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DSC · June 17, 2000, 01:46 AM

Rusty S. - Thanks for the comment. I'm not certain what you were describing to me in comparing the potency and effect of using a well aimed .32 ACP to put down a "Bad Guy" versus obliterating him with a double-barrel shot gun (12 Gauge?), but either way good shooting will settle the affair.
As for Ian Fleming's creation of "James Bond" (I too believe that Sean Connery was the best. I first saw him as "James ... James Bond" in DR. NO) Fleming has been noted as having been a better writer of Bond's spy stories than his being a "gun" writer. Fleming had actually been in the British Intelligence Service, and I believe they and other British agencies at that time used S&W Revolvers in various calibers. Originally he was considering Bond's using a S&W Model 10 .38 Special, but later scaled down Bond's armament to a .25 ACP Beretta. The .32 ACP Walther was to come later for use as primary Bond's weapon. DSC.

June 17, 2000, 01:46 AM	#5
DSC Junior Member Join Date: July 16, 1999 Posts: 10	Rusty S. - Thanks for the comment. I'm not certain what you were describing to me in comparing the potency and effect of using a well aimed .32 ACP to put down a "Bad Guy" versus obliterating him with a double-barrel shot gun (12 Gauge?), but either way good shooting will settle the affair. As for Ian Fleming's creation of "James Bond" (I too believe that Sean Connery was the best. I first saw him as "James ... James Bond" in DR. NO) Fleming has been noted as having been a better writer of Bond's spy stories than his being a "gun" writer. Fleming had actually been in the British Intelligence Service, and I believe they and other British agencies at that time used S&W Revolvers in various calibers. Originally he was considering Bond's using a S&W Model 10 .38 Special, but later scaled down Bond's armament to a .25 ACP Beretta. The .32 ACP Walther was to come later for use as primary Bond's weapon. DSC.