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  2. Mateba Autorevolver - Wikipedia

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    The Mateba Model 6 uses the recoil from firing to rotate the cylinder and cock the hammer, unlike conventional revolvers, which depend on the user physically pulling the trigger and/or cocking the hammer to actuate the weapon's mechanism of operation. The Mateba Autorevolver's barrel alignment is different from most other revolvers.

  3. Automatic revolver - Wikipedia

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    The Mateba Autorevolver. An automatic revolver also known as semi-automatic revolver, is a revolver that uses the recoil energy of firing for cocking the hammer and revolving the cylinder, rather than using manual operations to perform these actions. As semi-automatic firearms, the shooter must manually operate the trigger to discharge each shot.

  4. Revolver - Wikipedia

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    A revolver has several firing chambers arranged in a circle in a cylindrical block; one at a time, these chambers are brought into alignment with the firing mechanism and barrel. In contrast, other repeating firearms, such as bolt-action , lever-action , pump-action , and semi-automatic , have a single firing chamber and a mechanism to load and ...

  5. Mateba - Wikipedia

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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 .

  6. Ballistics by the Inch - Wikipedia

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    Ballistics by the Inch (often called BBTI) was a project to test the performance characteristics of a variety of common handgun calibers/cartridges.The initial testing was done in 2008 and tested the velocity of 13 common handgun cartridges as it related to firearm barrel length.

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  8. Forensic firearm examination - Wikipedia

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    After test firing the guns, Goddard proved that the weapons were those used to kill the members of the North Side Gang, absolving the Chicago police department of all involvement. [12] The successful use of Goddard's technique resulted in the solidification of his place as the father of forensic firearm examination.

  9. Emilio Ghisoni - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s he designed his first prototype: a revolver with a lower barrel and cylinder in front of the trigger guard. He followed this with: The Mateba MT1, a .22 LR semi-automatic pistol, produced in small numbers in 1980. [2] Mateba MTR-8 of 1983. Mateba 2006M. Mateba Autorevolver. [1] Chiappa Rhino revolver. [3]