On the .44 Magnum: “Makes a jolly good can opener, but not practical for Bond”

Posted October 7, 2011 in Pistols by Steve Johnson with 29 Comments
Tags: .25, .44 magnum, bond, handgun, handguns, history

In this highly entertaining clip from a BBC documentary, Sean Connery and Geoffrey Boothroyd, a English firearms expert, explain (and demonstrate) why the .25 Beretta was a poor choice of weapon for James Bond.

Kids, please don’t try what you see in the video at home!

I remember reading Casino Royale for the first time and wondering why James Bond would choose such low powered weapon. If my memory serves me correctly, he used .38 Special revolver in next book after Casino Royale.

Steve Johnson

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