Tip-up barrel
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/3032_Tip.png/220px-3032_Tip.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beretta950JetfireandClip-Open.jpg/220px-Beretta950JetfireandClip-Open.jpg)
Tip-up barrel is a semi-automatic pistol in which the first round in the chamber is not fed from a magazine, but is inserted directly into the chamber via a barrel which swings upwards to admit it. The particular advantage of the tip-up barrel is that it allows users to chamber a round who may lack sufficient hand or arm strength to rack the slide on a conventional semi-automatic pistol.[1]
Tip-up pistols
- JO.LO.AR.
- Taurus PT22
- Beretta 3032 Tomcat
- Beretta 950
- Beretta 21A Bobcat
- Beretta Cheetah (certain models)
- Le Français (pistol)
References
- ^ Jerry Ahern (5 October 2010). Gun Digest Buyer's Guide to Concealed-Carry Handguns. Gun Digest Books. pp. 220–. ISBN 1-4402-1743-2.