for me. The intro chase with the DBS may be my favorite action sequence ever. The opera scene and chase sequence after is great as well.
P5. Which was the third Walther. See also the non-approved remake of thunderball, Never Say Never Again. I have a PP, PPS, P38, P5, P99as, and 2 P99as compacts.
P99 when it came out had the best ergos imo of any polymer striker fired pistol out there. They are excellent to this day. The hype over the canik is so funny to me and the p99 was so far ahead of its time.
"80+ years ago." The PPK came out in 1931, but the design is hardly different from the PP that was released in 1929. The design is pretty much 95 years old at this point.
Hey @1911Syndicate @WaltherArms I feel this one was focused on my new studio in vids having the Tomorrow Never Dies Poster ad the background? Very under-rated. And yes, the P99 or little bought (production numbers?) PPQ SC should be Bond's pistol moving forward (Walther put my unboxing of such in their playlist which is cool). Unfortunately, PDPs overly wide and heavy slide is antithesis to a Bond gun. I do have a Manurhin PP box I bought for a penny...apparently a PP in .32 is pretty nice....though I'd want a Sig p230 or Makarov if handling real stuff but regulated to old school lower power direct blowback pistols.
Bond actually uses a .32 caliber PPK, which is a magazine capacity of 7. I used a PPK/s in a .380 never had an issue and has an extra round as well as longer beaver tail
I would like Walther to update the PPK/s (modern trigger; frame mounted safety/no manual safety; adjustable/removable sights; more reliable; maybe lighter; higher capacity) or for Bond to start using a Walther CCP M2+ or a SIG P365 in the films, now (especially for concealment). They're modern and they look the part (the CCP M2+ actually feels like a PPK/P99 hybrid to me). I'm still hoping for a more aesthetically pleasing update of the 1st Gen. Walther P99 than what we've currently seen (a PPQ M2 style slide; a CCP M2+ style accessory rail and trigger guard for a TLR7A; a PDP Compact style trigger, mag release and grip) for when Bond wants a larger pistol. Until that happens, I would like him to carry a PPQ M2 or something like a CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow, a P226 XFIVE Legion, a Glock 17 with a Nomad 9X Frame, a Maxim Defense Ruger MKIV-SD, an M&P 5.7 or an HK45 for that situation.
First of all, both guns were made for different jobs. The Walther PPK .32 was chosen because it didn't jam, trigger was nice, fairly accurate, light and VERY concealable. The Walther P99 was chosen later because caliber upgrade and capacity but not very concealable for spy work. For every job a weapon and for every weapon a Job.
If we except « Octopussy » (Walther P5), Bond uses three Walthers. In « Dr No », he switches his Beretta 418 for a Walther PP. In following movies, both PPK (in .32ACP) and PPK/S (in 380 ACP) are present. In « Spectre », we see a SiG P.226, again in « No time to die », beside a Browning HP 35, a Glock and a HK VP9. Small criticism: to complete your work and to be fair, you should have compared the trigger weight in DA/SA of the P.99. This gun mechanism is fabulous, mixing stricker-fired with DA/SA. Very clever ! And sorry for Nadia ! But it was for Science…
I used the p99 for duty and I loved it. As a Bond fan since 83. I agree that it's time to update his weapons. Walther has a great line of new weapons and if not a HK VP9T would be a good choice.
It was my duty gun as well. Everyone in my cadet class back in 2002 was curious about it, and just holding it (amazing ergos) made them want to shoot it. My sons are all rocking the PPQ which I also love, but the P99 is just special.
The very first handgun mentioned in the first James Bond novel, “Casino Royale”, is the “.38 Colt Police Positive with the sawn barrel”, kept under Bond’s pillow
So I was watching Never say Never again and I got curious about a gun in the movie and this lead to another article saying that Sean Connery aka Bond had a Walther P5 instead of a ppk as his primary gun
Tomorrow Never Dies was actually a great Bond film and highly underrated.
Arguably better then goldeneye Brosnan feels so much more confident as bond in tomorrow never dies, and carver is very underrated villian
Love it
Yeah, I always thought it better than Goldeneye. The best of Brosnan.
Totally agree. Great movie, and the villain is wildly accurate..A media mogul, manipulating the news to achieve a specific outcome. Sounds pretty realistic to me
The parking garage car chase scene is the best Bond car chase scene in my opinion. Very underrated movie.
Obviously the WA2000 was the best Bond gun. Bullpup means it's can CQB too.
but side note, I actually carry a P99 daily, and run it on the range all the time. It's a really solid general purpose pistol.
@@9HoleReviewsYou should do a video on yours! Especially if it's a Gen 1.
Also, while I love this 1911 Syndicate video, it's another missed opportunity for a modern look and analysis of the PPK chambered in .32 ACP. I get it's not in production anymore, but the vast majority of Bond films feature the pistol in this chambering, which to me makes it an entirely different gun.
As someone that owns the P99, PPS M1, PPQ, and PDP: I think the Bond gun should be the 3.5” PDP-F. That gun is 11/10 for carry.
Stilp way too thick.
P99 it is
The PPK in 7.65mm is still the one. I bought one from a Manchester gun shop in 1964 for £12. It was a prewar Zella-Mehlis manufacture with immaculate bluing. Geoffrey(pronounced Jeffrey) Boothroyd was a member of Glasgow Rifle and Pistol club when he wrote to Ian Fleming. He wasn't Scottish but originally from Blackpool, Lancashire.
I totally agree. The PPK makes the most sense - way back when and now in .32 ACP/7.65mm. The size, low capacity and recoil sensitive nature of the pistol just begs for it to be in .32/7.65 exclusively. I've owned a PPK in .380 ACP (9x17mm) and it was rather awful to shoot. Also, I never get slide bite with my smaller, thin hands - but I did with the PPK in .380 - and I never have with any other pistol over the years. 7.65mm for the win!
Does your King allow you to have handguns? I thought it was not allowed in the UK.
@@segretoesconociuto Handguns were banned in 1997 after the Dunblane massacre of 1996.
Yeah, and also the King has no power at all. The government decides what we can do, not the king.
@@MojotasticificationI'm honestly not sure royal absolutism would be any worse than the shite governments we've had these past two decades
P99 captivated me so much growing up as a kid during the 1990's, I never saw any other pistol like it before. I say P99 just b/c I'm relatively young.
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Missing a few: Roger Moore had a S&W Model 29 in .44 in a super sweet shoulder holster that he used in Live and Let Die’s finale. Craig’s Bond disarms a security officer that came to detain him and uses his P226 in the finale of Quantum of Solace. The P226 makes appearances again in Spectre and the finale of No Time to Die. Craig’s Bond seemingly uses the PPK as his EDC while the P226 is his “go to war” pistol. He also had a Browning Hi Power as his home defense gun while living retired in Jamaica.
Don't forget the Walther P5 that Roger Moore used in Octopussy, and Sean Connery used in Never Say Never Again.
@@waynereynolds3232 plus he uses a regular Walther PP more than once, a beretta 92 or 92FS, and a couple of times he has used a bond girls beretta pocket like 3032 or 21A. Her kills someone with a silenced FN 1910 in From russia with love or maybe it was thunderball, , and he sat and planned that one which is kind of implying it is his personal gun rather than something he grabbed off another person.
The PPK is The Rambo Knife of The Gun World. Looks awesome, has done a LOT to bring people into the community, but is not practical as a tool.
What a great analogy we totally agree dude 👊🏼
just sold mine. as pretty as it is it’s just not practical. i can hide a 17 on me there’s no reason to not carry something more capable. especially with the rise of multiple assailant crimes.
Never thought about it like that but I'd have to say that I agree 100%
@@charlieghague Just kinda fits. Like a glove.
@@claytonbhymer5483 The Rambo Knife cuts, really well if you keep it sharp. You could build a whole shelter with it if you're careful/skilled enough, if it's a genuine reproduction of the original as far as materials used, but almost every hunting/bushcrafting knife out there will do it better.
The very first time I saw a video from this channel catapulted my savings to buy a Staccato XC. Now they're making gun videos that really get you excited for all realms of firearms and great to see their channel just keep going. Thanks for sharing these videos with us guys, we really appreciate it.
Dang man very kind of you to say Jake and I really appreciate that 👊🏼
These guys are the reason why I’m probably gonna end up buying a Tisas 1911 as my first handgun. Something cheap, punches above its weight, and is reliable. Plus the looks and feels of a 1911 is all I want.
I’ve seen so many videos on Tisas 1911s, but this channels video I think perfectly describes the Tisas. It’s an Ashley. Not a 10/10, but definitely someone you could wife up and live your life with.
@@DKlikesStuff I was very surprised at how much Jake likes that pistol during filming. Jake and I have said it in the past but when you find a gun like that that just as cool and some do the other higher end stuff. Snag that shoot it a ton and you can always have a good 1911 smith upgrade parts over time as you go. Thanks for watching and trusting what Jake had to say about that pistol with your dollar. Means a lot to us.
Admittedly, my first handgun was a P99, because of Casino Royale
Good man
The game or movie😂
Usp compact because of Blood Diamond
@@iamnotacriminal Movie
Also, admittedly, my first handgun was a p99 first gen. because of Tomorrow never dies
Bond and guns... two of my favorite things! Excited that you released this!
Dudes whoever does your music deserves some kudos for this one. The subtle use of the Bond theme was aces!
That’s our dude at epic trailer music UK.
My favorite Bond gun?
The Walther P5.
I own seven examples. Two are twin barrel packages (9Para/7.65Para). One is a rare Lang (6" barrel) example, under 100 produced.
The ppk is better to shoot with either a target shooting grip or revolver grip. I’ve never had any issues, but it does hit your hand like a punch.
@1911 Syndicate The pistol you were using is not a "PPK", it is a PPK/S, there is a difference. The PPK that Bond used was chambered in 7.65 aka 32 ACP. Bond specifically carried FMJ ammo. The PPK is very reliable and has a great trigger. You really need to try a real prewar PPK, they are amazing. The PPK in its 32 ACP chambering recoils like a 22.
I had to have a P99 after seeing Tomorrow Never Dies. Gen 1 and still have it. Love it
My favorite handgun I own is a P99AS, such an underrated gun and I think its still better than the new Walther's in everything but ergonomics
EDIT: After watching this I am definitely bringing the P99 to the range tomorrow, it is just too good.
In single action still has the best trigger out there.
You guys must not yet have had the sheer pleasure of putting some rounds through a Q5 Match SF - black tie edition with the Walther Dynamik trigger. No comparison to nothing else Walther has made……including price. Try it and come on back.
You know there is like a huge price difference between the SF and the P99 lol. With what you are paying it better have a better trigger.
I love mine
@@10mmnuck60 amen to that
I need to start incorporating the dry humping to threat in my training. Great job I can’t believe I never thought about training that before you need to be ready at all times!
It’s when you’re most vulnerable for attack
The only reason this video breaks the heart is the disrespect to Quantum & Tomorrow Never Dies 😂. Killer job lads!
I agree & I’m a Gen Xer. Daniel Craig was the best bond & I’m old enough to have seen Moonraker in the theater & parents whom I watched the Connery offerings with. Connery was a great Bond as well but to disrespect Craig is silly.
holy shit. i was not expecting this level of win out of nowhere. i gotta say, probobly the most entertaining content you guys have ever put out. the part where you put the blow up doll down me and my lady were dying laughing. strait up win. more rediculous shit please! strait up oscar nomination for this one my guy
Hahahahah 😂😂😂😂 glad you liked it. Jake knocked this episode out the park
lol. And her name is Nadia
Tomorrow Never Dies was awesome!
Also Roger Moore briefly used the Walther P5 in Octopussy.
I remember going "oh shit, a better gun than the ppk"
Oh dang! I didn’t know that
@@1911syndicate I think Sean Connery also used the P5 in Never Say Never Again (they came out the same year), but that’s not a real Bond movie.
I was just about to post about Bond using the Walther P5. In Dr. No, you see him using the Walther PP. I think they did that because it's a little bit bigger and you can see it better. Then in in Live and Let Die, he uses a S&W Model 29 when confronting the Voodoo camp and rescuing Solitaire. Most of the Daniel Craig era films, he's using a Walther PPK/S. So in your shooting, if you would have used the PPK/S, you would have had one more round and the newer PPK/S's that were using in Craig's films, the frame had a longer tang on it and would have protected your hand from hammer/slide bite. Bond uses a lot of different guns throughout the movies and books, but the top 3 I would say would be the Walther PPK, Walther P99 and the Walther P5. In that order. Fun Video!!! Good Job!
@@devinj.3657 No, they used a PP in Dr. No due to that movie actually being fairly low budget. James Bond didn’t really reach Blockbuster status until Goldfinger, so for the first movie they were much more limited in options. A lot of props were stand ins for other guns if you have a sharp eye, like the Beretta in the movie actually being a newer .380 pistol (actually more powerful than .32 ACP) to stand in for the .25ACP pistol from the novel, and the famous scene where Professor Dent’s gun was clearly supposed a S&W revolver of some kind but the prop used was a Colt 1911.
Since Dr. No was a success, though, they were able to have a larger budget for From Russia With Love and give Bond a proper PPK.
I have fired a ppk in 32 auto and I have to say follow shots are pretty damn fast
It's good to see that hard hitting quality firearms information is still available on the internet. And I like Quantum of Solace too. Revenge after all.
Hard hitting journalism really
I think you did a great job at the end by discussing how the P99 may end up being retro-cool over time. That made me think and decide that I need one of those too.
The P99 is an excellent carry gun. In my opinion, Bond should carry the P99 IWB while keeping the PPK as a back-up via appendix or ankle.
People always overlook this or just don’t know, but Bonds PPK was chambered in .32 acp.
Agreed. And it's a big difference, too. So much so, it might as well be a different gun. It's so much better to shoot in .32.
I have a Interarms PPK/S 380 that was given to me when I retired from the Sheriff's Department and it turned out to be a really good gun. I have a son that retired out of the Army and every time he comes home he's begging me to let him have it as he fell in love with it. I have been eyeing the Walther PD-380 lately and I may just buy one and let the boy have the PPK/S. I also have the P99 that I do my yearly retired qualification with and I have never shot a better pistol than the P99. It will shoot rings around the Glock 19's that the department carries now.
PPK was prob the first gun people wanted to buy bc it was prominent in a video game. Goldeneye was huge back in the day on N64.
Oh I remember
Jake doesn’t play video games but I’m right there with you on the N64 goldeneye days
Collectors firearms is like the Costco of firearms!! It’s a huge gun store and I live less than 10 minutes from it. You boys should head on down here to Houston and check k it out and possibly talk business. I’m in the wholesale real estate market down here. Keep killing it fellas!!
I’d love to see their shop
Jake, you just gave a whole new meaning to "bring your girl to the range"...lol😂. I haven't laughed this hard in quite awhile. Thank you!!!😂😂😂
That’s cause it’s the only girl he can ever get to go to the range with him. Or spend time with him. Or ride in a vehicle to desert with him. Get what I’m saying 😂
As a Bond nut, i found a P99-AS second hand at a pawn shop and snatched it up. Thinking it would be a safe queen, just to have a real steel Bond gun. I then took it to the range and fell in love with that trigger system. That was in 2015, and since then that P99 has been my main CCW handgun. Personally i carry it with it decocked, yeah it is a very heavy pull. The thing is, you gotta practice it. Every range session with it, you have to pay particular attention to your first shot. Best to go to a range that allows draw and fire from the holster, that way you can practice that first round fired. Spend a couple magazines drawing and firing when it was decocked. with that practice, the P99 is one of the most accurate pistols for me. I changed the sights to XS Big Dots, and i have a Olight light laser combo. The XS sights are the second best option to a pistol red dot.
Walther PPK is a beautiful firearm. Downside is its pretty heavy and the one I had rarely ran through a mag. Plus 9mm kurz doesn't give a lot confidence
I hope they do a 1960s reboot with Henry cavil like some have discussed online. PPK would fit right in there
Thank you for being one of the only guntubers that's not complete Taran fan girl and honest that your buying an XC for 3k premium
Well after seeing Jake mount a blow up doll I think we all wondered when Chris is coming back. I got the last edition P99 and I love it. It’s a great pistol and actually has some interesting innovations like being a Stryker fired gun but having a decocker. That’s some interesting shit right there and especially given the early 90s. So yes you earned your license. Great episode even though highly disturbing in some areas.
I don’t know if I want to come back now
I agree with you about the "modern" Bond should be using something else other than the PPK, even though I like the PPK and is a "statement" as said by Bond, I would like to see Bond upgrade to the current Walther, the PDP! Even the small 3.5" PDP-F would be alright in my book.
Both guns are fantastic when you consider the context in which they were made. The 1911 was built to go to war. The PP/K was built to be a carried covertly. When you look at in that way, the genius of each design is clear. John Browning's comparable carry design is the 1903 Colt Pocket Hammerless in .32 acp and it is larger and heavier than the PPK and also doesn't have the DA/SA trigger. The PPK delivers the same firepower in a smaller, smoother, safer (DA/SA trigger), easier to carry and conceal package. The P99 is the best of both worlds, a carry pistol, but also a war pistol. The DA/SA trigger on the P99 lets you safely carry off body or in something other than a kydex holster and still have a super precision trigger when needed and 15 rounds of 9mm. That was Walther's goal, to place the DA/SA trigger from the PPK into a gun that could go to battle if needed. The true successor to the PPK, that Bond should have used, is the PPS. 7 rounds of 9mm in a slim and concealable package that still has super precision and speed. If only thay had put the DA/SA trigger in the PPS that would be ideal. But the P99 can really do it all. The only reason Walther is discontinuing the P99 is probably because there is no way to mount a red dot on the slide with the decocker button. That's really the only thing the gen 2 P99 can't do as well or better than any other compact gun out there.
The P99 is a God. I love that pistol - probably the most innovative of the 1990s. It's just fantastic and has something for everyone, the D.A. setting, the A.S. setting, or if you want to be super tacti-cool and borderline unsafe, carry it with the short trigger reset (single action on this gun???). It's just an all around fantastically underrated pistol in the mainstream...
There are also 16 round SW99 magazines, 17 round PPQM1 magazines, and 20 round factory mags available.
The S&W 99 is a P.99 clone. Both can use the same mags.
🤔... gonna have to go with P99 from Casino Royale (2006) because it looks cool suppressed.
It sure does
I've accumulated a 9mm P99 first gen in black and one in green and a P99 in 40 (also first gen) plus a SW99 in 9mm, 40 and 45acp. I love these guns.
Bond in the time frame and his job he would carry the best tool for him. At that time and being U.K. intelligence officers would have a beretta 70 32acp or 380 and also a BHP 9mm. The beretta would be EDC and the hi power would be for more dangerous work. Now would he have a secret gun room with suppressed sterling mk4 or M3 SMG. Suppressed beretta 70 22lr maybe but i do know he would never carried a 8inch 44 mag like "live and let die" that's during dirty harry years and they were trying to uparomor him.
His best gun with those cheeky one liners
You take that back about Tomorrow Never Dies!
It’s sucks. But somehow I still enjoy it
@@1911syndicate It’s basically a commercial for H&K and Walther.
Also:
Teri Hatcher. The outstanding David Arnold score. And also Teri Hatcher….you know it makes sense. 😉
Walther P5
Concealability is paramount for a "secret agent." Ergo, it's gotta be the classic PPK! Of course, he should upgrade to a P365, but the PPK just IS 007's gun.
Comic Gold!!! I've never laughed that hard since the hogs ate my little brother! By the way your dog is absolutely beautiful.
IMHO Bond should be armed for the next installment with something like a PDP-F. If Brosnan was able to carry a P99 in the 90s, the new guy should be able to pack a smaller gun than than that one. I'd like to envision a part of the movie with exploring a bit 007's military background, since Pierce had SAS wings on his naval blues uniform in Tomorrow Never Dies, implying that he was a Blade prior to MI6. With that, him carrying the new UKSF long guns with his trusty Walther would be interesting, even for just a training snippet like the one seen at the beginning of The Living Daylights. Eventually at the end of the movie, he could carry a PPK just for continuity's sake and say that his PDP got lost, like in Octopussy when Moore looses the classic pistol.
Bond should be integrated into the 21st century on weaponry, but not changed anywhere else.
I own both, and I agree with you 100%. But, like you, I will not get rid of my PPK. In fact, I just got the new PPK that they now offer in the original .32 ACP.
P99 all the way. I bought my gen 2 right before they discontinued it for the civilian market in favor of the PPQ. I carried it as a duty gun for years. I bought a PPQ as well to carry off-duty so I would have a similar enough gun to fit in my holsters and mag pouches. I like them both, but I prefer the P99 for on duty and the PPQ for off duty. I'll probably cave and buy the new PDP as well because it's a nice looking gun.
I say all of them! 007 never settled, nor should we. 👍👍
Amen 👊🏼
P99 all the way, the two I own are terrific. Anything in .380 is weak sauce.
2:00 You forget Octopussy & Never Say Never Again where he used the Walther P5.
(Also, Dr. No being low budget, couldn't get ahold of a PPK so they used a PP instead [though, it's referred to as a PPK.])
33:40 I believe in the later books he carried both (I only read the original 14 by Ian Fleming) The PPK for concealability, used only for self-defense and to get away. The P99 for when he knows he's going to get in a gunfight or assault some place. [Also, in the original books, he had 3 guns: Beretta 418/PPK as his carry gun; .38 revolver as his room/hotel gun; and for even more fire power .45 1911 as his car gun.]
34:23 I got mine in .22LR this year (2023) for $655.77 new.
The best Bond gun is the first Walther I've handled, and is part of the first Bond movie and a bunch more.
The Walther LP53
As a kid from the 80's watching a lot Conner/Dalton/Moore.........gotta go with that PPK.
The Sig P938 with a 10rd mag would be a good alternate for a super compact tactical carry pistol, though it's not as sexy as these.
While the P99 is a more practical modern handgun (more powerful caliber, better mag capacity, I think it's even a bit lighter due to the polymer frame),the PPK is my personal favorite handgun,I just find it more cool. It's the same with cars,I know that a modern Ford Mustang has a more powerful engine, handles better, is safer in a crash, etc. compared to a 1964 Mustang,but the classic still has something cool about it that makes me like it more.
Hey that’s fair. All personal preference
Then again, IF they go down the serious action route and place the next movie(s) in today‘s timeline, why not go for the PDP Pro SD?
The Barretta ....it was first. The only opinion that matters is Mr Connery, he is 007. Next do Man from Uncle.
He also is issued and uses a P5 and an L2A3. The books add a few more to include the VP70, a P7, and an ASP.
The p99 is just seggsy lookin. Craig was a awesome bond
honorable movie mention to the dual tone akimbo p99's in Underworld. pure 90's nastiness
The Gen 1 P99 Titanium Coated.
I own one of these with 6 hard chrome 16rd mags.
A Titanium P99 Gen1 just sold on GB for $1.9k, plus tax and shipping.
I may purchase a Final Edition and sell the Titanium. 🤔
Walther make excellent pistols, the quality and engineering and second to none and accurate. On a side note, what is the shell you are wearing? I'm researching my next one and the one you are wearing looks very good indeed. Thanks.
@5:42 this pure Jake comedy moment brought to you by winter gloves.
Left out that Bond does use the Sig P226 Navy (or a variant of it) in a couple of the Daniel Craig films, in Spectre, and No Time to Die. He's even in the promo art for No Time to Die wielding the Sig P226 in what appears to be some kind of Safariland holster for his final mission.
Fun topic. Right out of the gate there's a problem in that Bond's PPK was .32 ACP (7.65 mm) and not .380. You also missed the .44 in Live and Let Die and the P5 which is likely a better gun than the PPK being in a proper calibre and with slightly higher capacity while retaining concealability.
In all aspects (except a bit of concealability) the P 99 is far superior. 9 mm is the better round. Capacity. Ergonomics. Sights. Trigger.... it goes on. All that said, however, we need to ask what is the purpose of Bond's carry gun? He's a spy. He's sneaking around. He's not leading the charge into a lair of bad dudes. If and when he does that, he gets a weapon suited for that job (like a rifle). His sidearm is a discreet, last ditch self defence weapon. The concealability is more important than the calibre. By all accounts, the .32 shoots better out of a pocket gun than .380 so maybe even that is preferred for Bond. Although the .25 in the Beretta would be stretching that concept too far... It's akin to why a 3 man recce patrol doesn't arm every one with a belt fed GPMG... they aren't going out to start a fight. Their personal weapons are to break contact (if they slip up and are seen) and to aid in evasion. If Bond got 'stuck into it' with his poxy .32, he can use it to, as Col Cooper would say, "fight his way to a real gun".
Despite every argument I just made for a pocket gun, I think a compromise may be needed. Even though his sidearm is for emergency self defence, he'd be better off with something minimum of 9 mm. That's why I liked the used of the P5 so much. Proper calibre. Traditional looks etc. Concealable. 8 rd mag. I honestly think the modern Bond would use one of the latest pocket 9s - Sig 365, M&P Shield etc. Last ditch, defensive, highly concealable while in a proper, effective calibre.
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The ASP from the books is the coolest Bond gun
The ppk is the right answer because it’s a movie. Also Chris is gone for one video and this channel has took a weird turn 🤣 cool video Jake!
Right? I’m gone for one freakin episode and the whole place turns into a weird blowup doll nightmare
Newer ppk’s have a longer beaver tail to avoid that slide bite. Very smooth double action trigger pull and a very light single action. It’s actually pretty shocking how accurate you can be with it
What about the Hi-Power? Not as present in the movies but considering his history in the Special Forces he was probably most familiar with that thing after all. Or am I wrong on this?
THE PINKY !!! YOU GUYS FORGOT TO KEEP THE PINKY UP !! LMAO
In "No time to die" J.B. is actually using a Browning Hi-Power...probably his off duty gun but IMHO still a better choice than the other two "service" guns.
Hi power I think could be a cool ongoing choice
Bond uses an HK VP9 in Spectre extensively. In fact, that movie is its first on screen appearance in film.
Like the jacket. See it is a Sitka. Model?
I preferred the P99, though I always wanted either a SW99 or MR9 version. Same gun, but a wee bit more American.
P99 is the way to go. I loved firing a friends P99. The most comfortable handgun I've tried (haven't tried the PDP-F, yet). I thought Bond used a Beretta M1934 in his early movies, before the PPK? I'd rather use the M1934 before I'd use the PPK. Keep up the great vids!
I went ultra cheap bond substitute..
FEG PA-63 in 9x18 Mak... PPK Magnum...
Oh my
In response to your question about whether or not the P99 might ever achieve "retro cool" status: i think that's what Walther did to the P99 by discontinuing the series.
Whether intentional or not, when something is no longer be actively manufactured its value to those who want it goes up. Walther has started an entirely new discussion around the P99 and brought it to people's artention because it's going to become more rare now.
NOW, i might catch some flak for this, but in response to the question of "what new pistol will Bond use?" I think the answer should be the P365XL. It's close to the same size as the PPK and easily concealable while packing double the ammo of the PPK AND in a more capable round, it can accept a weapon light and (with a threaded barrel) a suppressor for some added "stealth" the regular P365 is actually smaller than the PPK and still holds more rounds of a more powerful cartridge, but i think an XL (or better yet, an xMacro cut down to take XL mags) just is better all around, it's still small, but most people can get a more or less "full" firing grip on it and do work with it.
I think the PPK has a heavier recoil feel because it's so top heavy (high center of inertia). The slide is soaking up all the recoil impulse and throwing it back over your wrist and you don't have much to balance that on such a small gun.
When I fell down the rabbit hole of GunTube content, seeing a grown man mounting an inflatable sex doll and shooting off a few rounds with a PPK was not a thing I was thinking I'd see.
Said this before. James wouldn’t be using anything with six rounds today or anything less than a 9. I would imagine the modern bond to carry some custom sig “spectre.”
i’d hate to see bond carry a modern sig
Sounds like the P99 is the best but PPK is your favorite.
For the next Bond, if they stick with Walther pistols, the PDP-F is the evolution of the P99 with the near-concealability of the PPK. Could be cool.
it’s supposed to be set in the 60s so i imagine it’ll be a ppk
@@wehrwxlf Yeah that makes sense. I didn’t know they were making the next film a period piece. That will probably be best for the series; take out all the iPhones, smart blood, and satellites- just make it a Cold War espionage thriller.
@@MikeRehfuss this is just what i’ve heard & those reasons are the exact ones i’ve heard. aaron taylor johnson or however you spell his name is allegedly Bond
We need more love making challenges 😂
Dude. I don’t think you want to see Jake make love in anyway shape or form 😂😂😂
It’s the year 1995, GoldenEye & with that James Bond began my interest into the Underworld… been a hell of journey from there on, PPK no question about that!
"it's always faster to switch to your cocktail than reload" 😂🍸
I gotta say it, while Quantum of Solace gets and deserves some hate...it's a guilty pleasure for me. The intro chase with the DBS may be my favorite action sequence ever. The opera scene and chase sequence after is great as well.
P5. Which was the third Walther. See also the non-approved remake of thunderball, Never Say Never Again. I have a PP, PPS, P38, P5, P99as, and 2 P99as compacts.
lovely dog, skip to 33:36 to confirm what we already knew. The PPK only has "pop culture" going for it and the P99 will always be the superior choice.
I shot both at a range last month. The PPK looks iconic, but the P99 crushed it in every possible way.
P99 when it came out had the best ergos imo of any polymer striker fired pistol out there. They are excellent to this day. The hype over the canik is so funny to me and the p99 was so far ahead of its time.
Beautiful doggo btw
"80+ years ago." The PPK came out in 1931, but the design is hardly different from the PP that was released in 1929. The design is pretty much 95 years old at this point.
Hey @1911Syndicate @WaltherArms I feel this one was focused on my new studio in vids having the Tomorrow Never Dies Poster ad the background? Very under-rated. And yes, the P99 or little bought (production numbers?) PPQ SC should be Bond's pistol moving forward (Walther put my unboxing of such in their playlist which is cool). Unfortunately, PDPs overly wide and heavy slide is antithesis to a Bond gun. I do have a Manurhin PP box I bought for a penny...apparently a PP in .32 is pretty nice....though I'd want a Sig p230 or Makarov if handling real stuff but regulated to old school lower power direct blowback pistols.
Bond actually uses a .32 caliber PPK, which is a magazine capacity of 7. I used a PPK/s in a .380 never had an issue and has an extra round as well as longer beaver tail
I would like Walther to update the PPK/s (modern trigger; frame mounted safety/no manual safety; adjustable/removable sights; more reliable; maybe lighter; higher capacity) or for Bond to start using a Walther CCP M2+ or a SIG P365 in the films, now (especially for concealment). They're modern and they look the part (the CCP M2+ actually feels like a PPK/P99 hybrid to me).
I'm still hoping for a more aesthetically pleasing update of the 1st Gen. Walther P99 than what we've currently seen (a PPQ M2 style slide; a CCP M2+ style accessory rail and trigger guard for a TLR7A; a PDP Compact style trigger, mag release and grip) for when Bond wants a larger pistol.
Until that happens, I would like him to carry a PPQ M2 or something like a CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow, a P226 XFIVE Legion, a Glock 17 with a Nomad 9X Frame, a Maxim Defense Ruger MKIV-SD, an M&P 5.7 or an HK45 for that situation.
First of all, both guns were made for different jobs. The Walther PPK .32 was chosen because it didn't jam, trigger was nice, fairly accurate, light and VERY concealable. The Walther P99 was chosen later because caliber upgrade and capacity but not very concealable for spy work.
For every job a weapon and for every weapon a Job.
If we except « Octopussy » (Walther P5), Bond uses three Walthers. In « Dr No », he switches his Beretta 418 for a Walther PP. In following movies, both PPK (in .32ACP) and PPK/S (in 380 ACP) are present.
In « Spectre », we see a SiG P.226, again in « No time to die », beside a Browning HP 35, a Glock and a HK VP9.
Small criticism: to complete your work and to be fair, you should have compared the trigger weight in DA/SA of the P.99. This gun mechanism is fabulous, mixing stricker-fired with DA/SA. Very clever !
And sorry for Nadia ! But it was for Science…
I used the p99 for duty and I loved it. As a Bond fan since 83. I agree that it's time to update his weapons. Walther has a great line of new weapons and if not a HK VP9T would be a good choice.
I’d be in for that
It was my duty gun as well. Everyone in my cadet class back in 2002 was curious about it, and just holding it (amazing ergos) made them want to shoot it. My sons are all rocking the PPQ which I also love, but the P99 is just special.
The very first handgun mentioned in the first James Bond novel, “Casino Royale”, is the “.38 Colt Police Positive with the sawn barrel”, kept under Bond’s pillow
Oh man.. You collateraled Goldfinger through Nadia. That's one of the most depressing Bond endings ever.
So I was watching Never say Never again and I got curious about a gun in the movie and this lead to another article saying that Sean Connery aka Bond had a Walther P5 instead of a ppk as his primary gun
Technically speaking in the last Bond movie, “No Time To Die”, he uses a P226
Oh yuck, a PigSour.
I think he’s talking about issued pistols, not pickups