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. In 2022 this latest incarnation of Mateba was shut down, owing to allegations of fraud and violations of Italian firearms law.
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;
- 2006M - 6 rounds of .357/.38 caliber ammunition7
- Model 6 Unica (generally known simply as the Mateba or the Mateba Autorevolver), available in .357 magnum, .41 magnum, .44 magnum, and .454 Casull.8
- Grifone Carbine- 18 inch barrel version of the Model 6 Unica9 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.10
Gallery
See also
- Chiappa Rhino - Designed by Emilio Ghisoni but built by Chiappa Firearms11
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mateba.- Internet Archive copy of "Mateba Italia" official site as it was last seen.
References
"Dalla Cattolica al traffico clandestino di armi: le ascese e la cadute del boss della Mateba Italia". www.ilgazzettino.it (in Italian). May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023. https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/treviso/traffico_clandestino_armi_azienda_chiusa_chi_e_domenico_libro-6676064.html ↩
"Dalla Cattolica al traffico clandestino di armi: le ascese e la cadute del boss della Mateba Italia". www.ilgazzettino.it (in Italian). May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023. https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/treviso/traffico_clandestino_armi_azienda_chiusa_chi_e_domenico_libro-6676064.html ↩
"Commercio illecito di armi, blitz all'alba in Veneto e Lombardia: imprenditore 60enne nei guai". www.ilgazzettino.it (in Italian). May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023. https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/treviso/commercio_illecito_armi_blitz_veneto_lombardia_imprenditore-6674166.html ↩
"Mateba MTR-8". Modern Firearms. http://world.guns.ru/handguns/double-action-revolvers/it/mateba-mtr--e.html ↩
"Mateba MTR-8". Modern Firearms. http://world.guns.ru/handguns/double-action-revolvers/it/mateba-mtr--e.html ↩
"Mateba MTR-8". Modern Firearms. http://world.guns.ru/handguns/double-action-revolvers/it/mateba-mtr--e.html ↩
Review: Mateba 2006M - an upside-down Italian 357. YouTube. October 13, 2013. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRk45ZLbybU ↩
"Mateba Model 6 Unica". Modern Firearms. http://world.guns.ru/handguns/double-action-revolvers/it/mateba-unica-6-e.html ↩
"Mateba Autorevolver is Awesome". Gun Owners of Mississippi. May 17, 2009. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141018103541/http://www.msgunowners.com/t524-mateba-autorevolver-is-awesome ↩
"MATEBA Grifone". Security Arms. http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2100/2166.htm ↩
"About Emilio Ghisoni and the Mateba company". Matebafan. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20190424155446/http://matebafan.com/ghisoni.html ↩