 side grip panels removed - frame only), and a threaded barrel to support a silencer.At the end of the fifth novel, "From Russia, with Love", Bond is unable to draw the Beretta at a critical moment when its silencer catches on the waistband of his trousers and is very nearly killed as a result.This incident leads to an order from his superior officer, M, to start carrying a new duty weapon in the opening chapters of the sixth novel, "Dr. No".