Ep. 18, Page 7

smbhax on Nov. 11, 2012

Got the idea for the upside-down barrel on that pistol from one I came across today: the Mateba Autorevolver:

The barrel set at the bottom of the cylinder rather than the top helps make the recoil less jerky, since it's closer to being centered on the gun's handle. The Major's pistol wouldn't be semi-automatic like the Mateba, though (video of a Mateba's semi-auto firing here), since that would defeat the purpose of having a pistol as a self-defense gun, namely that its firing mechanism is just about the simplest and thus the most reliable thing possible, so as not to let you down in a pinch!