He passed in his sleep at his home in the Bahamas at age 90 Saturday. Not a bad way to go for an old salt.
While we have talked about the (short) naval career of Sir Thomas Sean Connery in the past (see= Warship Wednesday Dec.9, 2015: HM’s Enterprise) we have not talked about the actor’s impact on gun culture.
After all, along a 50-year career and 100 film credits, he made some of the most iconic “gun guy” movies of the 20th Century.
Quick sidebar: Connery carried an M1911A1 in almost as many movies as he did a PPK
More on that subject in my column at Guns.com.