Which version of Bond's PPK was your favourite?

minigeff · October 2012

Bondtoys wrote:

well, here is the story differently re. the blackening of gunmetal.

http://www.hodinkee.com/a-closer-look-crafting-the-ralph-lauren-rl67s-gunmetal-case

I'll admit that RL is not the greates watchmaker company but the Hodinkee guys usually know their stuff

did dell send you that link?

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Firemass · December 2015

BunsenPPK wrote:

Tomorrow Never Dies: Bond uses PPK until he's in Wai Lin's place in Shanghai, were he picks out the P99 and states he wanted Q to get him one.

Bond appears to have a silencer on it during the Stealth Boat Massacre….what on earth for?

PPK 7.65mm · January 2016

For me my favorite version of the PPK's used on screen would be the model seen in Licence To Kill, followed by the Goldeneye version with the suppressor. Like Chris, I own that same model airsoft PPK which I target shoot with all the time and I also own a Ken Nulls SMZ holster(which is close to the Galco Falcon holster James Bond uses in the film.) which I use to display it.

I also own this airsoft PPK/S http://www.basspro.com/Walther-PPK/S-Operative-Airsoft-Pistol-Kit/product/1409111617/ since has a thread on silencer and it pretty close in my opinion to the Goldeneye PPK.

chrisisall · January 2016

PPK 7.65mm wrote:

For me my favorite version of the PPK's used on screen would be the model seen in Licence To Kill,

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chrisisall · May 2016

My newest PPK!

It so sweet!

ToTheRight · May 2016

I like the one Eric Kreigler shoots away from Moore during the FYEO ski chase. Also the one Connery drops from the roof in TB. I always wondered what Connery was firing from behind his Aston Martin door in GF. A P38 maybe? Or maybe the Walther air pistol used in the FRWL publicity shots?
I really hated the P99, and felt that even John Gardner's replacement guns seemed more Bondian. It just looked too bulky.

chrisisall · May 2016

ToTheRight wrote:

I really hated the P99, and felt that even John Gardner's replacement guns seemed more Bondian. It just looked too bulky.

I concur. -{

Chriscoop · May 2016

chrisisall wrote:

ToTheRight wrote:

I really hated the P99, and felt that even John Gardner's replacement guns seemed more Bondian. It just looked too bulky.

I concur. -{

I also agree, the p99 was far too bulky for Bond's use, even in CR in the Vega holster, the ppk is a much better gun to conceal as was the asp 9mm used in some continuation books.tho the p99 was a better choice for some of Brosnan's scenes such as the stealth boat and even the PTS in ge would have warranted a bigger 9mm suppressed side arm.
I like the ppk in fyeo, with the brown bakelite grips, the nickel version is more like something a villain would have!
I also quite like the qos version, which I think might be a manhurin ppk.

Chris, are your airsofts made of steel? If so why not strip the black paint and blue the slide and frame?

chrisisall · May 2016

Chriscoop wrote:

Chris, are your airsofts made of steel? If so why not strip the black paint and blue the slide and frame?

Steel???
LOL, no, nothing so solid. My previous two are probably a cheap metal combo, my new ones are plastic (but they really LOOK like metal).

Chriscoop · May 2016

chrisisall wrote:

Chriscoop wrote:

Chris, are your airsofts made of steel? If so why not strip the black paint and blue the slide and frame?

Steel???
LOL, no, nothing so solid. My previous two are probably a cheap metal combo, my new ones are plastic (but they really LOOK like metal).

Oh, just a thought

chrisisall · May 2016

Man this thing is fun to shoot. And I don't have to leave my home to shoot it!

PPK 7.65mm · May 2016

@ To The Right, In Goldfinger the pistol Bond uses when he is behind the door of the DB5 is the P-38 which is also seen in the hands of Goldfinger's men for a majority of the film. In Thunderball, the dropped PPK is a pre-World War II model with the bulldog type front, later PPK's changed this for a more rounded design.

chrisisall · May 2016

PPK 7.65mm wrote:

In Thunderball, the dropped PPK is a pre-World War II model with the bulldog type front, later PPK's changed this for a more rounded design.

Isn't that 'bulldog' one the one Bond uses in LTK, just with a newer wrap around grip?

Asp9mm · May 2016

chrisisall wrote:

PPK 7.65mm wrote:

In Thunderball, the dropped PPK is a pre-World War II model with the bulldog type front, later PPK's changed this for a more rounded design.

Isn't that 'bulldog' one the one Bond uses in LTK, just with a newer wrap around grip?

No, he doesn't use an early PPK in LTK, that is a myth built on Stembridge selling loads of PPK's claiming they were screen used. Which they weren't.

superado · May 2016

chrisisall wrote:

minigeff wrote:

unless you have a professional spray gun to use and know how to use it to it's full poitential, i'd say leave it as it is mate.

I have some experience... 8-)
Here's a Star Trek VI phaser I made entirely from scratch

(the handle for that gun is a rip off of a Berretta 9mm which I had to make from plastic), it's waiting to be molded & cast, so I actually do this stuff a lot... :007) )

You are a GEEK, and I say that with great admiration!

Chriscoop · May 2016

This is my very favourite ppk, not one bonds but my very own

sniperUK · May 2016

And my favourite, early 60 production

Still trying to track down spare mags though

Charmed & Dangerous · May 2016

My modest Maruzen - I think it's the same as yours, Chrisisall? Brilliant fun to plink with!

BruceMurdock · May 2016

I have a Maruzen PPK and Pyramid air PPK. Sadly I don't have the Maruzen Silencer kit for mine. I just stuck on a cheap receipt paper tube for display.

chrisisall · May 2016

Charmed & Dangerous wrote:

My modest Maruzen - I think it's the same as yours, Chrisisall? Brilliant fun to plink with!

Looks like my Umarex, but mine's spring action.

This thread has suddenly gotten very interesting! Thanks everyone! Beautiful guns sniperUK & Chriscoop!

chrisisall · May 2016

sniperUK wrote:

And my favourite, early 60 production

Still trying to track down spare mags though

Question for experts like yourself: in my readings on the actual gun (not my silly little bb version) I've come across something know as 'the Walther bite' which seems to indicate an irritating cut on the hand produced by the slide during blowback... is this really the case for some? On both of my bb versions the slide is nowhere NEAR any part of my flesh (clears by a good 3 or 4 mm). Is the real PPK or PPK/S different? Or is this just a problem for owners with large or chubby hands-?

sniperUK · May 2016

chrisisall wrote:

sniperUK wrote:

And my favourite, early 60 production

Still trying to track down spare mags though

Question for experts like yourself: in my readings on the actual gun (not my silly little bb version) I've come across something know as 'the Walther bite' which seems to indicate an irritating cut on the hand produced by the slide during blowback... is this really the case for some? On both of my bb versions the slide is nowhere NEAR any part of my flesh (clears by a good 3 or 4 mm). Is the real PPK or PPK/S different? Or is this just a problem for owners with large or chubby hands-?

Yes it can happen if you don't hold the pistol with the tang snuggly over the web between the thumb and forefinger , the pistol can rock backwards (with the slide travelling at a few hundred MPH" and slice the fleshy part of the web. I have seen both cuts and minor scores when it doesn't actually break the skin. It is more amusing when someone crosses their supporting hand thumb behind the pistol and wonder why their view turns pink

chrisisall · May 2016

That's funny.

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chrisisall · May 2016

Yo snipe, a favour if you would please.... what's the width of the PPK barrel looking down at it? Is it one inch (2.5 cm)? More or less?

Chriscoop · May 2016

Barrel 10mm and slide 22mm approx, mine is 7.65mm cal.

And just for the hell of it from my collection, ppk and makarov

chrisisall · May 2016

Chriscoop wrote:

Barrel 10mm and slide 22mm approx, mine is 7.65mm cal.

And just for the hell of it from my collection, ppk and makarov

Real guns? ?:)
Oops, just read the sides of the guns... silly me.

chrisisall · May 2016

My new favourite toy on top of my favourite Bond Novel & movie:

Chriscoop · May 2016

Both real guns, the makarov now fires 4.5mm steel or lead shot with a co2 cartridge, great plinking gun, powerful and loud, always raises an eyebrow or two at the range.

chrisisall · May 2016

Oh my do I love this toy!!!!!!

I silvered the ejection port and now I love it even MORE!
I guess I'm easy to freak.

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I'd love a de-activated PPK, or a Denix replica, but where I live it'd be easier & almost cheaper to just buy a real one. Sadly, I don't want a real firearm in my home. So this is the closest I can affordably & safely come.
So.... I will....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1qQ1SKNlgY

Unknown007 · May 2016

Despite the fact he hardly had any use of it but the P.P.K. with the optical palm reader in Skyfall was amazing, no-one else could use it but Bond himself.

Which version of Bond's PPK was your favourite?

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