Added 1 new A* page:The upside-down barrel configuration of the Major's little pistol there came from an interesting revolver I happened across when double-checking that revolvers would still have a place in this some-time-in-the-future world: the Mateba Model 6 Unica, aka the Mateba Autorevolver. Its barrel is positioned at the bottom of the cylinder, which means that the recoil is closer to the center of the gun, rather than jerking it so much upward:
image by LoCo CNC (source) The Mateba even uses that central recoil to cock the gun for the next shot: the whole upper carriage of the revolver slides back a half-inch from the force of the shot, which rotates the cylinder and activates the cocking mechanism for the next shot. Here's a video of the Mateba in action. So I thought that would make the pistol in today's page a little different looking than the average snub-nose some current Earthly private dick might have in their desk drawer. And it's even practical! The Major's pistol probably wouldn't be semi-automatic, though, since all those moving parts would sort of defeat the purpose of having a self-defense gun be a revolver, which is that it's just about the most reliable firing mechanism possible, and won't let you down when you need it. Or so I gather! I don't actually know that much about guns. ~~~~~~~~ I did that thing again where I don't use enough ink at first:
Sheesh :P
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