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Bond, James Bond
If you are referring to the literary Bond, as opposed to the movie Bond, Fleming's character started out with a .25acp Beretta, but in Dr. No was forced to give it up and choose either a S&W .38special snub (I don't remember which model) or the Walther PPK 7.65mm (.32 auto). Q described the .32 as hitting "like a brick through a glass window" in comparison to the .25.
(Quote may be slightly off; I'm going from memory, but I'll bet I'm at least 90% on.)
Point is, until the stories written by later authors with Fleming's heirs' permission, Bond never used bigger caliber handguns. The later authors had him using anything from a HK VP70 to a S&W ASP to a Walther P5, all in 9mm; plus a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44magnum (but that was only his car vault gun, to be used in an anti-vehicle mode on the road).
Given that Fleming was a British agent back in the day, it's interesting that he made his character's priorities conceability and reliability over power, and that Bond focused on marksmanship.
Actually, the American OSS trained its operatives the same way...
Cheers,
M
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