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Mateba Model 6 Unica: Difference between revisions
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:.357 Magnum (also chambers .38 Special but does not cycle automatically, forcing the user to operate in DAO mode) | :.357 Magnum (also chambers .38 Special but does not cycle automatically, forcing the user to operate in DAO mode) | ||
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:.454 Casull (also chambers .45 Long Colt but does not cycle) | :.454 Casull (also chambers .45 Long Colt but does not cycle) | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 10 February 2011
Mateba (officially MA.TE.BA. Arms, short for Macchine Termo-Balistiche) was an Italian firm manufacturing the only automatic revolver in modern production, the Model 6 Unica, designed by Emilio Ghisoni. It has now gone out of business. Other than the Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver, this is one of the few existing models of automatic revolver. Also notable is the positioning of the barrel, with the gun firing from the bottom chamber of the cylinder rather than the top, as is almost universally the case in other revolvers, aligning the recoil more directly with the hands of the shooter and somewhat eliminating muzzle flip. The hexagonal cylinder cross-section and lack of top strap are also unusual features in modern firearms. On firing, the barrel, cylinder and upper frame recoil approximately 7/8ths of an inch/22mm on the lower frame, which houses the grip and trigger, and cocks the hammer and rotates the cylinder.
Specifications
Type: Automatic Revolver
Calibers:
- .357 Magnum (also chambers .38 Special but does not cycle automatically, forcing the user to operate in DAO mode)
- .44 Magnum (also chambers .44 Special but does not cycle)
- .454 Casull (also chambers .45 Long Colt but does not cycle)
Capacity: 6 rounds (all calibers)
Fire Modes: Semi-automatic single/double action (first trigger pull double action, subsequent shots single action)
Barrel: Interchangeable design, 3", 4", 5", 6", 8" and 18" lengths available
Unica
Film
- A Mateba with cosmetic accessories appears in Serenity.
- A Mateba with cosmetic accessories appears in Gamer.
- Thomas Jane as Malone in Give 'Em Hell, Malone
Television
- Aharon Ipalé as Ineni Hassan in Alias
Anime
- Togusha from Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence uses a fictional Mateba variant referred to as a "Mateba M-M2007", which does not appear to be automatic. It uses the frame of the Model 6 and a barrel assembly like that of the 2006M.
- A unmodified 2006M makes a brief appearance in Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex.
- Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd Gig feature another fictional Mateba called the 2008M, which is much closer to the real Model 6 and features a barrel assembly like that of the 2006M.
- Seen in Takizawa's closet in Eden of the East.