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It's been a few days since I've posted a cyberpunk or scifi looking gun so to appease the Ghost in the Shell fans here's the Mateba. (It was also in the Firefly movie)

The top half of the revolver cycles back like we're used to seeing on many semi auto pistols.

The Mateba 6 Unica is the culmination of a series of revolver development by Italian designer Emilio Ghisoni... The Unica 6 is one of only a few self-cocking revolvers to see commercial production and sales...

It was available in .357 Magnum, .44. Magnum, and .454 Casull. All three could be used with the associated Special ammunition with a recoil spring swap.

In addition, the Unica 6 fired from the bottom chamber of its cylinder, which allowed it to use an open frame design with powerful magnum cartridges...

Ian's Video: [19:46] https://youtu.be/Iuam0ZL6sBc?si=

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/02/04/mateba-autorevolver-454/

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[–] Beefytootz 18 points 1 year ago

This was the predecessor to the Chiappa Rhino. Super rad and I'm really glad to see it's getting some love. It's always fun telling people it's a semi auto revolver, waiting for them to correct me, then showing a video of it.

[–] CodexArcanum 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, that is a cool freaking gun! I love the strange angles from the flattened cylinder and just all the lines of it.

[–] setsneedtofeed 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The barrel being at the bottom of the cylinder to get ultra low bore axis is a pretty rad idea.

[–] Beefytootz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It works too! I've shot the 5" rhino in 357 and the recoil felt is less than what I feel shooting most semi auto 9mms. Due to the low bore axis, there's very little vertical recoil. Almost all of the recoil flows back into your shooting hand and the gun itself remains level. 38s are even better, it's like shooting a 22

[–] Yokozuna 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, now I really want to shoot one.