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Incidentally, that's not Fort Knox. It's a film set here, Goldfinger, in Buckinghamshire, Pinewood. I'm not James Bond. He's a fictitious character, as so many are in Fleming's books. Except in one, a Geoffrey Boothroyd, a Scotsman who lives in Glasgow, whose hobby is guns. After reading from Russia with love, he was so convinced that Bond was using the least efficient equipment that he contacted Fleming and convinced Fleming of this. Now this is the gun Boothroyd objected to. The real Boothroyd that is. Vaughan's favourite Beretta, which is almost legendary now. My name's Geoffrey Boothroyd. I'm not Major Boothroyd, but I do share with the Major an interest in firearms. My first contact with Ian Fleming was after reading Casino Royale. I enjoyed this immensely. So much so that certain inaccuracies in the book made me write to Fleming and say that I didn't think Bond was going to last very long if he used a .25 Beretta pistol, which is a ladies gun and not a very nice lady at that, and used his chamois leather holster. I have a preference for a revolver for the type of work that secret agents privatise might be called upon to do. But when some considerable time ago we had a conversation and also correspondence with Ian Fleming, he decided to use in the book, and of course it's gone into the pictures as well about Bond, the vault of PPK. We could shoot at quart cans of tomato juice and you definitely see the effect there Here the three guns I brought them out on the range so you can see them in action The Beretta Automatic Until recently Bond favourite gun The Valter PPK. The gun that Bond now uses. Chosen by Ian Fleming, who definitely preferred automatics to revolvers. It's a good compromise and gives you a very rapid first shot. And that's the one that counts. Here's my favourite, the .44 Ruger Magnum, a man-sized gun, but with this length of barrel too big to hide under an agent's coat. You've only got to look at the ammunition to see the difference. The .44 dwarfs the .32 from the Valter and the .25 from the Beretta. We've got the cans of tomato juice, let's Let's see what the guns will do. First the Beretta. Magazine in. Not much damage, a small clean hole. Now for the Volta. Heavier caliber, it should have more stopping power. The can has bulged and the hole's definitely bigger and would do far more damage to a man than the two five. We put a fresh can up and I'll have a go with my heavy artillery, the 44 Magnum. A heavier bullet, travelling much faster than the other two. Makes a jolly good can opener, but not practical for Bond, so it's the vaulter for him.