It is nuts to think that there is a "rare" gun compared to the rest of Mateba's catalogue.

“So it’s got like a ten inch sight radius, despite having a three inch barrel” I know some guys like that

Macchine termo balistiche, which means “thermoballistic machines”, a really fancy name for “guns”.

I love every time Ian remarks on iron sights. He always seems unimpressed but trying not to hurt the gun's feelings.

A revolver with a forward cylinder and a built-in speed loader? Now that's design inspiration, right there.

There's definitely an... optimistic number of digits in that serial number.

“How long do you want the barrel?” “No.”

Am I the only one that thinks it looks absolutely beautiful? Such a peice of art IMO.

There's just something about Mateba revolvers that really pickles my onion thanks Togusa :)

For an unconventional gun this one is actually really cool, and it doesn't look too impractical. The clip/speedloader is such a great design.

Hello Ian I am originally from Pavia and met Ing. Ghisoni at his workshop. My friend Silvio knew him very well because his mother translated commercial corrispondence in German for Mateba He was a very nice person and moved mostly by curiosity and interest in finding new technical solutions.

It’s like if a standard old Italian pistol and a .38 special got into a teleported accident. Mateba guns are just so strange and beautiful at the same time.

*sees thumbnail* “What in the world...?”

I love how optimistic the serial number is. 000084. Gotta have enough room to make a million of the things.

FYI any time you see "CH" being used in an Italian word, it's pronounced "K". We don't have the "K" in the Italian alphabet, so that's how we write the hard "c", by adding "h" immediately after. So, for example, in this case it's pronounced: "Makkine Termo Balistike" (thermo-ballistic machines)

This would be a really cool Star Wars blaster, like some kind of heavy Mandalorian pistol that takes 8 fuel cells but each shot will blow a Wookie in half.

I know what you're thinking punk.. Did I fire 20 shots or only 19. 😄

i bought an antique shotgun at a flea market in paris, shipped it back to scotland, got it cleaned up, and checked out, turns out its an antique beretta shotgun worth a few thousand, i paid 40 pounds for it

doesn't this gun's future cousin show up in Cyberpunk? :D

KWALITY engineering, as a mechanical engineer this is what I find so interesting about guns. As a high quality hand-held mechanism that has undergone years of R&D, multiple revisions and consideration by some truly talented mechanical engineers, pistols fascinate me.

A 20-round capacity revolver, for some pretty wild Russian Roulette

Wow looks like some Italian guy said “I wonder what a 1911 mixed with a revolver would look like”

What a bizarre piece! It looks like something drawn by a non-gun person who'd seem both revolvers and semi-autos at a distance, but had no idea of the mechanisms or design criteria involved.

Gun smith: So do you want a pistol or revolver? Mateba user: yes.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the same background than for the bergmann pistols videos. If this is indeed from the same collection, mad respect to their owner for having both good tastes and such interesting pieces.

I'm hoping that Ian gets his hands on a Mateba 2006M, basically the forerunner to the Rhino. And sorta famous for being in Ghost in the Shell.

Thank you Ian for sharing this with us.The speed loader was a cool idea. Its like a combo fullmoon clip/speedloader. Best of both worlds. Keeps the rounds firmly in place with little noise like the clips but you can refill it without needing a tool like a speed loader. Ingenious design.

When I started this video I didn't expect this gun to become one of my new favorites.

Man, those italians not only make the coolest cars but also the make the coolest guns.

I want one in carbine form, but pump action to cycle it.

Is it bad that I always thought it was pronounced "MAH-teh-bah," and that it was a Japanese company/name? ._. I blame Ghost in The Shell.

Life Size Potato has videos on a lot of Emilio Ghisoni's guns, including this one if you're curious to see more. His collection is like 95% of the Matebas in the US

Where's LifeSizePotato when you need him

Mateba also produced the 2006m revolver with a similar 6 o'clock firing pattern to the chiappa rhino, for much the same reasons. It's basically a utica-6 minus the auto revolver slide. Another really cool revolver that I want to get my hands on.

IT'S NERF OR NOTHIN

The correct pronunce is the first one and the meaning of the name is "thermo ballistic machines". Just a little info from an italian viewer

What a gorgeous piece, Ian. Congrats on 1 million. I've been with you at least 4 years. Thank you for keeping things non-political and strictly historical. You're a great persona and I reckon a great guy. Keep it upm

I got my interest in unusual firearms from trying to find out what the hell a Matever was. It took a lot of digging around Ghost in the Shell webrings. (yeah... remember webrings? I hope you don't.) Buried in some obscure GITS fan site someone had the scoop. Togusa's gun in Ghost in the Shell was a fictional Mateba M2007 (nearly identical to the very real 2006M). An overeager translator had converted a Japanese "ba" he didn't recognise to "ver" in both the English dub and in the subtitles. It was a heck of a search but along the way I found out there was a lot more out there than Uzi's, Glocks and Colt 1911s.

Why are Mateba’s guns so damn beautiful

downer ending there, ian. "dude's dead. no more neat revolvers. thanks for watching this video. bye."

Mateba makes me remember LIFESEIZEPOTATO. I miss him and his cool guns!

This was specifically for Rapid Fire competition. As an ex Bullseye competitor, I can definitely see why you might be interested, but there you have to straight arm it, 1 handed. So, the muzzle heavy balance might outweigh (If you'll pardon the pun) the recoil control. It's really important what Kind of target shooting competition it's designed for. You wouldn't want to use this for Sillhoette any more than you would a Sillhoette gun for Rapid Fire.

This feels like a gun a character in a metal gear game would have and you could find a tape of snake remarking how unique and special it is

That's a rather subtle and polite way to ask someone if you can shoot their rare firearms. Well played sir. Well played. I mean that honestly though.

Ah, the fireplace. Cozy and full of gun secrets. Tell me your gun secrets, cozy fireplace.

Americans: Revolvers Germans: Pistols Italians: *R e v o l v e r p i s t o l s*

Everybody gangsta till that nerf gun everyone has for some reason becomes real

Find you a man who looks at you the way Ian looks at gun markings.

Thank you , Ian .

Ian, you never cease to delight me with these amazing finds. Just when I think I’ve seen it all you pop one of these out. This channel rocks

It looks like a cool sci-fi noir look to it, as if it is from a futuristic crime film. Absolutely awesome looking.

I can't hear Mateba without thinking of Tagusa in Ghost in the Shells revolver.

I've always wanted to see this concept returned to and combined with firing from the bottom cylinder. That would be the lowest bore axis of any handgun by a considerable amount. It would recoil between the index and middle finger, lower than is possible with a conventional layout. If I think about where the recoil force would ideally be, it would be in the middle of the hand, down the middle of the wrist into the middle of the arm. Then the recoil force would only be pushing back, it would not be pushing the wrist up or down. So if this shot from the bottom of the cylinder, the force of recoil would push the wrist up less than any other handgun. I would have loved to see Ghisoni return to this layout and combine it with his later Mateba innovations for the ultimate low bore axis competition revolver. I wonder how it would shoot. It would be very controllable and could be shot rapidly. It would probably be very comfortable with magnum rounds because it would be so easy on the wrist by causing less rotational force to resist with each shot. Recoil would feel very unusual and probably take some getting used to to master, but I think it would be a very ergonomic recoil force and enable some exceptionally rapid yet accurate shooting. Even more so in semi-auto, recocking itself to single action with each shot. It would require a lot less "manhandling" than any other handgun to control muzzle rise. It also would be an ideal shooter for those with limited hand strength who can't shoot with a death grip on their gun. All the weight being up front also helps reduce rise further. Maybe someday we'll see a revolver that combines all the Ghisoni features. That would be a treat. I'm just glad Chiappa is still in business and we can at least get the most important Mateba innovation. I wish Chiappa would expand the line. They planned to introduce a polymer-framed Rhino and ever showed a prototype at industry events but it has never been released. They should really enter the lightweight handgun market. It's a natural fit. The lightweight conventional revolvers like the S&W 340 PD have a lot of recoil, but people still pay a premium because they're the lightest full-power handguns. A Rhino of competitive weight could be much more pleasant to shoot than it's S&W or Ruger competitors. Unfortunately I don't see Chiappa introducing more than different barrel lengths and finishes. I hope someday they introduce different materials and mechanisms to continue the Ghisoni legacy of innovation, outstanding performance, and excellence.

I used to draw revolvers like this in my childhood

The one thing of note is this revolver has the most robust hand and cylinder lock up sounds official. I like it.

I bet that shoots like a dream. With the high grip and the low and forward weight of the cylinder.

That speed loader is slick.

Since watching Ghost in the Shell many moons ago Mateba revolvers have always been on my radar, this is quite different though. Nice video. Any chance of you looking at the Chiappa Rhino?

I heard of this gun online, and instantly hoped Ian had a video on it. And here we are.

I do love the look of the Mateba range of firearms, very unique.

Have a good Monday my fellow Forgotten Weapons fans!

Mateba makes me remember Bladerunner gun. The first film one.

I love how it looks.

You sure do find some funky looking firearms. Sometimes you get so accustomed to standard looking guns, you forget that there are sone real picassos out there. Good vid man.

The cylinder release reminds me of the one on my Dan Wesson

This is weird and cool enough for me to be an idiot and use it as my everyday carry just because it's wild.

Mateba's a fun shooter, very little kick up. It does recoil back into the hand quite forcefully, but it's a real joy to squeeze off like a crazy person. The Rhino is also nice, but far more jolting to me when I had a chance to fire one.

This is a truly unique revolver. Great video Ian.

“I call forth, Emperor!”

Mateba: Do you need a revolver or a pistol? Me: *Yes*

Forgotten? I never forget this awesome thing

Some of the stuff you get your hands on to show us are pretty incredible . Thanks!

"-Emilio Ghisoni. He was an Italian-" REALLY?! I wouldve never realized!

If you could shoot Lifesizepotato’s guns that would be an amazing collaboration.

Ian the rhino is worth the money imo. A buddy of mine has one and now I'm getting one. It does help a lot with recoil. My wife who normally can't shoot 357 mag. Now has almost no problem at all useing his.

RIP Emilio Ghisoni, you crazy genius.

Italian gun-makers are always so determined to be different. I really love the look of this gun; one of my all-time favorites.

It's a shame Ian can't fire that one. If he's in South East Michigan I'll let him fire my 44 Magnum Unica

I'm glad you called it obscure instead of rare

one of my absolute favorite guns

Sorta reminds me of the Majestic from Crysis 2 and 3.

Me: sees where the revolving doodad is located Me: C L I C K

Great video Ian. Love to watch and learn the history of so many obscure an "Forgotten Weapons" Keep up the great work you're doing.

probably my dream handgun, i'd love to own a collection of meteba's and chiappa's. such cool revolvers!

The pronunciation is as follows Macchine: MA as the MA in MATEBA - CCHI as the KI in kinetic, only with a long "k" - NE as the NE in negative - the accent is on the "a" Termo: good to go, you got it right Balistiche: good to go up to CHE, you have to say it as the KE in kennel Interesting video, love your content!

Never clicked on something so fast

Not sure if I ever said this Ian but thanks a lot. I am really interested in these sort of obscure firearms and the history of firearms in general and you are one of my favorite sources for information. You present it very well.

This revolver is so unique! I love it

Usually I want one of each of every gun on Ian's show. In this case, I'll just stand aside and let someone else have mine.

This looks like the DR-5 Nova from Cyberpunk 2077. Or, more accurately, the DR-5 looks like this

'I may only have a 3 inch barrel but I've got a 10 inch sight radius!' I'll use that next time.

What an interesting piece! Thank you very much for doing a video on it. I love the loading mechanism. One can keep several on hand and have nonstop fun at a range.

Togusa likes this video :)

This gun looks like what 5yo me would draw when trying to illustrate a 1911 "army man gun"

You have the coolest job on the internet.

Such a work of art.

Bruh, cyberpunk much?

Ian, now the real treats are coming, eh? I'm a big time Mateba-Fan and actually had the privilege to shoot one of these years ago in Italy, it's a completely different kind of revolver, I'd even say another kind of handgun. I've seen the videos about it from LifeSizePotato here on YT about 100 times. It's a life-long dream for me, together with Paris Theodore's ASP with their unique sights, the Schwarzlose-Pistol (because it's just cool overall), a Mondragon Rifle (so many buttons and levers) and a Curta Mechanical Calculator (the latter one I will buy sometime, just waiting for a good opportunity).

I was thinking the whole time this looked like an early version or inspiration to the chiappa rhino! too cool to find out at the end they had the same designer. Thanks for sharing this one.

Man I love Matebas. They're so awesome.