The Walther P99 was the best Bond gun by far, retired only because most of Bond's fans didn't know jack about guns. He should have stuck with it during more tactical missions, while using the PPK (in 380) as the gun he wore under his tux.
Scarangas golden gun (Colt Single Action Army) in the novel was indeed chambered in .45, but if you watch the movie they clearly state several times that the fictional Golden Gun is uniquely chambered in 4.2 mm.
In the books, the event that lead to Bond switching from the Beretta was at the end of the book From Russia With Love. In the fight with Rosa Klebb, his Beretta got caught in his wasteband. But they filmed the books out of order and had to come up with another story.
First of all, Bond's Beretta didn't jam. what happened was the Supressor he had attached to it got caught in the waistband of hiis trousers. The Gun didn't mechanically fail. This was in From Russia with Love and when M recaps the whole matter, he says the gun jammed. It didn't, but it did allowe Fleming to give Bond a slightly better gun. Later, in Real life, during a 1974 attempted kidnapping, the Walther PPK handgun was wielded by the assailant, Ian Ball, but Princess Anne's bodyguard, Inspector James Beaton, also had one that jammed, preventing him from defending the Princess. The Princess herself famously refused to get out of her car with the line, "Not bloody likely," while her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, and a passing boxer, Ronald Russell, helped to subdue the attacker until police arrived
The air pistol Walther LP53. Technically not in the films or books but prominent on the posters. The Golden gun was not .45 but 4.7mm custom ammunition.
One of the FBI's revolvers used for plain clothes concealed carry was the Colt Police Positive Special with a 4" barrel. The FBI caliber was .38 Special (Bond's .38 S&W may have been the British .380 service revolver cartridge--the same 1877 cartridge). Ian Fleming had special operations experience during WW2 and his personal sidearm was reportedly a Beretta .25 automatic pistol. Ian Fleming may have embellished his CV--and Fleming was not a gun guy. On the other hand the real world gun choices may surprise everybody. The last FBI revolver was a S&W Model 13 with round butt and 3" barrel and .357 Magnum chambering (it could fire .38 Special and the FBI load was a .38 Special +P 158-grain lead semi-wadcutter hollow point) that was worn in a belt holster under a suit coat.
Boothroyd did not recommend the PPK. He actually thought Bond should carry a S&W Centennial Airweight revolver in .38 Special. The PPK only was mentioned as possible gun for Bond's enemies to use.
308 ( 7.62X51 MM NATO) is more like 800 yards to 100 yards. the Walther PP/PPK/PPK-S are still nice choices today since they are flat and compact. and really not a problem only holding 7-8 rounds. and today alot of people still carry a S&W "J" frame like the M642 ( modern M42 airweight) Centennial in their pockets. and have NO problems with that choice. the Walter P5 and P99 are great guns but are bulkier than a PP-PPK/S or PPK type of gun. 25 autos like the Berreta are still nice choices for up close and personal or " get off me" and are still in use by many people. I have a few and love them. as I do my Colt and S&W revolvers and my PP-PPK/Ss .
This video has so many mistakes both about the Bond novels, the movie/actor, and some gun facts. Firstly, Bond’s Beretta didn’t jam, and it wasn’t in Dr No that it happened. Bond was originally supposed to die at the end of From Russia With Love, but Fleming was pushed not to kill him, so he instead had him poisoned in an altercation with a SMERSH higher up. During the altercation, the suppressor attached to his Beretta got snagged in his waistband, and he was poisoned at the very end of the novel. In Dr No, the next book, the opening of the novel sees Bond coming back to MI6 after recovering from the poisoning, and M agrees to put Bond back on active duty if Bond gets a new gun, and forces Bond to give up the Beretta, which is when Bond is given a number of potential choices for a replacement. From there, the Walther is given as a recommendation, and Bond is reluctant to use it. Also that scene is of Sean Connery, not Roger Moore, and not from Octopussy(tho I can’t remember what movie that’s from).
The a.s.p 9mm was markeked as unsern in all the best places, based on a smith and wesson 59 with more than 200 modifications by paris theodore a new york holstersmith. Armenents systems and procedures still make things like extenable batons as used by the police... oh and bond in john gardners continuation novels