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== [[Film]] ==
* The various [[James Bond]] movies almost always arm Bond with his trusty handgun. This makes more sense for a spy, who would want to use a subtle, concealable weapon. Of course, since when did James Bond [[Overt Operative|care about subtlety?]]
** The TV [[Spy Fiction]] series ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' varied the standard handgun trope in two ways. First, the standard issue U.N.C.L.E. handgun could fire either bullets or non-lethal "sleep darts" [[Plot-Sensitive Items|depending on the needs of the plot]]. Second, when U.N.C.L.E. agents needed a weapon that was more like a rifle than a handgun, they could simply attach a stock, telescopic sight, barrel extension, and extended magazine to the handgun and, voila, the handgun turned into [https://web.archive.org/web/20100607022943/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html a cool looking carbine].
*** There are some real-life "machine pistols" and pistol-caliber carbines that work this way, in the form of attaching a stock and/or extended barrel.
**** To say nothing of pistols that one can attach a stock to. The C-96 Mauser and its replacement, the Luger, both had optional attaching stocks.
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