Mateba Model 6 Unica

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, this is one of the few existing models of semi-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 1/2 of an inch, or 12.7mm, on the lower frame, which houses the grip and trigger, and cocks the hammer and rotates the cylinder.

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Mateba Model 6 Unica, 4" barrel - .357 Magnum

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Mateba Model 6 Unica, 6" barrel - .357 Magnum

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Mateba Model 6 Unica, 6" barrel - .454 Casull

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Mateba 2006M, another unconventional revolver made by Mateba, distinguishable from the Model 6 by the cylinder housing, which is enclosed at the top, as opposed to the model 6's open top housing - .357 Magnum

Specifications

Type: Recoil-operated semi-automatic Revolver

Calibers:

.357 Magnum (also chambers .38 Special but requires a spring change to cycle properly)

.44 Magnum (also chambers .44 Special but requires a spring change to cycle properly)

.454 Casull (also chambers .45 Long Colt but requires a spring change to cycle properly)

Capacity: 6 rounds (all calibers)

Fire Modes: Semi-automatic DA/SA (first trigger pull double action, subsequent shots single action)

Barrel: Interchangeable design, 3", 4", 5", 6", 8" and 18" lengths available

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Serenity	Summer Glau	River Tam	Customised 4" barrel model	2005
	Adam Baldwin	Jayne Cobb
	Gina Torres	Zoë Alleyne Washburne
Gamer	Gerard Butler	Kable	Customised 4" barrel model, as originally used in Serenity	2009
Give 'em Hell Malone	Thomas Jane	Malone	6" barrel	2009
	Elsa Pataky	Evelyn
	Gregory Harrison	Whitmore
Looper	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Joe	4" barrel	2012
	Bruce Willis	Old Joe
The Maze Runner	Will Poulter	Gally	4" barrel	2014
The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Shailene Woodley	Beatrice "Tris" Prior	4" barrel	2015
	Miles Teller	Peter Hayes

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Alias - Season 1/"So It Begins"	Aharon Ipalé	Ineni Hassan	Model 6 Unica	2001-2002

Video Games

Title	As	Mods	Notes	Date
Battlefield 4	Unica 6		Dragon's Teeth DLC	2013
Watch_Dogs	M8-M / Chrome / Auto-6			2013
Resident Evil: Revelations 2	2005M		M6 Unica	2015

Anime

Film/Series Title	Character	Notation	Date
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex	Togusa	Mateba 2008M, fictional hybrid of 2006M and Model 6 Unica - .357 Magnum	2002-2003
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig	Togusa	Mateba 2008M - .357 Magnum	2004-2005