68 SEPTEMBER 2019 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
HANDGUNS
On the advice of British rearm expert Geoffrey Boothroyd,
author Ian Fleming armed James Bond with a Walther PPK.
The fact that 007 himself trusted his life to the dependable
little Walther made it a compelling reason for gun enthusiasts
all over the world to own one. Walther’s PPK is best known
to a vast majority of people as the trusty sidearm of James
Bond, although in the beginning the master spy was under-
gunned with a diminutive .25-cal. Beretta.Photo by Karl Ronstrom