Mateba
{{Short description|Italian firearms manufacturer}}
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Mateba, a contraction of the Italian words Macchine Termo-Balistiche (Thermo-Ballistic Machines), was an Italian machine manufacturer based in Pavia, Italy. It is better known for its low-barrelled revolver pistols that it produced under the leadership of Emilio Ghisoni. After a change in ownership and poor sales, the Mateba company closed in 2005, but reopened in 2014 in Montebelluna under the ownership of Domenico Libro.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-08 |title=Dalla Cattolica al traffico clandestino di armi: le ascese e la cadute del boss della Mateba Italia |url=https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/treviso/traffico_clandestino_armi_azienda_chiusa_chi_e_domenico_libro-6676064.html |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.ilgazzettino.it |language=it}} In 2022 this latest incarnation of Mateba was shut down, owing to allegations of fraud and violations of Italian firearms law.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-07 |title=Commercio illecito di armi, blitz all'alba in Veneto e Lombardia: imprenditore 60enne nei guai |url=https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/treviso/commercio_illecito_armi_blitz_veneto_lombardia_imprenditore-6674166.html |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.ilgazzettino.it |language=it}}
Products
- MT1, .22long rifle semi-automatic sport pistol
- MTR Series - (MTR equals Ma Teba Revolver) family of double/single action all-steel revolvers in which Ghisoni placed the barrel as low as possible with the cylinder in front of the triggerguard and using high-capacity cylinders. The MTR series were designed for Rapid Fire competition shooting, with barrel weights, and the low muzzle to minimize climb;
- MTR-8 - 8 rounds of .38 caliber ammunition,{{cite web |url=http://world.guns.ru/handguns/double-action-revolvers/it/mateba-mtr--e.html |title=Mateba MTR-8 |website=Modern Firearms}}
- MTR-12 - 12 rounds of .32 caliber ammunition,
- MTR-14 - 14 rounds of .22LR.
- 2006M - 6 rounds of .357/.38 caliber ammunition{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRk45ZLbybU |title=Review: Mateba 2006M - an upside-down Italian 357 |date=13 October 2013 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/PRk45ZLbybU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140704155936/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRk45ZLbybU Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}
- Model 6 Unica (generally known simply as the Mateba or the Mateba Autorevolver), available in .357 magnum, .41 magnum, .44 magnum, and .454 Casull.{{cite web |url=http://world.guns.ru/handguns/double-action-revolvers/it/mateba-unica-6-e.html |title=Mateba Model 6 Unica |website=Modern Firearms}}
- Grifone Carbine- 18 inch barrel version of the Model 6 Unica{{cite web |url=http://www.msgunowners.com/t524-mateba-autorevolver-is-awesome |title=Mateba Autorevolver is Awesome |date=May 17, 2009 |website=Gun Owners of Mississippi |access-date=2014-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018103541/http://www.msgunowners.com/t524-mateba-autorevolver-is-awesome |archive-date=2014-10-18}} in two versions:
- one with wood furniture finishes, overfolding barrel and in .357-Magnum,
- with fixed stock, stainless steel and wooden finishes, and in .44-Remington Magnum.{{Cite web |url=http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2100/2166.htm |title=MATEBA Grifone |website=Security Arms}}
Gallery
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|File:MatebaAutoRevolver6in.jpg|Mateba Model 6 Unica (Dynamic Sportiva).
|File:Mateba MTR-8 clips (18256962413).jpg|Mateba MTR-8.
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See also
- Chiappa Rhino - Designed by Emilio Ghisoni but built by Chiappa Firearms{{cite web |url=http://matebafan.com/ghisoni.html |title=About Emilio Ghisoni and the Mateba company |website=Matebafan |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424155446/http://matebafan.com/ghisoni.html |archive-date=24 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mateba}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200714123953/https://www.matebaitalia.com/ Internet Archive copy of "Mateba Italia" official site] as it was last seen.
Category:Firearm manufacturers of Italy