The names Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli appear in the gunbarrels for Dr. No and On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

The first actor to appear in the gunbarrel was NOT Sean Connery, but stunt man Bob Simmons, who appeared in the first three films. Starting with Thunderball, "the man in the gunbarrel" has always been the actor portraying Bond: Sean Connery (1965-1967,and 1971), George Lazenby (1969), Roger Moore (1973-1985), Timothy Dalton (1986-1991), Pierce Brosnan (1995-2004) and Daniel Craig (2005-present)

The first three gunbarrel Bond's wore hats. Roger Moore was the first Bond to go bare-headed. Moore was also the first Bond to appear in the gunbarrel wearing a tuxedo rather than a suit (The Spy Who Loved Me), and to fire his gun with a steadying grip (Live and Let Die).

Timothy Dalton filmed his gunbarrel twice--the first was scrapped when it was thought that he jumped too far when he turned (you can see it in British teaser trailers for The Living Daylights).

Pierce Brosnan also filmed his twice-once for the ones seen in the films, but the teaser trailer for Tomorrow Never Dies shows a different walk.

Daniel Craig's gunbarrel for Casino Royale has many distinctions. You see the man who's raising the weapon. The gunbarrel has significantly more rifling than those in the past. Craig doesn't walk across the screen, but turns from his back to the screen to face the assailant and fire. Craig does not appear in a white negative space, but a white-tiled bathroom. The blood dripping from the top of the screen has depth, is more complex in its pattern, and introduces the Title Song. Craig's gunbarrel is the only one in the entire series that doesn't open the film.

The tradition of photographing the framing gunbarrel through a pinhole-camera was done until Binder's death in 1991. Daniel Kleinman's gunbarrels (starting with Goldeneye) are computer-generated.

Traditionally, "The James Bond Theme" plays during The Gunbarrel, although Dr.No started with a series of electronic beeps to introduce the sequence, an acknowledgement of Bond being a "computer-age" agent. The Bond theme has had differing arrangements, depending on the film's composer. John Barry traditionally used a bass guitar to play "The James Bond Theme" after Bond fires, although for Lazenby it was switched to a high-pitched synthesizer, strings for Moore, and strings and brass for Dalton. George Martin's Bond Theme Intro for Live and Let Die had more of a driving beat to it, Marvin Hamlisch and Bill Conti (The Spy Who Loved Me and For Yor Eyes Only, respectively) had more disco percussion and Conti's Bond Theme played screaming brass. Michael Kamen's introduction for Licence To Kill was more symphonic. Eric Serra went with synthesizers and sampled sounds for Goldeneye. David Arnold did not use the "guitar motif" of The James Bond Theme for his first two Bond scores, though it did appear for The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.