longbough

Presenting the Mateba revolver.



A recoil-cycling revolver. The idea is that it's supposed to have the reliability of a revolver with the cycling ability of a semi-auto. It's supposed to be pretty accurate.

The problem is that it's bigger and heavier than both the revolver and the autoloader ... on top of that it still has the capacity of a revolver. Not exactly a self-defense weapon.

Above is pictured a Mateba with an integral muzzle brake.

Then there's the French FAMAS ...



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Let's not forget the Gyrojet and Gyrojet Carbine ...

This pistol used rocket propelled rounds (imagine the cost of ammo) ... unfortunately it also had the accuracy of a hocked loogie.

It was even featured in the Bond film "You Only Live Twice." (correct me if I have the wrong film).

The pistol I don't mind so much ... but the carbine is butt-ugly.

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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi