The Most Famous Gun In The World - SOLD OUT

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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    I've ordered the connery cover, and I'm just over 40, I have a few of Craigs bond books, so adding a connery piece just expands the collection and connery is a legend.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ggl007ggl007 SpainPosts: 388MI6 Agent
    Simes wrote:
    Sorry old boy, a bit harsh I feel? Do we know each other as I fear you may be adding 1 and 1 to make 11. What is that we All Know? As a some time contributor these fora, I might be missing the obvious.

    As for the review, such as it was, I said some positive things and I said some negative things; one might say, that being the very epitome of ‘fair’.

    And while I appreciate the Web is World Wide, and that English may not be everyone's first language, and without wishing to be rude, I didn’t understand this line...
    Sir Miles wrote:
    ...it's the people behind it and that like it rather than the tome itself...I'd

    Best.
    I'd like to know more about this. What's the story behind? You two sound intriguing... but I don't know what you're talking about...
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    And more... PAK P99 & suppressor from the Venice plaza shootout...

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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    Simes wrote:
    Sorry old boy, a bit harsh I feel? Do we know each other as I fear you may be adding 1 and 1 to make 11. What is that we All Know? As a some time contributor these fora, I might be missing the obvious.

    As for the review, such as it was, I said some positive things and I said some negative things; one might say, that being the very epitome of ‘fair’.

    And while I appreciate the Web is World Wide, and that English may not be everyone's first language, and without wishing to be rude, I didn’t understand this line...
    Sir Miles wrote:
    ...it's the people behind it and that like it rather than the tome itself...I'd

    Best.

    :)) nice try -{

    We both know 1+1=2

    I still have the snarky PM's you sent :v

    Apologies to yourself - I thought English was your native tongue...? The sentence makes perfect sense as is...I'm not sure what you are missing there ? :s
    YNWA 97
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    ggl007 wrote:
    I'd like to know more about this. What's the story behind? You two sound intriguing... but I don't know what you're talking about...

    Trust me...you really wouldn't 8-)
    YNWA 97
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    Practical Walther PPK fitted with the oversized grips. DC reportedly didn't like these and so the 3D printed version was made.

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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
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    Polyurethane cocked PPK and 3D printed PPK/S...

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  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    Asp9mm wrote:
    London PPK and 3D printed PPK/S...

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    Isn't the London PPK an original from the 60s?
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    Yes. 1962. Great nod to the 50th anniversary.
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    EDIT: Ooops sorry. That picture is actually the cocked polyurethane stunt PPK you see throughout most of the film.

    The London PPK is centre in this pic...

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  • SimesSimes WindsorPosts: 80MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    ggl007 wrote:
    I'd like to know more about this. What's the story behind? You two sound intriguing... but I don't know what you're talking about...

    Trust me...you really wouldn't 8-)

    I am really still none the wiser. But as Miles persists in talking in riddles and conjecture, I am left wondering if I can peruse the rest of these threads without being confronted with his input...?

    As for the review, as it stands, it is not complete as I admitted from the start not to having completed the reading. Quite who or what I have offended in this way, I do not know. Other than Miles, who, for his own especial reasons, is beginning to come across as a less than fun-tastic fan-boy.

    Having re-read the review, I still stand by its fairness. There is nothing vitriolic, nothing that appears to be breaking any house rules, nothing that hasn't already been said in countless reviews of anything past.

    Come on fella, if you can unhook your lips from the cola long enough, perhaps you can unbosom your concerns in complete sentences. 'I am listening' as Frasier might say.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    Simes wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    ggl007 wrote:
    I'd like to know more about this. What's the story behind? You two sound intriguing... but I don't know what you're talking about...

    Trust me...you really wouldn't 8-)

    I am really still none the wiser. But as Miles persists in talking in riddles and conjecture, I am left wondering if I can peruse the rest of these threads without being confronted with his input...?

    As for the review, as it stands, it is not complete as I admitted from the start not to having completed the reading. Quite who or what I have offended in this way, I do not know. Other than Miles, who, for his own especial reasons, is beginning to come across as a less than fun-tastic fan-boy.

    Having re-read the review, I still stand by its fairness. There is nothing vitriolic, nothing that appears to be breaking any house rules, nothing that hasn't already been said in countless reviews of anything past.

    Come on fella, if you can unhook your lips from the cola long enough, perhaps you can unbosom your concerns in complete sentences. 'I am listening' as Frasier might say.

    Nope...didn't understand a word - and feigning ignorance will not wash !

    Now please stop derailing the thread and go to PM's - again - if you must 8-)
    YNWA 97
  • SimesSimes WindsorPosts: 80MI6 Agent
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    Please respect the Forum Rules *Sir Miles
  • ggl007ggl007 SpainPosts: 388MI6 Agent
    Simes wrote:
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    Please respect the Forum Rules *Sir Miles
    I am more and more intrigued... :o :s :))
  • Enjoying DeathEnjoying Death Toronto, ON CANADAPosts: 1,231MI6 Agent
    Still waiting for my copy. Hope it arrives next week. -{
    Pussy Galore: “My name is Pussy Galore.”
    Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    Yes, me too. I imagine reading this with a glass of port after a typical gorging at the xmas dinner table...
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    My copy arrived this morning...I'm currently resisting the urge to tear the envelope open...I want to wait until tomorrow when I'll have more time to thoroughly enjoy its contents -{
    YNWA 97
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I intend to start some very confrontational conversations tomorrow, so doubt that you'll have time to read the book :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    I intend to start some very confrontational conversations tomorrow, so doubt that you'll have time to read the book :D

    That's like every other day with you :v

    Anyway - I'm having so much fun reading Simes inane ravings over at CBn - he's obviously not letting 'facts' get in the way of his silly rantings 8-)
    Although I am honoured he that he keeps mentioning me - I didn't realise he loved me so much :))
    YNWA 97
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    :)) :)) :))

    Gotta love CBn for that :)) :)) :))

    Is Dell Deaton still posting over there?
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • sniperUKsniperUK UlsterPosts: 594MI6 Agent
    Arrived yesterday , on skipping through it yesterday lots of interesting details, especially the fact that RMs nickel plated .44 in LALD was an original blued Model 29-2 especially plated for the movie, this give me three Bond style handguns :)
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    So...finally...after resisting the temptation to open the golden envelope the second it arrived yesterday...I did the deed !

    I have to say that it's very apt this tome (I simply refuse to call this a magazine) arrives in a golden envelope - it's arrival and opening should be heralded by trumpets and delivered on a red satin cushion braided with gold !

    Probably like most fans, I've never really given much thought to the weapons used in the Bond films...sure, I know Bond started off with a Beretta and had that taken off him and replaced with a Walther PPK and then a P99...but beyond that...?...and villain weapons...?...embarrassingly not ;% well, now help is at hand :D

    The wealth of knowledge within is simply staggering :o

    The photographs are set to become reference images for years to come -{

    This opus is split down into chapters by film - referencing each make/model/type of firearm used, with images of the weapons themselves and other photographs I've never seen before :o

    I'm amazed by the depth that the author has gone into...the veracity of the information is unequivocal and I had no idea how cool some of these weapons are ! Reading through this oeuvre just shows you the thought that goes into even the smallest detail of anything that is put up on screen !!!

    This is a tome that I will have to devour over several weeks...probably months and years...as the information contained therein is too much for my tiny mind to hold :o
    Gun geeks will wet their pants reading this - its THAT good :x

    I can only repeat what Asp9mm wrote - buy two, one to read and to use as THE reference book and one to cherish.

    My only gripe - again the same as Asp9mm - is that this wasn't printed as a massive coffee-table sized hardback book !!!
    The images inside deserve, nay DEMAND, this - as does the information that's imparted by the author.

    The author deserves plaudits for putting his - what must be - life's work into print for the rest of us to read and admire -{

    Now I'm just off to change my underwear :))
    YNWA 97
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    my tiny mind

    :)) :)) :))
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Herr MichaelHerr Michael Posts: 360MI6 Agent
    I can certainly see why this information would be so fascinating to the majority of members here.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,417Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    my tiny mind

    :)) :)) :))

    Unfortunately it's all in proportion :#
    YNWA 97
  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,341MI6 Agent
    Mine arrived yesterday too, not looked it over as it's too close to Xmas to treat myself.

    There is a lovely golden parcel now sitting under the tree!
    Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree".
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Mine arrived yesterday.

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    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • sniperUKsniperUK UlsterPosts: 594MI6 Agent
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  • Enjoying DeathEnjoying Death Toronto, ON CANADAPosts: 1,231MI6 Agent
    Just received mine today and about to dig into it.

    This thing looks very high quality and feels like it too. If the inside is even half as good as the outside then this was a bargain. -{
    Pussy Galore: “My name is Pussy Galore.”
    Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
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