Mateba Explained

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.^[1] In 2022 this latest incarnation of Mateba was shut down, owing to allegations of fraud and violations of Italian firearms law.^[2]

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,^[3]
  • MTR-12 - 12 rounds of .32 caliber ammunition,^[3]
  • MTR-14 - 14 rounds of .22LR.^[3]
• 2006M - 6 rounds of .357/.38 caliber ammunition^[4]

• Model 6 Unica (generally known simply as the Mateba or the Mateba Autorevolver), available in .357 magnum, .41 magnum, .44 magnum, and .454 Casull.^[5]
• Grifone Carbine- 18 inch barrel version of the Model 6 Unica^[6] 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.^[7]

See also

• Chiappa Rhino - Designed by Emilio Ghisoni but built by Chiappa Firearms^[8]

External links

• Internet Archive copy of "Mateba Italia" official site as it was last seen.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-05-08 . Dalla Cattolica al traffico clandestino di armi: le ascese e la cadute del boss della Mateba Italia . 2023-05-25 . www.ilgazzettino.it . it.
2. Web site: 2022-05-07 . Commercio illecito di armi, blitz all'alba in Veneto e Lombardia: imprenditore 60enne nei guai . 2023-05-25 . www.ilgazzettino.it . it.
3. Web site: Mateba MTR-8 . Modern Firearms.
4. Review: Mateba 2006M - an upside-down Italian 357 . 13 October 2013 . YouTube. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine
5. Web site: Mateba Model 6 Unica . Modern Firearms.
6. Web site: Mateba Autorevolver is Awesome . May 17, 2009 . Gun Owners of Mississippi . 2014-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018103541/http://www.msgunowners.com/t524-mateba-autorevolver-is-awesome . 2014-10-18.
7. Web site: MATEBA Grifone . Security Arms.
8. Web site: About Emilio Ghisoni and the Mateba company . Matebafan . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190424155446/http://matebafan.com/ghisoni.html . 24 April 2019 . dead.