Bond's S&W

[wbraswell]

Who knows what the N-Frame that James Bond carried in "Live and Let Die" was? I thought it might be a 27 since the English seem to prefer "small bores".

 

[cmort666]

Who knows what the N-Frame that James Bond carried in "Live and Let Die" was? I thought it might be a 27 since the English seem to prefer "small bores".

I recall reading somewhere that it was a Model 29.

 

[jj2am44]

I thought it was a nickel 29 with an 8 3/8 inch barrel

 

[NFrameFred]

It was also the height of the "Dirty Harry" craze, and the 44 mag was such an icon that even 007 had to have one. It was only used in one scene, as I recall, a 6" he carried in a shoulder rig, and I may be wrong but I seem to remember it was nickel.

In any event, it was only Roger Moore the anti-gun fop who nearly ruined the Bond series for years and not Sean Connery so it's not like it was used in a real Bond film . . . .

EDIT - Not nickel, after all and it was a six inch 29 - just found the pics . . .



2nd EDIT - appears the blued 29 might have just been used in the promotion pictures

 

[Pilgrim]

A good site that will answer all your gun/movie questions.

Live and Let Die - imfdb :. guns in movies :. movie guns :. the internet movie firearms database

 

[Frank237]

IIRC in the original Ian Fleming Bond books...Bond had a 6" Nframe concealed under the dash or glove box in his car. I tend to think it was a .45 ACP. Anyone else old enough to have read the books in the 60's recall that???

FN in MT

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

IIRC in the original Ian Fleming Bond books...Bond had a 6" Nframe concealed under the dash or glove box in his car. I tend to think it was a .45 ACP. Anyone else old enough to have read the books in the 60's recall that???

FN in MT

I think it was a .45 long colt-but I'm not sure it was a Smith & Wesson-he referred to it I believe as a "cowboy" gun or calibre. Might have been a Colt.

 

[max]

I sure remember that 29 as being nickel. I have not read the books for over 40 years, but I seem to remember a revolver that he referred to as an "army special". Mr. Fleming did not have a great knowledge of firearms. Here is another good link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_firearms

 

[JcMack]

Movie: Dr. No.... Bond drives his Sunbeam Tiger to meet a guy in a motel? It's a trap, with a guy is holding a silenced auto, falling prey to Bond's prowess after firing six rounds. Click, click, the assasin is out of bullets. Bond says "that's a Smith and Wesson and you've had your six". I think not.

 

[ChuckS1]

What was the N frame revolver ***** Galore had in "Goldfinger"?

 

[Pilgrim]

again:

http://www.imfdb.org is your friend.

Goldfinger - imfdb :. guns in movies :. movie guns :. the internet movie firearms database

 

[enfield]

In one of the books Bond had a Smith .38 concealed in his car. I don't recall any other mention (in the books) of Bond having/using a Smith. He thought a 7.62 PPK was heavy artillery. Compared to his original .25 Beretta, it probably was.

I still have all of the Bond books (from the '60s) packed away somewhere.

 

[danski]

If I recall correctly, Bond in "Dr. No" told an assassin "you've have your five (not six)" in his Smith auto. The auto was a Model 52 .38 Special 5-round target gun.

 

[borntoraisehogs]

I like ***** Galore's gun .

 

[JcMack]

If I recall correctly, Bond in "Dr. No" told an assassin "you've have your five (not six)" in his Smith auto. The auto was a Model 52 .38 Special 5-round target gun.

I was speaking of the movie, not the book. Several discrepancies between the two. Movie: An assassin slips a tarantula in Bonds bed. Book: It's a giant centipede.
See attached for guns in Dr. No

Dr. No - imfdb :. guns in movies :. movie guns :. the internet movie firearms database

 

[mm6mm6]

When John Gardner took over the 007 book series with "License Renewed," he was quite serious about Bond's guns. The British Secret Agent carried an ASP (S&W Model 39 9mm converted to a compact, flat semi-auto with clear grips and a guttersnipe sight) and concealed a 7 1/2" Ruger .44 Magnum Super Blackhawk in a custom hideout in the dash of his Saab 900 Turbo....

 

[Malysh]

In one of the books Bond had a Smith .38 concealed in his car. I don't recall any other mention (in the books) of Bond having/using a Smith. He thought a 7.62 PPK was heavy artillery. Compared to his original .25 Beretta, it probably was.

I still have all of the Bond books (from the '60s) packed away somewhere.

In the books it wasn't Bond that thought the 7.65mm PPK was heavy artillery. It was "Q". If I remember correctly, "Q" described the 7.65 PPK as "a real stopper". I think he also gave him a S&W 38 Spec. Centennial Airweight or a Centennial. So even with Geoffrey Boothroyd advising Fleming on firearms they said a 32acp was more powerful than a 38 Spec.
So much for the firearms consultant (unless Fleming disregarded the expert's advice or didn't understand it).

One day I have to pull the old book out of storage and check and see if I remember this accurately. I think I was about 12-13 when I read them and I just turned 58 in March. It was a long time ago.

 

[Malysh]

Movie: Dr. No.... Bond drives his Sunbeam Tiger to meet a guy in a motel? It's a trap, with a guy is holding a silenced auto, falling prey to Bond's prowess after firing six rounds. Click, click, the assasin is out of bullets. Bond says "that's a Smith and Wesson and you've had your six". I think not.

Also, did you notice in the movie the pistol Bond shoots the geologist with in the girls room (not a motel, per se) is a Mod 1910 FN 7.65, not a PPK or a PP?

 

[viceunit]

I heard it was a 41 magnum...oh sorry, I thought this was another Dirty Harry gun thread.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Geoffrey Boothroyd said he had an S&W M&P converted to a "Fitz Special", had the trigger jeweled(?) then that revolver had its picture painted for the cover of one of Fleming's books.