Guns International #: 103053130

Category - Beretta Pistols - .25 Pistols

Category
Beretta Pistols
.25 Pistols

BERETA 418 .25 ACP SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL. JAMES BOND gun

Description:
James Bond Gun ! Dated 1953. It is a blued pocket pistol with monogrammed black grips, a grip safety, and fixed sights. The left side of the frame with proof stamps. CONDITION: Excellent. Retains about 90% blue finish with scattered high edge holster wear and some tinning on backstrap. Grips are excellent. Bore is bright. Barrel Length: 2 - 1/4" Caliber/Bore: .25 ACP FFL Status: Curio & Relic, Best offer!
Background
"Bond went into his bedroom and took out his two guns and looked at them. Neither was a part of him as the Beretta had been - an extension of his right hand - but he already knew them as better weapons."
? Dr. No (1957)
The Beretta 418 is also known as the favourite pistol of James Bond. In the James Bond novels his pistol is described as having a skeleton grip (i.e. grips removed - frame only), and either a threaded barrel to support a silencer or completely sawed off barrel.
When Ian Fleming wrote the first of the James Bond novels, Casino Royale, 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 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.

Curio/Relic: Yes
Handgun Caliber: .25 ACP (6.35mm Browning, 6.35×16mmSR)
Manufacturer: Beretta
Model: 418

Price: $750.00