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  1. 07-01-2021, 09:46 AM #1
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    Webley Air Pistol in Goldfinger ?

    Just spotted what may well be a Webley Air Pistol in the James Bond film 'Goldfinger' ?

    At the part in the film where 007 narrowly misses death by being cut in half with an industrial laser, Auric Goldfinger gets one of his henchmen to shoot James Bond with a Tranquilizer pistol. Well it looks like that is a Webley Senior with a long barrel (maybe a false add on?) The way the light hits the rear of the gun shows the slot in the cylinder and the rear sight adjusting screw.

    Maybe its time to throw out the Walther on all the posters and replace it with a Wobbly ?

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  2. 07-01-2021, 10:22 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lakey View Post
    Just spotted what may well be a Webley Air Pistol in the James Bond film 'Goldfinger' ?

    At the part in the film where 007 narrowly misses death by being cut in half with an industrial laser, Auric Goldfinger gets one of his henchmen to shoot James Bond with a Tranquilizer pistol. Well it looks like that is a Webley Senior with a long barrel (maybe a false add on?) The way the light hits the rear of the gun shows the slot in the cylinder and the rear sight adjusting screw.

    Maybe its time to throw out the Walther on all the posters and replace it with a Wobbly ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by edbear2 View Post
    "No Mr Bond..I expect you to show us how to cock this bleedin' thing without skinning our knuckles"

    ATB, ED
    Morning Ed, hope you are well in these crazy times.

    The other thing I noticed was that it was completely recoilless when it was "fired", so they must have got the Webley design team to completely redesign the gun for the movie


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    Thought the Webley pistol would have been at the 'Premier'

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    It's a Palmer Cap-chur model 60 short range projector dart gun...which looks about 90% Crosman 2240
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    Very drole Binners was that in a christmas cracker
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    Quote Originally Posted by harvey_s View Post
    It's a Palmer Cap-chur model 60 short range projector dart gun...which looks about 90% Crosman 2240
    It definitely looks like a Webley, just after the baddie shoots Sean it catches the light and you can clearly see the slotted end cap and distinctive plate rearsight.

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