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I Wonder How Many People Bond Accidentally Shot -- PPK Recalled
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^^^We'll just point guns at each other and wait for something to happen. The first one to die......LOSES!!
Walther may have invented the PPK, but a number of other companies have produced under license, Smith & Wesson being one of them. Many firearms aficionados worship at the altar of Smith & Wesson - I'm not one of them. They've been known to produce real junk from time to time...
...James Bond would use a post-WWII German-made PPK anyway, so no worries about an accidental discharge.
...James Bond would use a post-WWII German-made PPK anyway, so no worries about an accidental discharge.
...James Bond would use a post-WWII German-made PPK anyway, so no worries about an accidental discharge.
Exactly. Ian Fleming died in '64, so any PPK's would predate that.
Depends...Webley & Scott made a LOT of different firearms over the years. Is it a revolver or semi-auto? The semi-autos are rare and quite valuable. There were several models of revolver and value, depending on the variant and condition, ranges from a couple hundred to several thousand US dollars. The weapons you are most likely to see are one of the various marks of the top break type.
I'm currently looking for a Webley Mk. VI (.455 caliber) to add to my collection. It's a weapon James Bond would consider over-large and clumsy, but it was just fine for the people serving in His/Her Majesty's less secret services....
Though this is a potentially dangerous flaw. A PPK sitting around will not accidentally discharge.
Going by this description. You must have a round in the chamber, safety off, with the hammer cocked pointing at yourself or somebody else. Then while the gun is still pointed at yourself of someone else manually lower the hammer.
Some handguns have a de-cocking lever, but for those of us who do not carry a firearm around, it's safer to drop out the magazine and rack the slide to eject the chambered round. Less risk that way.
It's a very pistol, I believe it was used in the Laurence of Arabia film.Looks like this one below , but in better condition :
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Very pistol is an English expression.
He would know it as a flare gun.
Depending on the bore, it might fire a shotgun shell. Good for close-quarter rumbles.
He would know it as a flare gun.
Depending on the bore, it might fire a shotgun shell. Good for close-quarter rumbles.
Very pistol is an English expression.
He would know it as a flare gun.
Depending on the bore, it might fire a shotgun shell. Good for close-quarter rumbles.
Thanks John
. I'll look into that .
Thanks John
I believe it was invented because the bad guys kept shooting the whistle-blower.
Very pistol is an English expression.
He would know it as a flare gun.
LOL, I wasn't aware of that term, but I recognized it as a flare pistol on sight.
Depending on the bore, it might fire a shotgun shell. Good for close-quarter rumbles.
Almost all flare pistols use a standard shotgun gauge, but they are not strong enough to withstand firing regular shotgun loads. They are for flares only. Chances are you'd destroy the flare pistol, your hand and maybe worse.
There are some modern flare guns designed to handle shotgun ammo in an emergency, but they are made to firearms standards.
Flare pistols are generally less valuable than firearms, but a nice WWII era British flare gun seem to fetch around $100-$200 US. Older or rarer variants can go much higher.
I agree on the strength of the charge, hence the "might" in my post.
The one in the picture appears to be made of brass, which would probably fracture after a few firings, if not immediately.
The one in the picture appears to be made of brass, which would probably fracture after a few firings, if not immediately.
It is brass and just a lovely looking ornament for me really, I have a couple of muskets etc on the wall to , guess I just like how things like this are made. maybe because my father is/was an engineer and some of his enthusiasm for well made 'things' has rubbed off on me
I will not be trying the shot gun round in it btw if I lost my hand I wouldn't be able to harangue folks on here
from the wiki:
Webley & Scott produced a number of single-shot, break open signal flare gun devices used by Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1918 at the company's Birmingham facility. A variant, differing only in its use of black plastic grip panels instead of the earlier wood, was produced by Colonial Sugar Refinery in Sydney, Australia in 1942. The pistols can often be seen in films, notably Lawrence of Arabia, where the title character discharges one to signal the beginning of an attack on a disabled enemy train.
I will not be trying the shot gun round in it btw
if I lost my hand I wouldn't be able to harangue folks on here from the wiki:
Webley & Scott produced a number of single-shot, break open signal flare gun devices used by Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most prolific of these was the No.1 MkIII, produced in 1918 at the company's Birmingham facility. A variant, differing only in its use of black plastic grip panels instead of the earlier wood, was produced by Colonial Sugar Refinery in Sydney, Australia in 1942. The pistols can often be seen in films, notably Lawrence of Arabia, where the title character discharges one to signal the beginning of an attack on a disabled enemy train.
Very pistol is an English expression.
He would know it as a flare gun.
Depending on the bore, it might fire a shotgun shell. Good for close-quarter rumbles.
Thanks John. I didn't know that.
I'm not one of them either. However, I recently acquired an SW9G at a price too good to pass up. It is one of the Sigma series, known for copying the Glock. It has been the most amazing out-of-the-box firearms I have ever owned. Never jammed despite using every type of round I could find. Always accurate also. A welcome addition to the collection.
Was the one you have used in the film or just ones like it? If yours was in the film and you have any type of proof, it could be worth thousands (maybe even tens of thousands) of pounds to a movie memorabilia collector. If it just looks like ones from the movie, you might get £25-50 for it, maybe £100 from a collector who needs to fill a hole in their collection. If it still works (are very pistols banned with real guns in the EU?) you might get double that -- it is after all only a flare pistol, even if it is a well crafted one. Nobody bid on a deactivated one that had a very high starting bid of £195 on gundeals.co.uk which, coincidentally, had the exact same picture as your post...
I was just curious as to the value for contents insurance purposes, I've no idea if it was used in the film tbh but I'm led to believe from family members that a relative was involved with film years ago, so I don't know for sure, no proof anyway(that we've found yet) so.....
I wouldn't sell it regardless, it's an ornament & has sentimental value.
I used that picture from gun deals uk ,to illustrate the gun, twas the first one that came up in google images