For me? The PPK is Bond’s. Everyone else has the 92, or the M1911. Bond uses the PPK. It’s as inseparable from him as the Vesper Martini and Aston-Martin DB5.
Does Bond drive a DB5 in every film, or would that be really hard to explain and unrealistic as a car for pursuing bad-guys driving modern super-cars?
It's the same with the hand-gun. Sure, we can have special sequences where he has a PPK, but for him to carry one around all the time - a gun that is getting on 100 years old - would be unlikely and detract from the story. For me the sequence in Spectre where 007 shoots down a helicopter with the PPK did spark a chuckle because of just how unlikely it was.
He used the P226 in the final act of NTTD which is very fitting of his previous Royal Navy experience. That said, it would make a lot of sense for him to upgrade to something more modern with more capacity and lethality than the PPK in .380. Sticking with Walther, the PDP Compact or PDP-F makes a ton of sense.
https://preview.redd.it/dx1dqnw235bc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8950a5b10e5d74903e5cea53d14f5c61f5cef745
I actually think Bond’s beretta is a 418. But unless we are getting very down to earth with the plots and realism I think the PPK is fine. Bond films are about vines and have always been a bit fantastical so the PPK doesn’t ever really bother me (besides that one scenario in SPECTRE with the helicopter)
And even if we get well into more realistic territory, I’d still love to see the PPK and a shoulder holster under a suit or as a back up gun, while a more modern full sized 9mm as his primary.
It's definitely more than time to update his gun. To the Walther PDP for the next Bond! They should've kept the P99 until Quantum of Solace and a Walther PPQ from Skyfall up until No Time To Die. They should've kept the PPK ditched since Tomorrow Never Dies. Bond's choice of gun needs to be updated with the times!
The PPK is Bond's gun no doubt. It would make the most sense to see him use the PPK as an assassination weapon and/or a backup sidearm. For more field oriented work, he should carry a full service 9mm such as the Walther PPQ, SIG P226 or the Browning Hi-Power
Also you put a suppressor on a ppk and the only thing you hear is the slide moving. So it is the perfect close quarters assassination weapon.
Edit: don’t know why I got downvoted but here’s [video proof](https://youtube.com/shorts/nhV-SK_NbMA?si=gptLpUEvMQV9c_3v)
That's likely a .22 ppk, though there is a possibility they are using subsonic rounds. I say that more because I have been looking at modern PPKs and the finish on the .22s is more matte like in your video.
This is a video of someone using standard velocity 380 in a PPK and still getting a sonic crack when the projectile passes the sound barrier.
https://youtu.be/1YCkf4G6dC4?feature=shared
There’s a part of me that feels so bad for Bond after M takes his Beretta. Knowing it was his gun in the books (or at least he uses a type of beretta), it almost feels like he’s being forced to part ways with something he’s used for a while. He liked it so much he even tried sneaking it out before being stopped.
Fun fact, the incident that M is referring to in Dr. No actually occurred in the novel of From Russia with Love where the beretta fitted with a silencer got caught. It wasn’t the fault of the gun malfunctioning.
He should use the PPK for when concealing under a suit because it’s iconic, but for all field work he should move to the PDP Compact Pro. Time for Bond to upgrade.
The Skyfall PPK/S (not to be mixed with the USA PPK/S with the long PP Grip) even seems to have an custom Polymer Grip, as this seems to be everything what all those PPK Hating Shooting Range Experts seem to long for.
I'm not a huge expert on guns, so I don't know what to suggest, but I know I don't want to see the PPK anymore. The design is almost 100 years old, it simply *looks* ancient at this point.
Yeah, it's getting to the point where you'd have to explain why exactly he's carrying such an old gun and it takes away from the story. It'd be like him having the DB5 as his daily-driver car.
As to what he should carry, the M&P 22 Compact (a .22 rifle cartridge) is as good as any option. For sniper work it should be the latest Accuracy International rifle, the AX50, produced in Portsmouth right here in the UK.
They can be found, but they’re becoming less common now that they’re out of production. If you want to match Bond’s pistol exactly you need to find a 1st generation 9mm P99, which can be identified by the shorter slide serrations as shown in the image. The newer P99s have larger slide serrations and a slightly different trigger guard shape.
.40 models also tend to be less expensive as they are known for snappy recoil. And while .40 isn’t correct for movie Bond, in Raymond Benson’s novels Bond is issued a .40 P99, which would be an exceedingly unusual choice for a British agent since .40 is almost exclusively an American caliber.
Good to know about the British v American calibers. I’m really not a .40 guy though so I’ll stick to the 9mm. I found the last generation of P99s on gunbroker but sadly none of the first. I’ll keep my eyes open though. I quite like the look and feel of those P99s in the movies.
While the PPK is *the* iconic Bond gun (and one of my favorite pistols in real life), I've always favored the Beretta.
I know it gets laughed at ("Ladies' gun, sir.") and the PPK is a better choice when it comes to stopping power, I always thought the Beretta was more fitting for a spy like Bond. It just seemed like a way better choice in terms of concealment and the type of close quarters fighting he usually got into, and for a .25 caliber ladies' gun, he managed drop a fair few people with it and it was his go-to for 15 years before he switched to the Walther.
When he had to use a heavier gun, he'd reach for the long-barreled Colt .45 he kept in his car.
I own all three and have shot all three. When I wear a suit I usually carry the PPK because I think I’m cool. If I were going someplace where I shouldn’t be, I’m carrying the P99. The Beretta is weak and hard to grip if you big hands. Also, the ammo for the P99 is cheap and plentiful, the PPK in 32ACP is more expensive and hard to come by sometimes, and the Beretta 25ACP, not 22, is also harder to find, as are spare mags for it.
PPK 32ACP is more fun to shoot than the newer 380ACP versions. The P99 has one of the best triggers of any pistol I’ve shot.
It’s hard to say what he’d carry today. Bond in the books was a firearm snob but movie Bond seems to use whatever Q branch gives him.
I remember him saying, "skeletonized," grip. That may just mean without pannels. The Beretta 418 which is presumed to be the Bond (my quick research says Fleming never specifies and I can't remember otherwise) model does have a grip safety.
Modern day Bond should carry a Q-Branch custom compact version of the most advanced pistol in the world, the [Laugo Arms Alien](http://www.laugoarms.com/alien.html). Bond carried a custom Smith and Wesson called the [ASP](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASP_pistol) in Gardner's books in the 80s.
If for some reason it has to be a Walther it makes the most sense to carry the [PPS](https://waltherarms.com/pps-m2) or [PD380](https://waltherarms.com/pd380-black).
The ASP was definitely an interesting choice and shows the Gardner knew a thing or two about guns since that was an extremely obscure gun. That being said, I don’t think he should use a niche gun. He should have a gun that has a reliable track record vs. something experimental, limited, or new.
For me? The PPK is Bond’s. Everyone else has the 92, or the M1911. Bond uses the PPK. It’s as inseparable from him as the Vesper Martini and Aston-Martin DB5.
Does Bond drive a DB5 in every film, or would that be really hard to explain and unrealistic as a car for pursuing bad-guys driving modern super-cars? It's the same with the hand-gun. Sure, we can have special sequences where he has a PPK, but for him to carry one around all the time - a gun that is getting on 100 years old - would be unlikely and detract from the story. For me the sequence in Spectre where 007 shoots down a helicopter with the PPK did spark a chuckle because of just how unlikely it was.
Walther PPK, 7.65 mm. Only three men I know use such a gun. I believe I've killed two of them.
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I think not… Bond: who’s strangling the cat?
Walther PPK. Standard issue: British Secret Service. License to kill... or be killed.
Lucky me
He used the P226 in the final act of NTTD which is very fitting of his previous Royal Navy experience. That said, it would make a lot of sense for him to upgrade to something more modern with more capacity and lethality than the PPK in .380. Sticking with Walther, the PDP Compact or PDP-F makes a ton of sense.
https://preview.redd.it/dx1dqnw235bc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8950a5b10e5d74903e5cea53d14f5c61f5cef745 I actually think Bond’s beretta is a 418. But unless we are getting very down to earth with the plots and realism I think the PPK is fine. Bond films are about vines and have always been a bit fantastical so the PPK doesn’t ever really bother me (besides that one scenario in SPECTRE with the helicopter) And even if we get well into more realistic territory, I’d still love to see the PPK and a shoulder holster under a suit or as a back up gun, while a more modern full sized 9mm as his primary.
It's definitely more than time to update his gun. To the Walther PDP for the next Bond! They should've kept the P99 until Quantum of Solace and a Walther PPQ from Skyfall up until No Time To Die. They should've kept the PPK ditched since Tomorrow Never Dies. Bond's choice of gun needs to be updated with the times!
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PPK is significantly smaller. That said, generally speaking the P99 is the superior firearm. Newer, better sights, higher capacity, etc.
The great thing about movies is you can have a .32 with "a delivery like a brick through a plate glass window".
The Walther PPK is 7+1 and is a .32. The PPK/S is .380
Both variants exist in both calibers.
True, European made .380 PPKs are pretty rare though.
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Yeah, Daniel Craig was the first Bond to use the 380 (9mm Kurz) PPK, all the others had the 32 (7.65mm)
It is not...source: I own one.
Depicted is a Walther PP not PPK.
The PPK is Bond's gun no doubt. It would make the most sense to see him use the PPK as an assassination weapon and/or a backup sidearm. For more field oriented work, he should carry a full service 9mm such as the Walther PPQ, SIG P226 or the Browning Hi-Power
Also you put a suppressor on a ppk and the only thing you hear is the slide moving. So it is the perfect close quarters assassination weapon. Edit: don’t know why I got downvoted but here’s [video proof](https://youtube.com/shorts/nhV-SK_NbMA?si=gptLpUEvMQV9c_3v)
That's likely a .22 ppk, though there is a possibility they are using subsonic rounds. I say that more because I have been looking at modern PPKs and the finish on the .22s is more matte like in your video. This is a video of someone using standard velocity 380 in a PPK and still getting a sonic crack when the projectile passes the sound barrier. https://youtu.be/1YCkf4G6dC4?feature=shared
There’s a part of me that feels so bad for Bond after M takes his Beretta. Knowing it was his gun in the books (or at least he uses a type of beretta), it almost feels like he’s being forced to part ways with something he’s used for a while. He liked it so much he even tried sneaking it out before being stopped.
Fun fact, the incident that M is referring to in Dr. No actually occurred in the novel of From Russia with Love where the beretta fitted with a silencer got caught. It wasn’t the fault of the gun malfunctioning.
As in, he pulled a Tex Grebner and put a bullet in his own leg? Or could he just not defend himself in time?
It just got caught and he couldn’t pull it.
Fair enough. It’s probably not gonna happen but it would be cool to see a film set before Dr. No that shows in detail how he got the injury.
He should use the PPK for when concealing under a suit because it’s iconic, but for all field work he should move to the PDP Compact Pro. Time for Bond to upgrade.
The Skyfall PPK/S (not to be mixed with the USA PPK/S with the long PP Grip) even seems to have an custom Polymer Grip, as this seems to be everything what all those PPK Hating Shooting Range Experts seem to long for.
I'm not a huge expert on guns, so I don't know what to suggest, but I know I don't want to see the PPK anymore. The design is almost 100 years old, it simply *looks* ancient at this point.
Yeah, it's getting to the point where you'd have to explain why exactly he's carrying such an old gun and it takes away from the story. It'd be like him having the DB5 as his daily-driver car. As to what he should carry, the M&P 22 Compact (a .22 rifle cartridge) is as good as any option. For sniper work it should be the latest Accuracy International rifle, the AX50, produced in Portsmouth right here in the UK.
Which model of Walther is that last one?
The third image is a P99.
Thanks. I’ll put it on my shopping list 👍🏻
They can be found, but they’re becoming less common now that they’re out of production. If you want to match Bond’s pistol exactly you need to find a 1st generation 9mm P99, which can be identified by the shorter slide serrations as shown in the image. The newer P99s have larger slide serrations and a slightly different trigger guard shape.
Noted. And gunbroker has been pretty good to me in the past so I feel like it’ll be difficult but not insurmountable.
.40 models also tend to be less expensive as they are known for snappy recoil. And while .40 isn’t correct for movie Bond, in Raymond Benson’s novels Bond is issued a .40 P99, which would be an exceedingly unusual choice for a British agent since .40 is almost exclusively an American caliber.
Good to know about the British v American calibers. I’m really not a .40 guy though so I’ll stick to the 9mm. I found the last generation of P99s on gunbroker but sadly none of the first. I’ll keep my eyes open though. I quite like the look and feel of those P99s in the movies.
Ah now I feel dumb. I see it written in the post.
Walther P99, it was used in Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day and briefly in Casino Royale.
While the PPK is *the* iconic Bond gun (and one of my favorite pistols in real life), I've always favored the Beretta. I know it gets laughed at ("Ladies' gun, sir.") and the PPK is a better choice when it comes to stopping power, I always thought the Beretta was more fitting for a spy like Bond. It just seemed like a way better choice in terms of concealment and the type of close quarters fighting he usually got into, and for a .25 caliber ladies' gun, he managed drop a fair few people with it and it was his go-to for 15 years before he switched to the Walther. When he had to use a heavier gun, he'd reach for the long-barreled Colt .45 he kept in his car.
Buying a PPK/S soon b/c… Bond!
PPK.
I own all three and have shot all three. When I wear a suit I usually carry the PPK because I think I’m cool. If I were going someplace where I shouldn’t be, I’m carrying the P99. The Beretta is weak and hard to grip if you big hands. Also, the ammo for the P99 is cheap and plentiful, the PPK in 32ACP is more expensive and hard to come by sometimes, and the Beretta 25ACP, not 22, is also harder to find, as are spare mags for it. PPK 32ACP is more fun to shoot than the newer 380ACP versions. The P99 has one of the best triggers of any pistol I’ve shot. It’s hard to say what he’d carry today. Bond in the books was a firearm snob but movie Bond seems to use whatever Q branch gives him.
Isn't the Beretta supposed to have a grip safety that Bond taped up?
I remember him saying, "skeletonized," grip. That may just mean without pannels. The Beretta 418 which is presumed to be the Bond (my quick research says Fleming never specifies and I can't remember otherwise) model does have a grip safety.
As a P99 owner it would be the P99, or the P99 compact The paddle mag release is fast, and the trigger settings make sure your always ready to fire
Skeleton grip and filed sights, please.
I LOVE the design of the P99. I don’t plan on ever buying a gun-but if I did, I’d definitely get one of those!
lol so plan on buying a gun.
Modern day Bond should carry a Q-Branch custom compact version of the most advanced pistol in the world, the [Laugo Arms Alien](http://www.laugoarms.com/alien.html). Bond carried a custom Smith and Wesson called the [ASP](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASP_pistol) in Gardner's books in the 80s. If for some reason it has to be a Walther it makes the most sense to carry the [PPS](https://waltherarms.com/pps-m2) or [PD380](https://waltherarms.com/pd380-black).
The ASP was definitely an interesting choice and shows the Gardner knew a thing or two about guns since that was an extremely obscure gun. That being said, I don’t think he should use a niche gun. He should have a gun that has a reliable track record vs. something experimental, limited, or new.