Proposed new James Bond pistol

[Great Scot]

https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2017/6/23/tested-bond-arms-bullpup9-9-mm-pistol/

I think this should be in Bond’s shoulder holster. It has the cache, power and portability suitable for a fictional super spy, and it’s made by BOND Arms!

 

[Rembrandt]

Have one I've been using for concealed carry for the last couple years (Boberg)....fabulous gun. Not sure how Ian Fleming would view the upgrade. For 007 to use it, "Q" would need to upgraded it for a suppressor and rocket launcher.

 

[Tommygunn]

Have one I've been using for concealed carry for the last couple years (Boberg)....fabulous gun. Not sure how Ian Fleming would view the upgrade. For 007 to use it, "Q" would need to upgraded it for a suppressor and rocket launcher.

-----and a laser, two way radio, special decoder, night vision device, and special telephone scrambler.

 

[Eugen]

Such a very differently looking and design model. Kudos for originality.

 

[kemikos]

Such a very differently looking and design model. Kudos for originality.

Shoots really nicely too.

 

[JONWILL]

There are some things that need to stay the same. Walther PPK should be the only Bond handgun.

 

[Great Scot]

 

[JeeperCreeper]

Bond Arms from Texas mixed with a Bo-Berg??

Only a James Bond gun if the movie got switched to an American spy named Jimmy or JimBob Bond and he drove a T-top Camaro with a sleeveless jean jacket and mullet.

 

[rskent]

There are some things that need to stay the same. Walther PPK should be the only Bond handgun.

Absolutely. Anything else just doesn’t fit the character. The iconic lines of the PPK just work with the iconic image of the classic British agent. Bond, James Bond. (Must be said with a fake British accent)

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Even a fictional super spy has to have a cover story or "legend". I believe reason that in the novels Bond used a .25 Beretta 418 then a 7.65 Walther PPK was because those were commonly available civilian guns in Europe and if discovered might be explainable. A 1960s businessman (Universal Export) really concerned for self-defense might find an off-the-books .25 Beretta or a war trophy .32 Walther, but the latest gee-whizz-bang-special might raise some eyebrows higher.

Walther PPK might match the script and (some) publicity photos. The movie Dr. No refers to the Beretta taken from Bond as a .25 but the prop used was a .380 Beretta M1934. Both James Bond and Felix Lieter are supposed to carry PPK but the prop guns are Walther PP. When Bond needs to use a silencer, his "PPK" becomes a Browning 1910 (because they couldn't fit a silencer on the Walther prop gun). When Bond shoots at the "dragon" on Crab Key, he aims a Walther PP, it becomes a M1911 to fire blanks, then it switches back to a Walther PP. Come on, kids, the movie is supposed to be so exciting you don't notice these things.

But if you really want to match the movie, a 7.65Walther PP is the gun to look for not a PPK, but finding one that can transform into a Browning 1910 or a Colt M1911 and back to a Walther PP may be a problem.

 

[highlander 5]

Walther ppk no mateer what. Side note does any one miss the older gentileman who played "Q" always thought the back and forth between him and Bond on the various gadgets hilarious.

 

[John Joseph]

Bond preferred his Beretta, according to both the book and movie.
IIRC the original Q in the books was modeled after a real "Q" described in a banned book by Sir Compton Mackenzie OBE,
Who, among many other things was the chief of British Intelligence in Greece during WW1

 

[mokin]

Bond Arms from Texas mixed with a Bo-Berg??

Only a James Bond gun if the movie got switched to an American spy named Jimmy or JimBob Bond and he drove a T-top Camaro with a sleeveless jean jacket and mullet.

Nice!

Kind of a Bobby Joe Leiter character. The mind wobbles at what the Camaro could be tricked out with.

To get back to firearms though, I think James Bond should carry something a little more conventional.

 

[Great Scot]

Like the Asp!

"The ASP is virtually an ideal pistol for James Bond since it was specifically tailored for the purpose of conceal carry as well as tactical combat. The ASP's real life history affirms it's portrayal in the Bond novels as well since it was originally created under special request of the FBI for use by their undercover agents during the 1970s. Even today the ASP is still considered by some firearm experts and connoisseurs to be the pinnacle of deep cover hand guns."

 

[toivo]

007 gets his Walther:

 

[hdwhit]

James Bond will use the gun produced by whomever writes the largest check to the production company for appropriate "product placement".

Everything else is irrelevant.

 

[Wisco]

They were onto something more modern with the P99 in the Brosnan films, then went more toward the origin stories with the recent flicks and back to the PPK.

Now? Bond would carry a PPS, G43 or some other small Euro 9.

 

[toivo]

Now? Bond would carry a PPS, G43 or some other small Euro 9.

Nano? He used to be a Beretta guy, but somehow I just can't see it.

Call me old-fashioned, but I think the Bond gun should have some style to it, some class. Like these:




Yeah, yeah, the P232 is only a .380 and the P239 is too big and heavy to carry under his tuxedo, but it's only a movie ...

 

[rskent]

James Bond will use the gun produced by whomever writes the largest check to the production company for appropriate "product placement".

Everything else is irrelevant.

Sheesh! Not at all cynical, are we?

 

[Mn Fats]

The Ppk has become part of his image to me. Maybe cause I prefer the Sean Connery Bond films. They made me even want a Ppk. To me if you change the Ppk to say a glock 42, you might as well change his drink to a screwdriver and hand Dirty Harry a Redhawk. But that's just coming from a gun guy. I'm sure much of the population wouldn't even notice.

 

[Great Scot]

Everyone remember that this is the gun “Q” wanted Bond to carry. American through and through!

 

[John Joseph]

Everyone remember that this is the gun “Q” wanted Bond to carry. American through and through!
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There is good authority that the stainless Centennial version has been been deployed by spooks, so maybe "Q" was on to something!

 

[Varminterror]

I didn't realize the 007 franchise had devolved away from an implied effort of prestige and sophistication to a state where such callow puns would be appropriate for the agent's weapon choice. Mind you, the body of work is rife with silly double entendres, but more typically they've been used for sexual innuendo between 007 and the Bond Girl, or as comic relief following the death of a Bond Villain.

 

[usp9]

Nano? He used to be a Beretta guy...

Which of course means Bond would love to carry the ultra thin and concealable Pico. Powerful like a cinder block through a plate glass window! Q wouldn't even have to add a laser as it already has one. Now... lets pick out a nice calfskin shoulder holster, shall we?

 

[herrwalther]

James Bond will use the gun produced by whomever writes the largest check to the production company for appropriate "product placement".

Everything else is irrelevant.

And you think Walther strokes the biggest check for their firearms to be used in films? Bond using a Walther is rather iconic to the character. If it were about money I am sure Glock or Sig could throw more money at the studio than Walther would be willing to spend for a fiction movie.

The two most likely options for the next Bond pistol are either going to be another PPK (or /S) or the PPQ. The "upgraded" P99 used from previous movies.