List of Firearms

Francisco Scarmanga's Golden Gun and James Bond's Walther PPK, as seen in The Man with The Golden Gun (film).

The following is a list of Firearms used by James Bond in the novel and film adventures.

Novels

Ian Fleming

When Ian Fleming wrote the first of the original James Bond novels, Casino Royale, in 1953, he had no idea the direction in which the stories would go, let alone how many he would eventually write. So when he introduced, Bond as using a Beretta 418 in a flat chamois leather holster he probably didn't think too much about it. He had actually used such a gun during World War II when he was in Naval Intelligence, and felt it was an appropriate sidearm for a secret agent on an undercover mission.

Shortly before the publication of From Russia with Love in 1956, Fleming received a fan letter from Major Geoffrey Boothroyd. Boothroyd was a retired Army Major and gun collector. Boothroyd told Fleming that he really admired the Bond novels apart from the protagonist's choice of weapon. He felt that the Beretta 418 was a "lady's gun" with no real stopping power. He also objected to the choice of holster. Boothroyd proposed that Bond should use a revolver like the Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight. It had no external hammer, so it would not catch on 007's clothes. The Smith & Wesson could be kept in a Berns-Martin triple draw holster held in place with a spring clip which would decrease Bond's draw time. Boothroyd also had bad words about the suppressor Bond occasionally used in his missions, saying that they were rarely silent and reduced the power of a gun.

Fleming replied, thanked the Major for his letter, and made a few points. He felt that Bond ought to have an automatic gun; perhaps Boothroyd could recommend one? He agreed that the Beretta 418 lacked power, but pointed out that Bond had used more powerful weapons when the need required, such as the Colt Army Special he uses in Moonraker. Fleming also said that he had seen a silenced Sten gun during the war and the weapon had hardly made a whisper.

Boothroyd recommended the now-iconic Walther PPK 7.65mm as being the best choice for an automatic of that size, with its ammunition available everywhere. He suggested, however, that 007 ought to have a revolver for long-range work. Fleming asked Boothroyd if he could lend his illustrator Richard Chopping one of his guns to be painted for the cover of From Russia with Love. Boothroyd lent Chopping a .357 Magnum revolver that had the trigger guard removed for faster firing.

Fleming had Bond's Beretta caught in his holster at the end of From Russia with Love, an event that almost costs the secret agent his life. In the next novel, Dr. No, a certain Major Boothroyd recommends that Bond switch guns. Bond is issued a Walther PPK but is told to carry it in a Berns-Martin triple draw holster, which is designed only to carry revolvers. This is an odd mistake given that Fleming had bought such a holster and had it sent to Jamaica. (It has been argued that Q-branch could have modified an excellent holster to accommodate automatics.

Novel	Year	Guns
Casino Royale	1953	Beretta 418 .25 ACP, Bond's main gun. Colt Police Positive .38 Special. Bond keeps one under his pillow while he sleeps. Colt Army Special long-barreled .45 Long Colt. Bond keeps one in his Bentley’s glovebox.
Live and Let Die	1954	Beretta 418, Bond's main gun. Colt Detective Special. Bond takes this off Tee-Hee's corpse and uses it to kill two more of Mr. Big's men in the car park. Champion speargun. Bond uses this to fend off a barracuda during his swim to Mr. Big's island.
Moonraker	1955	Beretta 418, Bond's main gun. Long-barreled Colt Army Special which Bond keeps (illegally) in his Bentley's glovebox.
Diamonds Are Forever	1956	Beretta 418, Bond's main gun.
From Russia with Love	1957	Beretta 418, Bond's main gun. Red Grant's .25 electric gun hidden inside a hollowed-out copy of War and Peace.
Dr. No	1958	Walther PPK .32 ACP, Bond's main gun. Beretta 418. James Bond is forced to hand this gun over to M. Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight for "long-range work". Bond decides to take this to Crab Key island rather than the PPK as there will be no time for close encounters. Smith & Wesson .38. Bond finds this gun on Crab Key and uses it to kill three of Doctor No's men.
Goldfinger	1959	Bond carries the Walther PPK in a hollowed-out copy of "The Bible to be Read as Literature".
For Your Eyes Only	1960
"From A View to a Kill"	1959	Long-barreled Colt .45. Bond's main gun as he hunts for a Russian spy.
"For Your Eyes Only"	1960	Savage 99F. Bond is given the gun by an American policeman.
"Quantum of Solace"	1959	No gun is mentioned or used.
"Risico"	1960	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun.
"The Hildebrand Rarity"	1960	No gun is mentioned or used.
Thunderball	1961	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. He carries it, but he doesn't fire it in this mission.
The Spy Who Loved Me	1962	Bond gives a Colt Police Positive to the Bond girl to protect herself. This is the first mention of this gun since Casino Royale. Submachinegun. Bond mentions in an anecdote that he used a submachinegun on his last mission in Canada, and that he fired from the hip which is "the correct way to fire" an automatic weapon. Bond keeps a gun under his pillow as he sleeps, but this gun is never identified. As this book is told from the point-of-view of the "Bond-girl", the identity of Bond's gun is not mentioned. But it is presumably his Walther PPK.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service	1963	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun.
You Only Live Twice	1964	Walther PPK, but Bond isn't allowed to take it with him when he faces Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
The Man with the Golden Gun	1965	Cyanide gun. Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Scaramanga's deadly gold-plated single-action Colt .45. Bond actually uses the weapon once to shoot a pineapple off a showgirl's head.
Octopussy and The Living Daylights	1966
"Octopussy"	1965	No gun is mentioned or used.
"The Property of a Lady"	1963	No gun is mentioned or used.
"The Living Daylights"	1962	Winchester .308 target rifle, modified by Q-Branch to make it a repeating rifle.
"007 in New York"	1963	No gun is mentioned or used.

Kingsley Amis

Novel	Year	Guns
Colonel Sun	1968	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun.

John Gardner

On March 20, 1974 an attempt was made to kidnap HRH Princess Anne. The Walther PPK of the police officer protecting her jammed and was subsequently withdrawn from service. When John Gardner was asked to write a new series of James Bond continuation novels, one of the first things he decided was to update Bond's trusty Walther PPK. Gardner devoted two pages in his first James Bond novel Licence Renewed to the debate over whether to use a revolver or an automatic, and what make and model, before finally settling on an older FN M1903 in 9mm Browning Long (9x20mmSR). Even Bond himself admits that it is an old gun. The original hardback cover illustration by Richard Chopping shows the FN pistol.

After criticism from fans for choosing an old gun, Gardner replaced the gun three more times, eventually sticking to the ASP 9mm for the rest of the series. As he intended to downplay the gadgets in his books, Gardner compensated by bringing to the series a colorful arsenal of weapons from around the world.

Novel	Year	Guns
Licence Renewed	1981	FN M1903 9mm. Bond chooses this to replace his Walther PPK, which is now banned by the service. Ruger .44 Super Blackhawk. Bond keeps one of these (illegally) in his Saab 900 Turbo, and uses it during a car chase, firing it through his car's gunports. Antique dueling pistol. Colt Python .357 Magnum. Bond uses this briefly in an airborne shootout with Murik's men. MBA Gyrojet.
For Special Services	1982	Heckler & Koch VP70 9mm. After criticism from fans over the choice of an old gun, Gardner replaced Bond's FN M1903 with a more modern DAO 9mm polymer pistol.
Icebreaker	1983	Heckler & Koch P7 9mm becomes Bond's main gun in this adventure.
Role of Honour	1984	ASP 9mm. Gardner finally settled on the ASP as Bond's main gun.
Nobody Lives For Ever	1986	ASP, Bond's main gun.
No Deals, Mr. Bond	1987	ASP, Bond's main gun. Luger P08, Bond uses one in the deadly manhunt game at Cheung Chau
Scorpius	1988	ASP, Bond's main gun. Browning Compact 9mm
Win, Lose or Die	1989	ASP, Bond's main gun.
Licence to Kill	1989	P38K 9mm, Bond’s main gun, substituted for the PPK used in the film. Bond mentions that the PPK has been banned by MI6.
Brokenclaw	1990	ASP, Bond's main gun.
The Man from Barbarossa	1991	ASP, Bond's main gun.
Death is Forever	1992	ASP, Bond's main gun.
Never Send Flowers	1993	ASP, Bond's main gun.
SeaFire	1994	ASP, Bond's main gun.
GoldenEye	1995	ASP, Bond’s main gun, replacing the PPK from the film, to maintain continuity with the other novels.
COLD	1996	ASP, Bond's main gun.

Raymond Benson

When James Bond expert Raymond Benson was asked to take over writing the series, he briefly gave Bond back his Walther PPK. Benson also brought the series in line with the films and concurrently replaced Bond's PPK with the Walther P99 in the film novelisation Tomorrow Never Dies. In later novels, Bond carried the PPK for undercover work and the P99 for overt work.

Novel	Year	Guns
"Blast From the Past" (short story)	1997	Walther PPK
Zero Minus Ten	1997	Walther PPK
Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	Walther P99 9mm, Bond’s main gun. Unlike the movie, Bond is issued the new gun by Q when he gets his new car, and not at the Chinese safe house.
The Facts of Death	1998	Walther PPK Walther P99
"Midsummer Night's Doom" (short story)	1999	Walther P99
"Live at Five" (short story)	1999	Walther P99
The World Is Not Enough	1999	Walther PPK, Bond’s main gun, replacing the P99 from the film and previous Benson novels. No explanation is given for Bond dropping the P99 in this one novel.
High Time to Kill	1999	Walther P99 Walther PPK
Doubleshot	2000	Walther P99 in the then new .40 S&W, introduced the previous year Walther PPK
Never Dream of Dying	2001	Walther P99 9mm Walther PPK
The Man with the Red Tattoo	2002	Walther PPK
Die Another Day	2002	Walther P99

One Off Novels

Starting in 2008, individual novels were written by different authors, unconnected from any other continuation authors. Devil May Care and Solo are prequels set during the Fleming era and use the pistols that Fleming established for Bond in those years, while Carte Blanche and On His Majesty’s Secret Service are set in the year they were published.

Carte Blanche is a full reboot, and Jeffrey Deaver gives Bond the relatively new Walther PPS, intended by Walther as a modernized version of the PPK for concealed carry.

Novel	Year	Guns
Devil May Care	2008 (set in 1967)	Walther PPK
Carte Blanche	2011	Walther PPS .40 S&W
Solo	2013 (set in 1969)	Walther PPK, carried by Bond in London, but not taken on either of Bond’s missions Beretta M1951 9mm, purchased at a gun store in Washington, DC Frankel and Kleist S1962 .50 BMG, with a Schmidt & Bender scope. This is a fictional single shot, bolt action rifle. As an anachronism, Bond would not have been able to purchase either gun at a gun store in 1969. The Gun Control Act of 1968 (one year earlier) introduced universal background checks when purchasing firearms through a gun store, and Bond would not have been able to clear the background check without a false US identity and several weeks of waiting (before the computerized instant background check).
On His Majesty’s Secret Service	2023	Glock 19

Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz wrote a trilogy of novels set during the Fleming era, using previously unpublished material written by Fleming. Bond uses the pistol that Fleming previously established for Bond in those years, whether the 418 or PPK, depending on the year the novel takes place.

Novel	Year	Guns
Trigger Mortis	2015 (set in 1957)	Walther PPK M1911, loaned to Bond in New York by the FBI
Forever and a Day	2018 (set in 1950)	Beretta 418
With a Mind to Kill	2022 (set in 1965)	Walther PPK

The Moneypenny Diaries

Novel	Year	Guns
Guardian Angel	2005 (set in 1962)	FN Baby Browning .25 ACP
Secret Servant	2006 (set in 1963)	FN Baby Browning
Final Fling	2008 (set in 1964)	FN Baby Browning

Double O Series

The Double O Series is set in the world of James Bond, focusing on other Double O agents within MI6.

Novel	Year	Guns
Double or Nothing	2022	Glock 17

Films

Official films

Walther P99 9mm

The scene from the novel Dr. No is replayed more-or-less verbatim in the 1962 film, insuring the Walther PPK a place in cultural history. Bond shows a great deal more fidelity to his sidearm in the films than in the novels, even going so far as to take on an international arms dealer and hi-tech arms enthusiastic like Brad Whitaker armed only with an eight-shot, 7.65mm semi-automatic.

As there is significantly more gunplay in more recent films, Bond has changed to a more modern handgun, though it is still a Walther. There is also a greater use of assault rifles and sub-machine guns during the battle sequences.

Title	Year	Guns
Dr. No	1962	Beretta Model 1934 or Beretta Model 1935. Bond, reluctantly, has to hand this gun over to M. Walther PPK Bond is forced to use the Walther PPK as his main gun. (Although identified as a PPK in the film and presumably intended as such, Sean Connery actually uses a slightly larger, but visually similar, Walther PP in the film.) FN Model 1910 with silencer.
From Russia with Love	1963	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Armalite AR-7 Survival Rifle, kept in his attache case.
Goldfinger	1964	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Walther P38, He use this when first engages Goldfinger's men instead of his Walther PPK.
Thunderball	1965	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Speargun used to kill Vargas and during the underwater battle.
You Only Live Twice	1967	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Cigarette rocket, used to kill one of Blofeld's guards. Colt detective Special,Bond uses this to kill the henchman who poisoned Aki Webley Mk IV,Bond picks this gun up when blofeld drops it and uses it to shoot two henchmen. MBAssociates Gyrojet Rifle, used by Tiger Tanaka and his ninja commandos on the raid on Blofeld's base.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service	1969	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Sterling L2A3 sub-machine gun, used during the assault on the Piz Gloria.
Diamonds Are Forever	1971	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun.
Live and Let Die	1973	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver, used during the rescue of Solitaire.
The Man with the Golden Gun	1974	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. "Triggerless" rifle, made by the Portuguese gunsmith Lazar for an assassin with only three fingers. Francisco Scaramanga's Golden Gun, a custom made, gold-plated single-shot handgun chambered in 4.2mm caliber with special bullets that are always fatal. The gun can be disassembled to avoid detection into a gold cigarette lighter, a gold cigarette case, a gold cuff link, and a gold fountain pen.
The Spy Who Loved Me	1977	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Beretta 70, used by Bond at the pyramids. Sterling L2A3 sub-machine gun, used during the battle onboard the Liparus supertanker.
Moonraker	1979	Wrist-Mounted Dart Gun, Bond's main gun that takes the place of the Walther PPK in this film. Holland & Holland Royal Double Rifle.
For Your Eyes Only	1981	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun.
Octopussy	1983	Walther P5, though identified as a Walther PPK after the taxi chase ("I appear to have misplaced my PPK." he tells Q) this larger 9mm gun is Bond's main gun in this film. Sa vz. 58 assault rifle. Bond takes this gun off one of Kamal Khan's men and fires it while sliding down a bannister. M16 Rifle, Bond uses this gun to shoot tired on an enemy truck in the pretitle sequence.
A View to a Kill	1985	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Shotgun loaded with (non-lethal) rock salt which he uses to send off some of Max Zorin's hired goons.
The Living Daylights	1987	Walther WA2000 sniper rifle. Bond uses this to shoot the rifle out of Kara Milovy's hands. Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Kalashnikov AKMS assault rifle rifle. Bond takes this gun off a Russian soldier and uses it during the airfield battle.
Licence to Kill	1989	Beretta 92F given to Bond by Felix Leiter during the opening sequence when Bond does not have a gun on him. (Brazilian Taurus PT92 is used as a stand-in for the 92F, as per the film's armorer in “The Making of Licence to Kill” by Sally Hibin) Colt Carbine, seen briefly used by DEA agents chasing Sanchez in the pre-title sequence. Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. "Signature gun", .220 (probably .220 Swift, possibly .220 Russian) sniper's rifle that is disguised as pieces of a cine camera, and only responds to his palm print. Bond uses this gun in an attempt to kill Franz Sanchez, but is thwarted by a ninja. When a ninja tries to use the gun himself, it won't fire.
GoldenEye	1995	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Makarov PM, used by General Ourumov as his sidearm. Natalia also acquires one at Cuba. Browning BDM, Alec Trevelyan's sidearm. Bond gets the hold of this gun during their fight at the Antenna's Beam Steering Mechanism. Kalashnikov AKS-74u. Used by Bond during the Arkhangelsk escape and the St. Petersburg action sequences from Military Archives up to Alec's train. Xenia uses it to massacre the occupants of the Severnaya Satellite Control Center. Kalashnikov AK-74, Used mainly by the Russian soldiers under Ourumov's and/or Alec's command. Bond acquires one from sentry in Cuba Antenna. (Most of the AK-74 rifles in this film are actually Chinese Norinco Type 56 rifles mocked-up to look like AK-74 rifles.)
Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	Sterling AR180 heavily modified to be folded into a "pocket sized" infiltrator rifle. Bond uses this during the opening sequence. The main modifications were: handguards and flash hider removed, a shortened barrel, a top-folding stock instead of the standard side folding, customised iron sights to allow the use of the aforementioned stock, a pistol grip that could be foldable over the magwell, a shortened STANAG magazine (probably a civilian 10-rounds one) in order to allow the pistol grip to fold over it (that later is replaced with a standard 30rds STANAG) Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Calico SMG, Bond uses this gun to escape from Elliot Carver's Media Headquarters in Saigon. Walther P99 9mm. Wai Lin gives Bond this gun before he joins her in searching for the stealth boat. Heckler & Koch MP5K. Bond uses this submachinegun during the final battle.
The World Is Not Enough	1999	Walther P99, Bond's main gun. FN P90. Bond briefly uses this submachinegun during the shootout in the nuclear test facility. Colt M1911A1 pistol, used by Bond on two occasions.
Die Another Day	2002	Walther P99, Bond's main gun. Ingram MAC-10. Bond uses this submachinegun during the hovercraft chase. Smith & Wesson Model 10, Bond borrowed the revolver from a fellow agent while in Cuba. Accuracy International AW sniper rifle, used by Bond when he and Jinx infiltrated North Korea. Browning Hi-Power, as currently manufactured by FM of Argentina, in the sailboat scenes.
Casino Royale	2006	Walther PPK. Bond uses it in the pre-fight sequence of the film. Walther P99, Bond's main gun. Heckler & Koch UMP9 with integral suppressor, used at the end of the film to shoot Mr. White's leg.
Quantum of Solace	2008	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Beretta 92SB, Bond snatches it from a police officer, hired by Greene after the officer kills Mathis and after killing the officer with it, he removes the magazine and tosses it away. SIG-Sauer P226, Bond steals it from a fellow agent while escaping his arrest. Used it during the Greene Hotel infiltration but loses it when he and Greene fight. SIG P210 Bond finds it in Medrano's suite and uses it to get him and Camille out of the burning hotel and used it to interrogate Greene.
Skyfall	2012	Walther PPK/S, Bond's main gun. Bond uses three in this movie, one in Istanbul, but tosses it away when it runs dry, one which Q gives him and has a custom grip to identify Bond is holding the gun, loses it in Macau and one which he receives when he returns to MI6 after Silva's arrest. He gives it to M to defend herself at Skyfall Lodge. Glock 17, Bond grabs the gun from a henchman and uses it to kills the others and holds Silva at gunpoint with it until MI6 backup arrived. Hunting rifle, Bond is handed his father's hunting rifle during the defense of Skyfall lodge. He tosses it away when he runs out of ammo. Kincade uses a sawed-off version of this weapon, much like a shotgun. Heckler & Koch HK416, used by Silva's men. Bond picks up one and uses it to deal with the rest of the first wave. He picks up another one and uses it to bash the lock off the gas cans, then tosses it away.
Spectre	2021	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Glock 17 Kpos Carbine, Bond uses this sniper to kill Gallo and two of Marco Sciarra's henchmen in the pre-title sequence before shooting a explosive briefcase.
No Time To Die	2021	Walther PPK, Bond's main gun. Browning Hi-Power MKIII, Bond pulls out this gun when investigating the Imposter in his Jamaica lagoon, which turns out to be Nomi. Colt Mk 18 Mod 0, James Bond uses a Mk 18 Mod 0 during the finale at the Poison Garden.

Unofficial films

Title	Year	Guns
Never Say Never Again	1983	CZ Model 25. Bond uses this submachinegun in the opening sequence. Walther P5, Bond's main gun. Coincidentally, Roger Moore used the same make of gun in Octopussy, also released in 1983. Connery's gun can be seen in Planet Hollywood in London, where it is inaccurately labelled as a Walther PPK.