Did Walther only make this as an air pistol and never as a real .22 LR target pistol. This iconic pistol that is attached to Connerys Bond image is a classic look

I always thought it was only an air pistol. The director had one in his trunk and they forgot the PPK so they used it for the poster. I have one and they are fun shooters!

Air Pistol only. It was meant to follow the lines of their 1936 Olympia .22
Target pistol. But the LP53 was not a strict, direct copy of the Olympia.

They are nice air pistols, but will not compete with todays precision air pistols when it comes down to real match accuracy.

I had a nice example, one of the later production with the black 'crackle' paint finish. Earlier ones were blued.
It came with all the accessorys incl the wooden cocking block to place over the muzzle to make cocking the thing a bit easier on the hand.
I replaced the piston seal in it. A place on-line had some original parts for the pistols.
Disassembling the mainsprings,,there are 2 of them stacked together,,and reassembling is quite a chore.

I loned the pistol w/box and accessorys out to a family member and never recv'd it back.
There's lesson in there somewhere..

The story of the 007 poster use of the pistol that I saw on a TV story about 007 movies was that the poster pictures were being shot at the apt of the photographer in England.
Not having a 'gun' for a prop,,the photographer went and got his own air pistol from another room and gave it to Connery to use for the pics.
The LP53 was the air pistol that the photographer owned.
So went the story as told in that particular programme.
Perhaps one of many..!

I had a BB gun that looked like that. But never the Bond Girls.

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just picked this one up...

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