James Bond with a revolver

[mc5aw]

With much recent publicity commemorating the 50th anniversary of James Bond, there's been some interesting article to read. I came across the below linked photo as well ... I believe it's from the set of "Live and Let Die", and is one I'd never seen before. Model 10?

 

[max]

In that movie, he shot the bad guy with what looked like a nickel 29.

 

[Dennis The B]

In the books, James Bond used a long-barreled .45 Colt (Colt New Service?) that was kept under the dash in his Bentley, and later the Aston Martin.

 

[A10]

That movie had a certain southern sherrif in it who carried a Model 10. Looks like the continuity person was on a break when the publicity shot was done.....

 

[David LaPell]

In Die Another Day Bond uses a Model 10 Heavy Barrel for a short period of time. In Live and Let Die Bond indeed carries towards the end of the film a nickel 6-inch Model 29.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Bond using a Model 10? Come now, he's using a Military and Police in .380 Revolver, or, if you prefer, 38 S&W.

 

[Texas Star]

That is a Model 10, and I read Roger Moore's autobiography, "My Word is My Bond." The photo is one of many in that book.

"Live and Let Die" featured several S&W revolvers, including one "custom .38" that looked like a Model 19.

It also had Felix Leiter become a black man, far from the "straw-haired Texan" of Fleming's books! Thankfully, that was corrected in later movies.

I've been told that newsstands and grocers now have a special magazine about the Bond saga on sale at $12.99. I'll look tomorow.

Besides the "long-barrelled Colt .45" under his car's dash, Bond used a Centennial Airweight in, "Dr. No", the book. He took it to Crab Key, leaving his new Walther PPK at Beau Desert. And he had a Colt snub .38 in, "Casino Royale", again the book. This was in addition to his Beretta .25.

 

[Bat Guano]

Frankly, either as a gun person or just as good reads, I preferred Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm series--he was downright practical on his guns, cars, and a lot else. He wrote one book--I forget the title--in which the protagonist was a gunsmith.

As I recall Helm was quite fond of the Colt Woodsman. Not so fond of the "sawed off little monster", the S&W Airweight Centennial. And he liked knives which he attributed to his homicidal Viking ancestors.

 

[Raider]

Don Hamilton's Matt Helm was a no-nonsense agent who seemed to know his guns. Hamilton was an avid hunter both with shotgun and rifle. He actually owned a Labrador Retriever named "Eric". Oddly enough, through his Matt Helm creation disliked boats and water (except for bathing and drinking), Hamilton was an expert sailor and owned several boats.

Charlie

 

[Texas Star]

Frankly, either as a gun person or just as good reads, I preferred Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm series--he was downright practical on his guns, cars, and a lot else. He wrote one book--I forget the title--in which the protagonist was a gunsmith.

As I recall Helm was quite fond of the Colt Woodsman. Not so fond of the "sawed off little monster", the S&W Airweight Centennial. And he liked knives which he attributed to his homicidal Viking ancestors.

I'm pretty sure that the .38 he often carried was a Bodyguard, not a Centennial. And he had a M-60 after they came out. The first book where he used it was the one where he went to Hawaii. ("The Betrayers"?) He used a snub Python in one book, because it was the gun carried by a dead man he was told to impersonate. He used the Colt to kill a man trying to snipe him at about 80 yards. He also used his knife and left it by a dead man to make it look as if two creeps had killed one another. He replaced it with a Buck Model 110.

I liked Helm, although his ego got him in trouble at times.

Hamilton reurned to his native Sweden, where he died a few years ago.

 

[max]

The book about the gunsmith was Line of Fire I believe.

 

[Alpo]

In Murderer's Row, he has a shrouded-hammer 38, because he comments on the purpose of the shroud as he's threatening another guy.

In that impersonation, up in the Pacific North-wet (don't recall the book's title), it is referred to as a "sawed off Colt 357", but no mention of whether it's a Python, Lawman or Trooper. Or, for that matter, New Service or SAA.

Hamilton (who I loved to read, by the way) most definitely had opinions. The 38 Special was an extremely powerful cartridge. One spy - Nicholas - had an MO of carrying "extremely large, power handguns". Like a 1911, and a Browning Hi Power (although in that book he was using a model 29). The 357 was so powerful a "hand cannon" that Helm was betting his life that the other guy, if he had ever fired the gun, had developed a severe flinch from the recoil, and would miss if shooting Matt. In that same book he poo-poos the assassin's henchmen's guns as "nothing movie cowboy guns, nice for putting under your leg on a saddle, but not good for any distance", while the assassin had a 7mm Remington Magnum, that he could kill with hundreds of yards away. When he went to protect his ex-wife from threats, he found her new step-son was also armed with a "little nothing Lone Ranger carbine".

He did have some real good thoughts, though. Like how a gun was NOT a magic wand, and waving it around while chanting incantations like, "Drop your gun", "Stop or I'll shoot" and "Don't move" doesn't work in real life. Like Tuco the Rat said, "If you're gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk." And "why use a gun if you are going to get in knife-range?" And my personal favorite, "Call him 'sir', and show respect. Makes him feel better, and does not make him one bit more bulletproof".

 

[Texas Star]

In Murderer's Row, he has a shrouded-hammer 38, because he comments on the purpose of the shroud as he's threatening another guy.

In that impersonation, up in the Pacific North-wet (don't recall the book's title), it is referred to as a "sawed off Colt 357", but no mention of whether it's a Python, Lawman or Trooper. Or, for that matter, New Service or SAA.

Hamilton (who I loved to read, by the way) most definitely had opinions. The 38 Special was an extremely powerful cartridge. One spy - Nicholas - had an MO of carrying "extremely large, power handguns". Like a 1911, and a Browning Hi Power (although in that book he was using a model 29). The 357 was so powerful a "hand cannon" that Helm was betting his life that the other guy, if he had ever fired the gun, had developed a severe flinch from the recoil, and would miss if shooting Matt. In that same book he poo-poos the assassin's henchmen's guns as "nothing movie cowboy guns, nice for putting under your leg on a saddle, but not good for any distance", while the assassin had a 7mm Remington Magnum, that he could kill with hundreds of yards away. When he went to protect his ex-wife from threats, he found her new step-son was also armed with a "little nothing Lone Ranger carbine".

He did have some real good thoughts, though. Like how a gun was NOT a magic wand, and waving it around while chanting incantations like, "Drop your gun", "Stop or I'll shoot" and "Don't move" doesn't work in real life. Like Tuco the Rat said, "If you're gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk." And "why use a gun if you are going to get in knife-range?" And my personal favorite, "Call him 'sir', and show respect. Makes him feel better, and does not make him one bit more bulletproof".

Alpo-

I knew he had a Python because it was the only Colt snub offered then in .357. The MK III line was just on the horizon, and the Lawman wasn't yet on the market. The SAA and New Service were made in .357, but as snubs, don't fly. The Trooper could be cut down to a snub, but why bother? Besides, the guy he was impersonating was fond of expensive guns.

When Matt compared the 7mm Magnum to the .30-30, he was basically correct if the criteria was a rifle for shooting at 300 yards and more.

 

[gunner]

Eric would have dropped the movie 007 and never would have raised a sweat. Might have had a little trouble with the Ian's book character

 

[dewey]

Front sight looks filed down, hence Custom.

 

[ddixie884]

Hamilton had very sensitive ears. He wrote an article in a gun mag that said he hunted with a long barreled 30-30 while wearing plugs and muffs. I often wondered if that was the reason his character didn't like .38 snubs..........

 

[Naples22]

Rumor is he had Q remove the internal lock. I wonder if M knows about it?

 

[pilgrim6a]

At the end of 'Dr. No' (book), Bond sent a memo to the 'Armorer' stating that the S&W was ineffective on dragons.

 

[627 city hunter]

Rumor is he had Q remove the internal lock. I wonder if M knows about it?

EGGSCXELLENTT post!!!

 

[Hannibal Barca]

In the “Dr. No” book Major Bothroy recommend (suggest) that Bond must replace the Beretta .25 for a S&W model Centennial Airweight .38 Special for all purpose and the Walther PPK .32 only when they need a silenced gun. And M agreed and ordered Bond to begin to practice with the Centennial for familiarizes with it.

I have this part of the book but I can´t put it in here because I don´t want to violate the rules.

In the “Dr No” movie the Centennial .38 was not mentioned, but in the book was the first option of Major Bothroy.