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 automatic revolver, this is the only existing model of automatic revolver. Also noteable 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-Remington Magnum,

.44 Magnum,

.454 Casull (also chambers and cycles correctly with .45 Long Colt)

Capacity: 6 rounds (all calibres)

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

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Mateba Model 6 Unica

Film

• A Mateba with cosmetic accesories appears in Serenity.

Anime

• Ghost in the Shell features a fictional gun described as a Mateba, which features a barrel firing from the bottom of the cylinder but does not appear to be automatic.

• Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex features another fictional Mateba, but which is much closer to the real Model 6 Unica.

Grifone

This is a carbine version with a shoulder stock, 18" barrel and rifle-style foregrip. It was available chambered for .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum and .454 Casull.