Craigs PPK question

Daltonfan90

does anyone know what caliber the ppk that Craig uses in the movie??? .380 or a .32??

Asp9mm

.32, or in metric... 7.65mm.

kinserfan11

As far as i know it is 7.62 calib.

Asp9mm

kinserfan11 wrote:

As far as i know it is 7.62 calib.

That's a rifle calibre. You mean 7.65mm, which is the same as .32.

Tecolote

Asp9mm:
Are you referring to the actual PPKs supplied by the armourers for the film being in 7.65mm?

Tecolote

Asp9mm

Tecolote wrote:

Asp9mm:
Are you referring to the actual PPKs supplied by the armourers for the film being in 7.65mm?

Tecolote

Yeah.

Tecolote

Thanks,Asp9mm.Mine is a 7.65mm early prewar version and for just plain shooting I prefer 7.65 over 9 short.It was a bit tempermental last time out, though.

Tecolote

Daltonfan90

so the ones supplied for the movie fired 7.65 blanks not .380?? .....i thought .380 blanks would be more available

Herr Michael

.380-9mm/k is geared more towards the States than in Europe.

.380-9mm/k PP's and PPK's actually have a higher value in the 'book' than do 7.65mm models on this side of the Pond.

Do not confuse this with American manufactured PPK/S's.

And yes, 7.62mm is what my StG.58 fires.

c_a_r_t_e_r_3_5

The PPK/S doesn't need to come into it, both the PPK and the 'S' model can fire both rounds.

Herr Michael

What I mean is the value of a 9mm/k chambered Walther manufactured PP or PPK in the States.

Most imported to the States were 7.65mm before the ban on the PPK.

I own all of the models and am well aware of what their chambering is.

Asp9mm

Daltonfan90 wrote:

so the ones supplied for the movie fired 7.65 blanks not .380?? .....i thought .380 blanks would be more available

No, not really, but the bore is machined to fire a more generic blank round anyway, so does not have to be .32 or .380 specific anyway.

Tecolote

Well, that makes sense,like the 5-in-1 blanks produced for Westerns.Is the procedure to make the chamber generic with a caliber-specific bore restricter?

Tecolote

P.S. After seeing the movie, I noticed Craig always had the PPK's hammer back,and IIRC, Ian Fleming never once mentioned the PPK's double-action
capability,but did,in DR NO, refer to the "light trigger pull".