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by timmy » Sun May 12, 2013 12:04 am
Sure, he started with a Beretta, and you see it for 10 seconds in the first movie -- who cares? The point is, Bond is associated with the PPK.
Secondly, I would note that 9mm Parabellum use was still pretty much confined to the military when Fleming wrote and when the movies were begun. For instance, if you read George Jonas's account of the secret squads the Israelis sent into Europe after the Munich Massacre, agents were still being armed with .22 Short Berettas at that point. The job of an agent wasn't to be playing Rambo, nor was the focus of the Bond movies on carrying Colt Walkers or Automags, like Clint Eastwood.
Bond had other gadgets that were far more interesting, like Aston Martins with ejector seats, submarine Lotuses, wristwatches with saws and lasers, and other such accoutrements of a modern undercover agent.
The PPK was his signature, a point made over and over and over in many movies. Who cares about a Beretta?
No, ashokgodara, Dr. No was the first James Bond film. As the youtube clip makes plain, it was ditched right away at the very beginning of the movie series.
Also, I might mention that the .32 ACP is more than twice as powerful as the .25 ACP. While no powerhouse by any means, it does serve to put into perspective the armorer's comment about it being a thumping cartridge -- it is, compared to a .25
Every joker on the street who knows nothing about guns knows the PPK is James Bond's gun. He probably is more likely to think that a "Beretta" is an old TV detective played by a wife-killing criminal, rather than a handgun.
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