Editing Revolver (section)

=== Tip-up cylinder ===
[[File:Mod1open.jpg|thumb|Smith & Wesson Model 1 Third Issue open]]

The tip-up revolver was the first design to be used with metallic cartridges in the [[Smith & Wesson Model 1]], on which the barrel pivoted upwards, hinged on the forward end of the topstrap. On the S&W tip-up revolvers, the barrel release catch is located on both sides of the frame in front of the trigger. Smith & Wesson discontinued it in the third series of the [[Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2]] but it was fairly widely used in Europe in the 19th century after a patent by Spirlet in 1870, which also included an ejector star.<ref name="Hogg1978">{{cite book|author=Ian V. Hogg|title=The complete illustrated encyclopedia of the world's firearms|year=1978|publisher=A & W Publishers|isbn=978-0-89479-031-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/completeillustra00ianv/page/287 287]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/completeillustra00ianv/page/287}}</ref>