A tip-up barrel is a type of

semi-automatic pistol A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol) is a repeating firearm, repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridge (firearms), cartridges in its chamber (firearms), chamber afte ...

design in which the barrel can be swung up and away from the firing pin, pivoting around a hinge set into the frame near the muzzle. Such a design allows a round to be inserted directly into the chamber, rather than from a

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. Shooters who lack the hand/arm strength needed to chamber the first round by racking the slide on a conventional pistol can take advantage of the tip-up barrel to begin firing.

Tip-up pistols

JO.LO.AR. The JO.LO.AR. was a semi-automatic pistol of Spanish origin and is chambered in various calibres. It is a development of the Extractor Model Sharpshooter pistol and was manufactured from 1924 by Bonifacio Echeveria STAR, with patent by J. Lopez d ...

* Taurus PT22 * Beretta 3032 Tomcat * Beretta 950 *

Beretta 21A Bobcat The Beretta 21A Bobcat is a semi-automatic pocket pistol designed by Beretta in Italy. Production began in the late 1984, solely in the Beretta U.S.A. facility in Accokeek, Maryland. It is a further development of the Beretta Model 20, whose produ ...

Beretta Cheetah The Beretta Cheetah, also known as the 80 Series and originally known as the Series 81, is a line of compact blowback operated semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. They were introduced in 1976 and include models ...

(certain models) *

Le Français (pistol) The Le Français pistol by Manufrance was produced from 1913 till 1969, in a variety of calibres.Fitzsimons, Bernard (1978) It was mainly sold in France, primarily to the greater public but also to some officers of the French Army (during the ...

*Girsan MC 14T Tip-Up

References

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