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.

Specifications

Type: Recoil-operated semi-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 DA/SA (first trigger pull double action, subsequent shots single action)

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

Unica

Mateba Model 6 Unica with 5" Barrel - .357 Magnum

Mateba Model 6 Unica "Grifone" - .454 Casull/.45 LC

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

Film

• A Mateba with cosmetic accessories appears in Serenity. (2005)
• A Mateba with cosmetic accessories appears in Gamer.
• Thomas Jane as Malone in Give 'Em Hell, Malone
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe in Looper (2012)

Television

• Aharon Ipalé as Ineni Hassan in Alias

Anime

• Togusa 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.