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[[File:Tip-Up-Barrel-Pistol-Handgun-Beretta-Model-3032-Tomcat-32-ACP-Firearm-Wiki.png|frame|right|A Beretta 3032 Tomcat chambered in .32 ACP, showing off its "tip-up barrel" feature! Photo Source: [https://cutt.ly/reiswN9 User "LSSPORTS" at GunAuction.com].]]
  
'''Tip-up barrel''' is a [[semi-automatic pistol]] in which the first round in the chamber is not fed from a [[magazine (firearm)|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.<ref name="Ahern2010">{{cite book|author=Jerry Ahern|title=Gun Digest Buyer's Guide to Concealed-Carry Handguns|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LyoEmeSwGwgC&pg=PA220|date=5 October 2010|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=1-4402-1743-2|pages=220–}}</ref>
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'''Tip-up barrel''' is a [[semi-automatic pistol]] in which the first round in the chamber is not fed from a [[magazine (firearm)|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.
  
 
==Pistols That Feature a Tip-Up Barrel==
 
==Pistols That Feature a Tip-Up Barrel==

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A Beretta 3032 Tomcat chambered in .32 ACP, showing off its "tip-up barrel" feature! Photo Source: User "LSSPORTS" at GunAuction.com.

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.

Pistols That Feature a Tip-Up Barrel