Spy handgun - just for fun

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feeds@yuku.com (silverstate51) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:13:07 GMT

Lee, check out the Walther PK380. Same price range as the P3AT, while slightly bigger, it will fit comfortably in the front pocket of jeans. Ergonomically it feels better than the Walther PPS, and much better than the Kel-tec.
Oh, please don't think I'm trying to put you down over your mouse gun. (** Weapons Snobbery Alert, LOL!!) If it were a Lorcin or Hi Point maybe, but Kel-tecs are adequate enough.

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feeds@yuku.com (silverstate51) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:27:29 GMT

Lee, I can, and do legally carry, and am of a size that allows me to carry my Sig P226 and Walther P99 comfortably concealed. I also have my S&W M&P 340 and Walther PPK for in-the-pocket carry. I spent the money to get tailored clothing, and quality holsters. I am fortunate in these regards, and thankful.
As to my friend with the arm, he much prefers what he does for Uncle Sugar (and all of us) to playing sports. Money isn't everything
(Besides, all he can throw...

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feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:59:10 GMT

SS, I only have to comments, I hope that, if you can legally carry, and do legally carry, that you are never caught without a firearm when you need one, because you could not carry one because of its size, and two, you better get that friend into a pro baseball uniform because if he can throw a rock 102 miles per hour, and hit a catalope at 60 feet, he is better than the many big league pitchers. sign him up quick with you as his agent

Re: Spy handgun - just for fun

feeds@yuku.com (silverstate51) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:51:41 GMT

Dear Lee,

Did try it on the range, still not impressed in the slightest. But then, variety is the spice of life, and if we all liked the same things it would be boring. As to my military friend and the rock, 102 mph on the radar gun, went through the cantalope at 60 feet. He gets a pass from us here on the comment. Best to you and yours.

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feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:34:46 GMT

SS, I have to admit I was skeptical about the Kel-Tec offerings and so was everyone I know who has actually bought one. It just does not inspire confidence when looking at it. That said, until you own one, practice with it, and carry one, withhold judgement, and you will be very surprised when you actually use one. Is it the weapon I would choose for my first choice for an every day carry weapon, not if I could carry something larger. But, NOTHING I have picked up or seen carries where it...

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feeds@yuku.com (silverstate51) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:15:45 GMT

Thank you Lee, this may be the start of a new hobby for myself and some locals I associate with. You've heard of Cowboy Action Shooting? How about Bond Action Shooting? Comparing and shooting the pistols, revolvers, and other firearms used in the Bond films and novels, and seeing if other firearms would make the cut.

Went to my local arms emporium, and with the help of the proprietor and some individuals from law enforcement, military, and "other" government...

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feeds@yuku.com (FXDXT) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:32:01 GMT

I like Lee's choices and having had several KelTec .32s just can't think of a better deep cover gun...

For a full size I'd have have a custom Kimber Aegis 9mm Ultra made with a titanium slide.

Bob

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feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:26:17 GMT

Lol, you have taken this whole thing a bit too seriously my friend. Sorry if you got offended. Obviously someone takes their James Bond seriously... lol

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feeds@yuku.com (silverstate51) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:22:24 GMT

To each their own, may you find happiness with your choices. Kahr & Kel-Tec are adequate.
If I'm living that lifestyle, I don't settle for adequate, I demand the best. Good enough, isn't. My shotguns are Holland and Holland, fitted at the factory. My clothing, Henry Poole. My rifles, custom Drilling. My vehicle, Maybach. My CCW handguns Walther, Browning, Smith & Wesson (revolver).
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Besides, in the real world, NOC (Not Officially Covered) Assets...

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feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:04:04 GMT

lOL. I said how would YOU outfit yourself for that lifestyle, not how would the producers do so, so you CAN use your own common sense in the choices, you are not limited to the types of things they would choose. They might have increasingly done so in the movies, but that is part of what I disliked about them. Reliance on trick stuff that is completely unrealistic, which is why I quit watching them after Connery left and they got increaingly rediculous with Moore. In the originals, Bond had...

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feeds@yuku.com (silverstate51) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:53:40 GMT

But as you said, you're living the LIFESTYLE of the Bond films. Aston Martins instead of rental Fords, Brioni suits and Sea Isle Cotton shirts instead of Men's Wearhouse. In the real, practical world, Bond is a civil servant, filing vouchers for every expense, accounting for every bullet spent, staying at the Motel6, not the Ritz.
Not to mention Bond doesn't worry about what's available in this country, he seems able to obtain, and carry weapons despite increased...

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feeds@yuku.com (lawdog41) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:17:55 GMT

My P-7 is perfectly suited to the tasks at hand. And distinctly euro-trash so it doesn't scream "American".
It supresses nicely also.

And for the quiet work, the old Walther PPK(L), the duraluminum framed .32 that hasn't been seen on this side of the pond since '68.
Add an AWC or ThunderBeast (Titanium) can to the front and even better.

Depending on 'funding' and deny-ability I might just grab a Glock 26 with an extended barrel and...

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feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:36:40 GMT

That is what makes something like this fun, everyone sees it from a different perspective based upon what they have learned reading or watching movies or whatever. I think Jamnes Bond, unlike what the feel of the movies, would have taken a very practical viewpoint, therefore I will take function over panache any day. This is what any man who's life counted upon it would do, theres no extra points for dying with panache ya know...

The PT3AT or P32 will go places no Walther,...

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feeds@yuku.com (silverstate51) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:55:33 GMT

Geoffry Boothroyd, gun collector and author, advised Ian Fleming to have Bond use a S&W Centennial Airweight. Fleming thought Bond should use a semiauto, and it was Boothroyd who finally suggested the PPK in 7.65mm (.32 cal).
Today I might suggest the S&W M&P .357 revolver. Wider selection of ammunition in same size package. If I had to trade in my PPK (.380), I'd update the PPK to the PPS (Police Pistol Slim) in 9mm. Nice flate weapon, though I'm not entirely...

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feeds@yuku.com (GlockDoc) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:05:34 GMT

Only one blade for a spy that goes with the P7, LWS32...a 70's era AG Russell Sting with black micarta grips.

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feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:18:07 GMT

I gave this some additional thought and came up with what Glockdoc did also, I would change my choices to

The Kel-Tec P32 in .32 and Kahr PM9 in 9MM for ammunition availablity around the world. I would also add a Nealy MCS knife system cause every good spy has to have a wicked blade for back up. I am partial to and own the Pesh-Kabz it gets carried in my leather jacket.

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feeds@yuku.com (GlockDoc) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:19:11 GMT

H&K P7 and LWS32 Seecamp for me. Both just ooze class and refinement and ammo is available world wide.

I'll never understand why Kahr didn't jump on the 45GAP bandwagon with a Mk45. I've owned and shot the Mk9 and the Mk40 and they are dandy little pistols...and an Mk357Sig just for giggles.

Spy handgun - just for fun

feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:20:08 GMT

Just watched Casino Royale and did not like the weapon they gave him. Yes, the Walther is a fine weapon, but it is a bit large for the clothing he wore. So, just for fun...

You are a spy, and live the life they do in the Bond flicks. Lots of the other sex, lots of formal situations with formal clothing, lots of beaches and hot weather clothing. Say you could take two handguns to conceal. What handgun(s) would you take, a REAL one you can get today, either new, used, or surplus....