Anyone own or shoot one of these? I have seen them, way cool looking, great bluing. Somehow the cylinder rotates into position after every shot so it's like a semi-auto revolver. Made in Italy and appears to be good quality. They look great and can be acquired for $600. Any comments bad or good before I take the plunge?
Mateba Auto Revolver
- Thread starter Barn Dog
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They look like this:
Traditionally we've discussed them in the wheelgun forum, seeing as how they have a cylinder and all.
Do a search there and you'll uncover quite a few posts on them.
The whole upper half (barrel, cylinder, etc) is a slide that moves to the rear with each shot, rotating the cylinder and cocking the hammer. The first shot is taken DA (or it can be manually cocked) and subsequent shots are SA.
Traditionally we've discussed them in the wheelgun forum, seeing as how they have a cylinder and all.
Do a search there and you'll uncover quite a few posts on them.The whole upper half (barrel, cylinder, etc) is a slide that moves to the rear with each shot, rotating the cylinder and cocking the hammer. The first shot is taken DA (or it can be manually cocked) and subsequent shots are SA.
I ordered one in 6" / 357 flavor last Tuesday...
I'm crossing my fingers it'll be here in time for some weekend shooting. I'm extra-excited about this one!
Pics and reports to follow.
Tamara, actually not a whole lot of info by searching for "Mateba", at least not yet! How many rounds do you have through yours?
And have you located a source for different size barrels, etc.?
I'm crossing my fingers it'll be here in time for some weekend shooting. I'm extra-excited about this one!
Pics and reports to follow.
Tamara, actually not a whole lot of info by searching for "Mateba", at least not yet! How many rounds do you have through yours?
And have you located a source for different size barrels, etc.?
there is a different recoil spring for .38
it is a pretty neat gun, my only complaints are the rough chambers which like to hang on to the empties, the fact that there is no decock lever, you have to manually lower the hammer after it has been fired or keep firing until the thing is empty
on mine, single action trigger is very sweet, double action could use some improvement, OK a lot of improvement, pretty accurate and full house .357 loads are very easy to shoot due to the action cylcing and the low bore axis
it is a pretty neat gun, my only complaints are the rough chambers which like to hang on to the empties, the fact that there is no decock lever, you have to manually lower the hammer after it has been fired or keep firing until the thing is empty
on mine, single action trigger is very sweet, double action could use some improvement, OK a lot of improvement, pretty accurate and full house .357 loads are very easy to shoot due to the action cylcing and the low bore axis