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Mateba Autorevolver Italy
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:55 pm
by Sakobav
Pretty interesting may be was posted earlier
Chiappa Rhino looks like has copied some features from this one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateba_Autorevolver
http://matebafan.com/unica.html
Re: Mateba Autorevolver Italy
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:31 am
by PeterTheFish
The Mateba auto revolver and Chiappa Rhino have the same designer.
I've looked for a Mateba but they don't come up much in the US and they are spendy.
Re: Mateba Autorevolver Italy
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 9:25 am
by Chengy
Awesome design..sort of mini Gatling so to say
Re: Mateba Autorevolver Italy
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 9:56 am
by kshitij
Is there any advantage the design of these revolvers have as compared to conventional ones?
Re: Mateba Autorevolver Italy
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:06 am
by PeterTheFish
Most revolvers have a relatively heavy and long double action pull to rotate the cylinder, and cock and release the hammer. By cocking the hammer manually, you generally have a very short and light trigger pull (for S&Ws 1.5-3.5 lbs SA is common), but you sacrifice speed in shooting. The Mateba works by using recoil energy to cock the hammer every shot using a sliding block - not unlike a typical semi-auto pistol.
They are picky about ammo and really just cool toys, but I like cool toys.
The only trait the Rhino shares is the bottom barrel which in theory lowers the bore axis which should enhance control and reduce felt recoil.