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A short forward press on the thumb lever activates the tip-up barrel feature on small-frame Berettas produced since 1954.

Here is a 950 BS Jetfire .25 shown cocked and locked with a live round in the chamber. What looks like a large, knurled screw at the lower rear of the grip panel is actually a push-button magazine release.

As is common, the sights on these little guns are small, but they’re better than a lot of what the competition offers. Painting them a bright color may help your eye to pick them up. Use enamel from a hobby shop or refrigerator enamel from an appliance store.

The smallest of Beretta pistols is the 950/Jetfire series, which was produced for nearly 50 years beginning in 1954. The reliable, accurate Jetfire .25 will fit not just in your jacket pocket, but also in the little business card pocket most clothing manufacturers sew inside the pocket of a blazer or suit coat. If you need a really tiny backup gun, this is one to consider.

A variation of the Jetfire and its .22 Short companion gun is the Beretta Minx, with a 4-inch barrel. In perspective, the Jetfire made the little Minx look like a long-barreled miniature target gun. These fell out of favor and were dropped from the catalog because they were incongruous to the Model 950’s function as a pocket pistol. However, for the person looking for a very small and light pistol to introduce shooters with very small hands to recreational handgun shooting, a .22 Short Minx with a 4-inch barrel is ideal.