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| − | [[File:Tip-Up-Barrel-Pistol-Handgun-Beretta-Model-3032-Tomcat-32-ACP-Firearm-Wiki.PNG|frame|right|]] | + | [[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. | '''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. | ||
Revision as of 06:56, 8 October 2019
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.
