In Michael Newton's _Armed and Dangerous: a writer's guide to
weapons_ I
read this:
"In Ian Flemmings first five novels, published between 1953
and 1959,
Bond's main weapon is a .25-caliber Beretta automatic pistol
with
"skeleton grip," that is, with the grip plates removed to
reduce the
extra bulge in a holster. His back-up piece for serious work
is an
unspecified Colt .45 revolver, probably the M1917 New Service
model."
There's more, but why not pick up this nicely-done Writer's
Digest book,
second only to _Deadly Doses: a writer's guide to
poisons_.
Cheers, --- Phil
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