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Talk:The Living Daylights
The unidentified sniper rifle with blanks that Kara that aims at the defector is a Winchester 70. The black, flush pins are on both sides of the bolt, exactly like my Model 70, as well as the safety is visible when Bond unloads it in the restroom.
Smith & Wesson 4505
The female CIA agent sent by Felix Leiter (John Terry) uses a Smith & Wesson 4505 to convince Bond to go with them. It is a blued handgun based on the 645 design so it is a 4505.
It can't be a 4505, it wasn't introduced until '91. --Predator20 06:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
DS
I don't know why someone thinks the snubbie morphs from a SW 36 to a Colt DS. Look at the picture of the "DS." The location of the cylinder release is consistent with it being a SW 36 (below centerline of the cylinder,) rather than the DS, where the release is on the centerline of the cylinder. Did they say something in the commentary? --funkychinaman 01:34, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
That's not a Skorpian.
While I'm not going to claim that there aren't any Skorpians in this film, since I haven't seen it in a while and it's highly possible that there are, what I will say is this. The first picture being used in the Skorpian section is definitely not showing a Skorpian as the gun being pulled out of the car's trunk. It looks much more like a Walther MPL, instead. Besides, it looks too large to be a Skorpian in any case, if you ignore the fact that it has an MPL stock, a metal handle instead of the wooden one on the Skorpian, and different lines on the receiver then is typical on a Skorpian. Now that I look at it, the second pic HAS a Skorpian, so the section should definitely be left, but the first picture should be removed, since it's not actually a Skorpian. I'll do it myself, I just wanted to let the creator know my reasoning. Acora 03:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Air Rifle
The air rifle Bond uses at the shooting gallery looks like an Anschutz LG275 4.4mm ball firer. The cocking motion (if this is seen in the film) would be fairly distinctive, but I think the cocking lever can just be made out as it is in the still. The stock looks right as well, and certainly the LG275 was a fairly typical fairground shooting gallery gun. IKD
Mosin Nagant?
Is that really a Mosin Nagant sniper the Afghan is holding? Look at the buttplate and rear sling attachment - both look more Mauser K98 to me (the buttplate typical of the simplified 'Kriegsmodel'). I think there's a pistol grip to the stock, and I don't think you can see any magagzine in front of the trigger guard. IKD
MG42/MG3
As a small point of trivia (but only since it's described as a solely western arm), it's worth mentioning that the MG42 was used post-war by the Yugoslav army, and then made in that country - still in the original 7.92mm chambering - as the SARAC M53. IKD
AK safety manipulation
Watching this movie again in a while, I noticed one of the Russian guards actually switching his AK from safe to fire and I caught that because I never see that in any movie where a man does that. 00:47, 24 November 2012 (EST)
Sean Bean takes the safety off an AKM in Patriot Games. --Ben41 (talk) 05:27, 25 November 2012 (EST)
- Ok I forgot about that. It's just that we don't see this often so when it does happen, it sticks out Excalibur01 (talk) 12:23, 25 November 2012 (EST)
The glove
Anyone can explain to me what is the glove supposed to be that Bond wears when shooting the rifle, it looks like its a bit uncomfortable. --Iceman (talk) 08:15, 15 January 2013 (EST)
- That's a shooting mitt. Target shooters wear them on the support hand. --Funkychinaman (talk) 09:34, 15 January 2013 (EST)-
RPD
Watched this movie again, noticed when Bond and Kara enter the Afghan stronghold, a Mujaheddin has an RPD slung over his back. It can be barely seen right after the diamond deal.AgentGumby (talk) 01:42, 6 July 2013 (EDT)