Jim Watson
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I have not always bought guns etc for the most objective reasons but I sure haven't paid a premium for a gun just because it used to belong to some foreigner and an enemy alien at that.
In coin collecting another of my expensive Hobbies they have authentication services that will certify that a coin is real maybe we need the same thing with guns
This for me settles the argument about what a current 007 would chose:View attachment 978965
About same size and weight: the PPS is so reliable with any 9 mm in its 9 round capacity that I finally found a home for that 35 year old Supervel hollow point 90 grain ammo that goes almost 1300 fps out of the PPS . I have yet to find a BHP that can eat it reliable. The PP .32 is very reliable with this hot Geco cipro buckle slick ball. Probably the most reliable and lethal load ever made for.32acp all things considered. That .32 Geco ball is about a perfect slaughter gun , all the way up to steers
I have a few ‘poor man’s’. PPK’s......the FEG PMK-380. Looks a lot like the PPK,, very reliable, and accurate,,,just plain looks ‘cool’
The Fiocchi FMJ is the best you can still buy IMHO and the difference in velocity between that and the 60s-70s Geco pictured is about 100 fps out of a PP . Just check Notes from 5 years ago on a Chronograph at 15 feet : Geco Cupro Nickel Ball= 974 FPS +- 25 fps , Fiocchi Ball = 890 Fps , both out of the Walther PP pictured. Notice mine has German Forestry Ranger Markings ? Perfect for putiing everything up to moose out of their suffering IMHO
Now the PPS is about the Best available EDC IMHO that can be purchased. But that is a cracker barrel argument and liable to get bar fights on that one Personally I have not seen a more or as reliable gun. Those grips BTW help secure the one possible defect in an M1 Walther PPS; the backstrap "safety lock " feature those rubber granules "grips" should strengthen it and pretty much insure that replaceable back strap ain't going anywhere
I've seen a publicity pic of Dalton with a PP. I don't know if that's what he actually used in the movie but I think I've seen at least once movie scene where Dalton is holding a PP.According to Internet Movie Firearms Database IMFDb, while scripted James Bond and Felix Letter were issued PPKs by their cinematic intelligence agencies in DR NO, the studio armourer issued PPs to Sean Connery and Jack Lord because PPKs looked too small in their hands.
In the later films, when a PPK was called for, a PPK was used.