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[Dr.Carl Mortner]

I have a really strange Connery pet peeve that has bugged me ever since I've been a Bond fan. The Walther PPK is just too small a gun for Connery's huge hands. I mean, it looked great in the hands of Roger Moore and even Timothy Dalton, but with Connery it's like you're seeing this big huge guy with this tiny, tiny gun. Has this ever bothered anyone else?

[BONDFINESSE 007]

i have never given it a thought to tell u the truth

[Turn]

I have noticed this too, although I can't say it bothers me. Just shows the guy was well suited to play Bond.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

its to bad that sean did not have the gun brosnan useses- the p99, he could have handled that gun, but alas it had not been made yet

[Jriv71]

You know what they say about big hands.....

he wears big gloves.

[DieAnotherDay57]

He is a big guy and does have a small gun but that dosent bother me .

[Fawn]

His hands aren't so much big as they are chubby, IMO. True, the gun looked small, but then again, that way you know he's not compensating for something.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

its to bad the p99 was not around then , he could have used it to devastating effect, that gun was made for a connery bond

[Tarl_Cabot]

My friend has a Glock.775 MM(?) pistol very much like Bond's Walther. That gun is tiny. the gun is smaller than most toy guns I had as a child.I think it's meant to be gun that is concealable which is appropriate for spies, no?

[Brix Bond]

I hate the Walther P99! It embodies all the qualities of the new Bond action films that I hate! (See thread - Survival of the fittest) It is a deplorable weapon! Big, bulky, how the hell does it get concealed under his tuxedo? It has no finesse what-so-ever.

If he wanted a gun with more bullets in it then he should have gone for the Browning 1912 9mm which has a 13 shot capacity and it is slim enough to go under his tuxedo with little complaint from his tailor. Plus, it is a nice weapon.

Damn whoever made Bond change from his trusty PPK!

[BONDFINESSE 007]

its just that the walther ppk has seen its time come and go, and in this age you need the p-99, i hated to see it go to but i understand the reason

[Brix Bond]

No you don't! The Walther P99 is big, bulky and noisy. James Bond is a spy remember? He sneaks round people, favouring misdirection over confrontation so why does he need to be tooled up like he is? He needs something smaller and less obtrusive than that thing he has just now.

Bring back the PPK!

[MrDraco]

I like the Walther P99 for Brosnan or even Dalton but Moore and Connery the PPK was them...

[BONDFINESSE 007]

Originally posted by Brix_Bond_007
No you don't! The Walther P99 is big, bulky and noisy. James Bond is a spy remember? He sneaks round people, favouring misdirection over confrontation so why does he need to be tooled up like he is? He needs something smaller and less obtrusive than that thing he has just now.

Bring back the PPK!

the ppk does not have enough bullets in it, and for this day and time bond needs a more reliable gun, the p-99 provides that

[JimmyBond]

Originally posted by Brix_Bond_007
No you don't! The Walther P99 is big, bulky and noisy. James Bond is a spy remember? He sneaks round people, favouring misdirection over confrontation so why does he need to be tooled up like he is? He needs something smaller and less obtrusive than that thing he has just now.

Bring back the PPK!

Yeah, and the same complaint's can be leveled at the Roger Moore era. Roger's Bond was not much of a spy either, Sean's Bond either. I dont see why these complaints are just now surfacing when the series has been playing fast and lose with the concept of Bond for decades.

[Dr.Carl Mortner]

Well, it seems to me that in the high-testosterone, gun-as-phallic-symbol action movie climate of today, the PPK probably comes up short. Despite my Connery peeve, I miss it; well, as much as you can miss a gun in a movie;P. It WAS the character's gun for over 30 years and it certainly became identified with him.