RE: AFM

SOC,

Thanks… that clears it up for me.

What’s up with the AFM board? The new board crashed. Now the “old” (the backup according to the WM) one too?

Are we abusing it somehow? It must be all those photos we attach! It’s being crushed under all those bytes…

Oh my!

SJohan

RE: In memory of victims of 9/11.. please all sign!

9/11 – I remember…

SJohan

RE: What can´t you stand about your country?

Malaysia:

People who wear their religion as if it is an ornament and then act holier than thou.

The other things I can’t stand I can live with.

SJohan

RE: James Bond’s Gun

Ink,

I think in “Dr No” they just goofed in continuity!

Tomel,

What is the standard issue for handguns in Malaysia’s security services? I know they bought a whole crop of PPKs for CHOGM years ago. I have seen Glocks, do I see SIG-Sauers?

SJohan

RE: James Bond’s Gun

Thanks Tomel. P99 it is.

The PPK is not an easy pistol to shoot. The short barrel makes it rather lively in your hands. The PP with its longer barrel is slightly less lively. This is despite their .32inch or 7.65mm calibres. (Bond carries the 32.)

The P5 is a different story. It is easier to shoot accurately despite the 9mm loads…

Until I come across the CZ75! Even the Compact model is a dream to shoot. Very controllable, very accurate. These Czech pistols are classics and set the standards in sidearm design and manufacture.

I don’t know about the P99. It is not all-metal. Perhaps you pay a price for the lower weight in balance and accuracy.

SJohan

RE: Do you collect anything other than aircraft models?

I also collect model racecars of the “MiniChamps” and “Vitesse” variety but confined to CART, World Rally and F1 machines in that order of preference.

I have a weakness for military (not to mention military aviation) books, magazines, prints, etc. In land warfare my particular interest is 19th Century cavalry units and operations with special focus on the American Civil War and British colonial wars.

SJohan

“There’s the Devil to pay!” (Brig. General John Buford, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, facing the initial Confederate advance on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg).

RE: How old are you?

Ain’t this a young Forum!

Really makes me feel old at 50!

Happy National Day, Malaysians on the Forum!!!

SJohan

RE: James Bond’s Gun

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 31-08-02 AT 03:33 AM (GMT)]In the later Brosnan episodes he has been carrying an updated Walther. In 9mm versus the .32inch of the PPK. The exact designation escapes me just now.

Bond has been seen to carry a couple of variations of the Walther:

Dr. No – PPK (actually it turned out to be a PP after the scene in which Q issued the PPK, and stayed a PP thereafter in the film). “From Russia With Love” showed Bond with a PPK throughout as Ian Fleming meant him to do! I love the girl-fight sequence which ended in a gunfight showing Bond using the PPK to good effect.

Octopussy (can never get over that title!) – Walther P5 (9mm)

Living Daylights – a Walther sniper rifle.

SJohan