Emilio Ghisoni
Emilio Ghisoni (1937-24 April 2008) was an Italian inventor and weapons designer.[1]
Biography
Born in 1937, he followed a course of classical studies. In the 1970s he designed his first prototype: a revolver with the barrel and drum overhead and the Mateba MT1, a semi-automatic pistol in.22 LR, produced in small numbers in 1980.[2]
It is with revolvers produced by Mateba that Ghisoni is best known, experiencing unprecedented and bold solutions in three different models: the first Mateba MTR-8 of 1983, the Mateba 2006 and Mateba Autorevolver.[3]
Ghisoni has reinvented the concept of the revolver, the idea being to align the barrel with the lower chamber of the cylinder instead of the top, thus minimizing the effects of recoil. His interest turned in the same way to the semi-automatic large caliber, such as the prototype presented in 1995 with coaxial feed, i.e. no difference in height between the top of the cartridge and the axis of the barrel.
His last project was the compact revolver Chiappa Rhino product since 2006.[4]
He died in 2008 at the age of 71 years following a bone tumor.[5][6]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.armietiro.it/scomparso-emilio-ghisoni-geniale-inventore-darmi (Italian)
- ↑ http://matebafan.com/index.html
- ↑ http://matebafan.com/index.html
- ↑ http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg228-e.htm
- ↑ https://www.packingiron.wordpress.com/tag/armi-chiappa/
- ↑ http://www.armietiro.it/scomparso-emilio-ghisoni-geniale-inventore-darmi (Italian)