Made its first and only appearance in the 1974 Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun as the perfect assassination weapon for Francisco Scaramanga (played by Christopher Lee). The Golden Gun’s appearance from the novel to the film had went through some major changes; in the novel it was just a gold-plated .45 caliber revolver that fires gold dum-dum bullets. While in the film it’s a custom built single shot gun that fires a custom made 4.2 millimeter golden dum-dum bullet. The gun itself is an assembly of four component parts which when the gun is disassemble they appear as four innocuous golden items. The pen (the gun barrel), the lighter (the slide out and breech chamber), cigarette case (the gun handle and trigger housing) and the cufflink (the gun trigger). This method of gun assembly and disassembly is perfect for evading security or unsuspecting targets. The Golden Gun may not be so threatening with its only one shot but in the hands of Scaramanga it can be an instant kill shot weapon. The Man With The Golden Gun maybe the least popular film in the franchise but it brought us one of the most unique weapons in the Bond franchise used by one of the most greatest actors of all time.
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