I forgot about this Bond gun

My P99 was easy to get because it was a Bond gun. Part way through Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and The World is Not Enough (1999). While certainly not as iconic as the PPK or S, still a wonderful firearm to have.

I've read most of Ian Fleming's 007 books.
I liked most of them.
Never cared for the movies.
I saw most of "Doctor No", but then had other things to do.
I've seen clips of a few of the others, didn't want to see more.

unclenunzie said:

Positive reinforcement approach: Let a collection be taken up for a boxed set of DVDs

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Of course, probably have to get the youngster a DVD player too....

troy fairweather said:

don't really know how I've never seen them, I played the n64 game a lot as a kid and always liked Sean Connery lol. Guess it's not a Genre I like much, never seen mission impossible movie, or the Bourne ones. I watch a lot of movies to. Someday I'll sit down and start from the beginning with 007.

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Worth watching a few for fun and film history

The S&W m10/M&P is surely one of the best handguns of all time , in many ways , but - terribly mundane for James Bond.
What’s next … 007 driving a Buick???

The .25 Beretta was a good spy choice because it was the kind of gun a civilian might acquire legally or black market for self-defense in Europe. So was the .32 Walter PPK, a common liberated war trophy.
Bond was supposed to be part of a Universal Import Export company as cover.

Some fun reading about the weapons Bond uses in both the novels and the movies:

https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_firearms

No mention of unusual Bond guns is complete without mentioning the MB Associates Gyrojet Rifle and pistol used in You Only Live Twice.



When I first watched You Only Live Twice as a kid, I thought the GyroJet was pure fiction made up for the movie.

It was only decades later that I discovered it was a real firearm. The YouTube channel Lifesize Potato has a nice video about the GyroJet pistol.

F-111 John said:

It was only decades later that I discovered it was a real firearm. The YouTube channel Lifesize Potato has a nice video about the GyroJet pistol.

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Here is an even better video I found a couple years ago. Does live fire testing of the Gyrojet pistol and rifle. Amazing tests when you consider this ammo will never be made again.

Brosnan's Bond also uses a 1911 (The World is Not Enough) and a model 10 HB (Die Another Day).

DustyGmt said:

Ah, memories of N64 playing Goldeneye. I've not thought about the "Golden Gun" in over 20 years, that game ruled, especially 4 player. When you saw the Golden Gun bouncing up and down in one of the split screens coming toward your general area, I swear your heart would race as if you were actually being stalked and about to get gunned down..... lol. Nostalgia

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That's better than the movies. I personally liked tomorrow never dies. The wire guided launcher was my "firearm" of choice.

I've been a James Bond fan for a long time. My favorite Bond was Connery, but I really enjoyed a few of the Roger Moore films, and one of my favorites is "For Your Eyes Only". I thought one of the coolest toys featured was actually a Barnett Commando Crossbow. It was used by Bond Girl Melina Havelock played by Carol Bouquet who used it to dispatch Hector Gonzales, the assassin that murdered her father.

Mine in the first pic, two from the film, and one was a promo shot for the film.

I think we can all agree that Sean Connery is the ultimate Bond.

As much as I wanted to hate Daniel Craig, he did a better job than most. Plus, he had one of the hottest Bond ladies!

Eva Green! Ka-chow!


That's one deadly weapon!

Why Don’t Bond Carry a HiPoint C9? perfect for his rugged lifestyle