Review: Mateba 2006M - an upside-down Italian 357

When most think of a revolver with a 6 o'clock barrel position, they think of the Chiappa Rhino. However, Emilio Ghisoni's Mateba company produced another gun with this configuration in the late 80s and early 90s in the model 2006M. It was the forerunner to the more famous 6 Unica autorevolver, though this revolver is NOT semi-automatic. They were never imported to the United States, so I had to bring mine over from Europe by myself. They perform fantastically at the range and are among my favorite shooters, period. Be sure to check my other videos for shooting clips.

[@Mildcat743]

You NEED to open your collection to Ian at Forgotten Weapons

[@courtneyvaldez7903]

Ever since I watched Ghost in the Shell I've wanted this gun. It's gorgeous.

[@theamazingblazinggamer9916]

See he gets it.

[@BLsquared10]

Vash's revolver from the anime "Trigun" was based on this gun. The only major difference was that it was a break-action instead of a swing.

[@daviemerim3002]

That's what brought me here!

[@SnowTheKitsune]

By any chance it ejected empty cases? Because i think that one is russian made but i might be wrong

[@chrislxxix3626]

Ghisoni was a genius. I live in Pavia, where Ghisoni lived and where Mateba was produced. Probably one of the best gun ever made in history :-)

[@D5quared91]

God this guy must be fucking LOADED. I can just barely afford a used beat to death Rossi or Taurus. This guy has racks on racks of Matebas, Manurhins, and Korths!

[@TheBEAST205]

he's Martin Shkerli.

[@turboslag]

These things are SICK!! First time I even heard the name Mateba so seeing these is a revelation! I sooo wish I lived in the States, these would be on my buy list! I ride Ducati and MV bikes so know very well that the Italians have their own way of doing things!

[@Anitropius]

Ridiculously cool guns. Thanks for sharing!

[@rmp5s]

Thanks so much for posting all these videos of epic guns, man. I personally really appreciate seeing the cool, unique firearms that I would never even know existed otherwise. Very very cool that you take time out to share. Thank you.

[@MrTRUCID0]

There are so many rare and unique guns out there that people never hear about. Thanks for making these videos they are very interesting.

[@nickglass12]

Beautiful guns & presentation. Thanks. Can't wait for more.

[@Nephi895]

Been dying for this one. Thanks for the review.

[@NosferatuXGutts]

I'm a huge revolver fan and I'd love to get my hands on one of these before it becomes impossible.

[@TakeDetour]

Thank you for sharing this. It was fun to watch.

[@kidricoflynn5813]

These are literally the closest thing to Ocelot's revolver in Metal Gear Solid 5. I now need to get one.

[@MrDeltasgremlin]

I love these videos. Probably the best on youtube. I really hope you make more soon. Thank you.

[@tbonebugam1]

These are awesome. Never seen them before. Wish they weren't so rare

[@whmitty1]

Damn that was enjoyable to watch! Thanks for sharing your collection with the KZbin crowd. I gave me a new perspective on the "Rhino" too.

[@danielz2424]

Great, informational video. I was curious about the felt recoil and you explained it well.

[@Press1ToParty]

Holy sweet jesus, I can't even begin to imagine how much money that collection costed. I totally want a Mateba though. Just not sure how much I could really pay to acquire a Unica 6 or 2006M...

[@AeroCmdr]

Great video! I've always loved all Matebas and I'm really glad to see these finally in the US!

[@macectoman]

I'm fond of the look of these guns. That they function better than a conventional revolver makes them that much more appealing. Thanks for the video.

[@giulioonamor]

OUTSTANDING AND SUPERIOR GUNNERY. EMILIO GHISONI WOULD BE PROUD OF YOU. CHEERS!

[@mravaalpha]

this is well mention in the ghost in the shell series!!!! love this so much

[@o.k.2968]

I respect Mateba gunsmiths for their ability to make an original revolver designs.

[@xxxCrackerJack501xxx]

I'd give a kidney for one of them...

[@LifeSizePotato]

William Jones You have a 2006M? Are you in the USA?

[@williamjones2970]

***** Just kidding. And my kidneys are fine. Just messing with Crackerjack. I just found your channel, you have and incredible collection. Gonna spend a little time checking it out.

[@xxxCrackerJack501xxx]

William Jones lol, i hope i find someone with kidney failure that owns one :P

[@joeydubbs763]

LifeSizePotato just watched your Mateba 2006M 357 review & you mentioned your problems with the barrel tool & the potential for failure using it & the damage involved to the tool itself. I have a lot of experience with tools & I think if you made a key that's shaped the same as the key for an angle grinders chuck you'd increase you leverage greatly & they're easy as shit to fab up. Hope it helps you out bro, great channel.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

has to be one of the sexiest revolvers ever made

[@helicopter201]

Beautiful & functionally superior to conventional design. Love it

[@first6digits]

YOU SIR. YOU JUST EARNED A SUB. Love your pistol style.

[@JimBrodie]

Correct on the Ghost in the Shell reference, the character Togusa carries a Mateba. He also gets stick from his squadmates Major Kusanagi and Bateau for not using an automatic pistol because of his personal preference to revolvers over his doubts about the reliability of semi-automatics. He doesn't admit this, just says that he likes the Mateba. I don't blame him though, it's a work of art. =]

[@connorhagen5151]

Beautiful guns my friend. Nice vid

[@johnhaygood7234]

Hey Spud, really enjoy your channel

[@Grevlain]

Fantastic. The Rhino is probably my only option to even get close.

[@jlemay87]

I have never felt like I needed an object so much

[@lightningandcloud]

matebas and chiappas looks so cool

[@giorgiomunzini4819]

Beautiful guns,,, congrats😎👌

[@trinifishstix]

OMG it is a real gun.... I saw the Chiappa Rhino and loved the design (and yes i know this design because of Ghost in the shell)... Tis truly a beautiful piece to own IMO...

[@ThaReportar]

GUYS. THE THERMAL DRILL. GO GET IT

[@The.Red.Tomahawk]

Mr. Robattaz ajajj payday 2 shit here wasnt expecting it

[@ThaReportar]

tomas fabbro ayylmao

[@E1ghtysix]

The recent alesso heist doc added the 2006m to the game.

[@grotty9850]

+m86edit That's why he referenced Pd2

[@ThaReportar]

+Gizmo Sloth :^)

[@YukariYakumo0]

Beautiful.

[@iamtheomega]

love the modular barrel change option, I've wondered forever why smith and Wesson hasn't done that, the only answer possible is accuracy, which is their raison d'être...you could easily mount a red dot on that both top and side/gangster style.

[@Aine_Evergreen]

Easily one of my favourite guns, wanted a model 2006m so badly I had to jump through a million hoops to track down a Marushin Airsoft 2006m since that was basically the only option, and then importing it into the UK was a six-month customs nightmare, but it was well worth the wait.

[@patfilice]

For such an innovative gun it just looks so simple

[@ShidavTheVedmak]

That threaded barrel is for a compensator attachment. I believe they may have made a flash hider at one point as well.

[@VexxJam]

Very unique. Awesome

[@Retrocidal]

Now that looks cool

[@madisoncapers3083]

AWESOME!

[@tmhunter7]

Man I really really wanted an Unica 6, but they are too pricey now days. I understand that one guy snatches every one up that comes on Gunbroker. I am glad that Chiappa is making the Rhino. Though the Rhino is not as good looking or as cool as the Unica 6, I think it's more practical and I am glad to have it since I can conceal carry it. You are lucky to have such a nice collection.

[@ToshioThunder]

One day I dream of building my own guns. This design gets my wheels turning. Surprised I don't see more underslung barrels in revolvers. Looks like it works.

[@aserta]

The wrench you could make yourself an unbreakable one if you do this: You get a cylinder like the one the wrench has and where the pegs are you drill the holes and leave the drill inside just so it pokes out. Drill bits might snap/explode in a drill but for an application such as this, it's bulletproof. I used this for a special type of torque wrench and mine had only the inner pin like the plastic one on yours and one little peg. Still hasn't broken.

[@Luchoedge]

Dang, these look so sci-fi retro-futuristic! I Like'em!

[@vsGoliath96]

This gun appeared in Ghost in the Shell, Trigun, and most recently Revolver Ocelot had two of them in Metal Gear Solid V.

[@GregLoutsenko]

i wish my country had gun laws like you

[@WhyDidYouTurn]

Awesome man...Thanks

[@LupisLupine]

I'd love to have a Mateba, they're simply eye catching. I'll get a Rhino at some point soon, but my collection always has room for the classic Mateba. =D

[@rupert93r]

Could you import the 2" barrel for it later separately?

[@lucywucyyy]

the snubby barrel looks really cool

[@afroprepper485]

someone is ballin!!!!!!!

[@2tommyrad]

have you seen his other videos? The Mateba is normal looking when put next to some of his other pistols. Awesome collection of interesting firearms.

[@VFRSTREETFIGHTER]

Great video. Would love to here how hard importing them was. So now that Sphinx is importing again, are you looking at reviewing anymore of them?

[@fattywithafirearm]

Very pretty guns.

[@c.j.singleton3609]

I ran across a dealer at the Wanenmacher's Arm's show and he had a short barreled 2006M a friend and I had seen the new ghost in the shell movie the night before the dealer was cool and let us check it out.

[@jamar959]

Good video. Is the websight gone? Would like to learn more about Mateba.

[@AdotLOM]

2:58 - Togusa!

[@FUNKCHUNKEM]

Damn these things are cool looking. Dream revolver, basically. Out of curiosity, what is the process of hunting one of these down and acquiring it like?

[@MidnightBerries]

I'd like to know the answer to this as well.

[@VlRGlL]

Ditto

[@Swissair171]

What is it with Mateba and space revolvers?

[@moneymandate]

Emilio Ghisoni was a strange, brilliant man

[@adrienperie6119]

A REVIEW ! Hurray !!!

[@BulletShogun]

Remembering what you said about machining. The best built gun I ever owned was a smith and wesson model 10. built the year before they started making the model 10 in +p

[@derrekritchie3809]

Tucson Ritchie I really enjoyed the video. I recently purchased a 6 unica. new condition, and never been fired. Is this unique revolver better with a compensater, or without?? The one I purchased did not come with one. And you are certainly right, not much information on this unique firearm. I love it !!

[@WoWRSVids]

john wain's reaction to a Mateba i would pay to see

[@ungertron]

They are fantastically weird looking handguns, congratulations you certainly have some totally unique and interesting revolvers.

[@kidchizzie]

Ghost in the Shell man, I can see why they went with it, it's pretty futuristic design.

[@ViewVideoNow]

very cool guns! would you consider making a video on how to import firearms as an individual?

[@bugoobiga]

you are a mateba empire!!!

[@saintfloydoffentanyl1489]

Hey i noticed you havent posted on the channel in a couple years so maybe you wont answer, but how did you go about importing the Mateba 2006m. I really want one lol

[@2tommyrad]

Seeing as how serious a collector you are, perhaps a video on storing firearms that aren't shot much could be helpful. thx. great revolver.

[@pragadoyoutube2338]

An amazing gun indeed, not only in its design but in its efficiency. Where did you buy yours in Europe?

[@danielg9227]

Ever thought about doing a co-lab with forgotten weapons? Im sure Ian would be interested on doing an archive of your collection and he could promote your websites

[@Hirosama91]

@LifeSizePotato Ever thought of getting those wrenches machined in stronger alloy?

[@LaserDroid]

Now that's a big iron!

[@SnowTheKitsune]

Yes. Togusa is usin Mateba 2006M in Ghost in the Shell anime :)

[@XR4turbo]

I really like your taste in firearms. That is to say, we have the same taste in firearms. :)

[@the_worst_coconut]

matebas are so cool

[@TheKrisAwesome]

i wish they had these grips on the chiappa rhino

[@pokelvis]

Can you do a quick review on the manurhin plz i'm realy interested in that gun and id like to see what you think about it

[@immortalslayer90]

How did you import them? I didn't know an individual could import guns themselves. How exactly does one do that?

[@furiousoyster2166]

DW15 uses a similar barrel system you probably know but if u run about 12 hot rounds thru it. When it heats up it makes the barrel waaaay easier to remove.

[@lordmcted]

Heya, awesome vid bro, I'm not certain but I think it's designed for loading right handed, try switching to your left and tilting it to the right to load rounds with your right hand, I heard it was done that way because most people are more dexterous with their right hand for single rounds.

[@Masaru_isamu]

I'm after Togasa's Revolver from ghost in the shell as a airsoft pistol to put on display >_< but its hard to find one ; . ; specifically in the uk

[@Brandon-wh8hr]

how is the grip angle on the 2006M I heard that the Chiappa Rhino has a very strange grip angle

[@cheezyguy7119]

Is there any point where you feel the heat from the discharge? And if so is it in anyway painful?

[@Crazymoniker]

A way to fix the cylinder problem is add a rotary spring. Although, that's just more moving parts to go wrong.

[@taistelutomaatti]

I wish I was American so I could own a Model 6 Unica just for the heck of it. Here you

[@claytonharper2323]

I'm going to Europe next year, and was wandering what you have to do to import firearms, can you give me some information?

[@brandonmaloney9758]

so what does it take to import them? does it push up the costs like to Korth/Manurhin levels?

[@Infinityxero]

How do you get one of those 2006m's? I've been asking around but no one knows how to go about it.

[@Swindle1984]

So how did you find one overseas to import? I've wanted a 2006M for years.

[@hangemhi]

Hey LifeSizePotato: Just FYI there is a Mateba Carbine on Gunbroker right now. You're probably aware already, but man, I'd love to see a review if/when you get one.

[@gamecube_da_panasonic]

"You're pretty good"

[@SHPrevodenje]

What's it like purchasing one of these in Europe and bringing it back? Do you need an importing licence if you're just purchasing a single piece for your collection? Just curious - there seem to be a fair number of curios which would be easier to find in Europe.

[@luciol.5648]

Seems to me that some numbers over one of your Matebas are "CAT 6306", if it's true that model is not a 2006M but a 2006C, even more rare.... The other one can be propably "CAT 5577"

[@SEThatered]

I wonder if you can attach a bipod instead of weights like on Manurhin?