That’s what matters when it comes to matching a firearm to a character, including females. 25 caliber handguns may have been popular with women doesn’t make the Beretta Model 418 a “lady’s gun.” Just like there are different knives for different tasks, the right gun for a character is the one that suits the shooter and the situation. After all, there are some striking similarities between the Bond universe and the secretive Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, of which Fleming was a member. Where a target is hit, if at all, is more important than how hard it’s hit. Fleming likely used a smaller caliber handgun in the war because it was easier to shoot and transport than a hand cannon. I suspect Fleming knew what matters more in the world of firearms than gender: shot placement. In World War II, Fleming served as a real life secret agent for the Strategic Operations Executive (SOE). His experiences served as the basis for James Bond. (Unlike someone who fires indoors into a dresser like in the video. I think that came from a place of latent misogyny more than anything else (not entirely out of place considering the Bond movies), because Fleming was no idiot when it came to firearms. 32 caliber Walther PPK, although that doesn’t mean Boothroyd’s was right about the “lady’s gun” comment.
He repeats the “lady’s gun” comment.įleming took the advice and switched Bond’s pistol to the iconic. Here’s a cheeky video about Boothroyd’s firearm criticisms of Bond that’s worth the watch. This sort of gun is really a lady’s gun, and not a really nice lady at that. I dislike a man who comes into contact with all sorts of formidable people using a. 25 caliber Beretta 418, pictured above. Here’s a portion of that letter, courtesy of Letters of Note: This became known as the “lady’s gun” letter. In 1956, British firearm writer Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote to James Bond creator Ian Fleming with a complaint about the spy’s handgun. I’m here to tell you that’s a mistake, and ironically I’ll use one of the most famous womanizers of all time, James Bond, to explain why.Įven Ian Fleming Knew Gun Size Doesn’t Equal Dick Size When it comes to handguns, it seems to me there’s a tendency to assign fictional female characters smaller calibers than males. (By Bob Adams ( ) (), via Wikimedia Commons) TLDR: Firearm experience, hand size, general physical condition and purpose matter more than gender when it comes to assigning handguns to female characters. So why would a character like James Bond use it? Writer Ian Fleming had a good reason. 25 caliber ammunition is barely cut out for popping varmints. The Beretta Model 418 is so small it’s considered a “pocket pistol,” meaning it could slip inside a pocket.
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