Handgun

I'm not a fan of guns in any way - in fact I've never even held one - but I needed an image for a spoof book cover. So this is it...

Very nicely illustrated Keith.

I'm also not a fan of firearms, although I have been trained to use many types.

Same thought as Bill, Keith, very nicely illustrated. Nice detail.

It looks very nice. What kind of gun is it ?

Nice illustration ... but like Bruce, I'm curious what it is. I have never seen a pistol with an adjustable rear sight.

Sorry, I don't know what type of gun it is.

Here's the book cover

I'm not an expert... but it looks to me like an old Browning.

First-person shooters are not educational? :p Come to think of it... If it looks familiar from a first person shooter, it is probably some kind of service handgun (but the sight doesn't make sense...) - used by police and/or military.

Still, 99% sure it's a Browning.

Nice work!

Risto

Did a search on Google for Browning / Police / Army and found this... Pretty close, but not the same pistol. However, it is a "Browning design" for sure. It might have been adpated/re-designed by someone else... But it's too close for Browning not to have had a finger in it.

Risto

Nice rendition.

From the sight I would imagine a target pistol of some sort. I am also no expert at weapons. I have rarely seen any but the most rudimentary sights on pistol.

Very nice clean illustration and book cover keith.

This particular Browning could be fitted with a shoulder stock, hence the long range, adjustable rear sight.
http://www.collectiblefirearms.com/PistolsBrowning.html

Very nice drawing Keith.

Kind of close to the Super 12 tokarev
I figure, if as cover says "From Russia with Hate"
A Russian model might be more approp. Unless the cover is already released that is..

Very nice work on the illustration

Thanks for the information Weldorman. That's very interesting.

yes, thanks for the information. I don't know a lot about guns so it was interesting to know what type it is.

I AM a big fan of guns, unusual ones mostly, and that's a pretty niffy pix.

Never could figure out WHY some people never cared for guns, could never convince them there's nothing wrong with them. My son is the same way, then I finally figured it out...he has never had a NEED to have a gun.
But I have had a couple guys trying to break into my bedroom window at 2am.
You have no idea what they are capable of, but you KNOW it's nothing good.
And you don't know how they are armed, but your family's lives could be in the balance.

Believe me when you get to that situation you won't be apologizing for having a gun!!

Anyway nice pix...are there any here that can be imported into Xara?

this an art forum not a sub-chapter of the NRA

xara will import most common digital image formats - perhaps you could open a new thread if you want something specific

Nice work Keith Hemsley

Very nice Keith. When I was in the Marine Corps I qualified with a similar pisrol but like ss-kalm I have never seen a pistol with an adjustable rear sight. At any rate That is an excellent job Keith. =D>

May I point out that this thread was over 3 years old until Zemo resurrected it yesterday. :)

Keith seems to be lurking as his last visit to the forums was earlier today although his profile shows his account as inactive.

Thanks for pointing that out Bill, I guess that'll teach me to look at the posting date, evidently I'm not alone there.