At least it's a Colt

A revolver owned by James Bond author Ian Fleming has been sold at auction in London for £12,000. The engraved Colt Python .357 Magnum was specially made for the author and presented to him by the Colt Company. It was accompanied by a letter from the firearms company and a copy of the 1959 Bond novel Goldfinger.
A Colt was used by villain Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, but 007 shunned the Colt in favour a gun which could be hidden under a dinner jacket. The auctioned gun, which is still in working condition, is engraved with the words: Presented To Ian Fleming By Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co.
Fleming was a journalist and banker, before working in Naval Intelligence during World War II, where he rose to the rank of Commander and was right-hand man to spymaster Admiral John Godfrey. After the war, he went to Jamaica for a naval conference and fell in love with the island, where he wrote the Bond novels at his home, Goldeneye.
Rico says the Walther Company missed a bet; they should have sent a PPK (Bond's traditional gub, if a stupid one) to Fleming...