Tip-up barrel
Not to be confused with Revolver § Tip_up, or Top-break.
Tip-up barrel on a .32 ACP Beretta pistol
Tip-up barrel on a .25 ACP Beretta Jetfire pistol
Tip-up barrel is a term used to describe semi-automatic pistols 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/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.
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