Notes: This Luigi Franchi design was meant to be cheap and easy to produce while still making a durable and serviceable weapon. It is basically a frame stamped out of nickel-chrome-molybdenum steel, with a floating firing pin, a swing-out cylinder, and wooden grip plates. Fancier versions were eventually manufactured, but this version is the one that is most likely to be encountered. Due to the low price, it was widely employed by civilians on a budget, criminals that needed a disposable weapon, and police officers looking for a backup weapon.

Notes: This handgun is a strange blend of revolver and automatic pistol, using elements of both to produce what one author called an "autorevolver." It is a revolver in construction and magazine, but has some additional elements that make it cycle as fast as an automatic pistol. It is, unfortunately a complicated weapon for which parts may be hard to get these days. The operation is similar to that of the old Webley-Fosbury, in that the firing of the gun not only cocks itself like a normal double action revolver, but indexes the next cylinder in the frame and lines it up. This increases the rate of fire. (The Mateba also has a lever which can be switched to allow the Mateba to be used in single-action mode; this also releases the normally-shrouded hammer.) The Mateba is also "upside down," in that the barrel lines up with the lowest cylinder instead of the top cylinder. The Mateba unfortunately has an intricate mechanism that can break down, though the mechanism itself is far more reliable than that of the old Webley-Fosbury.

The original Mateba autorevolvers, the MTR series, actually received very little attention, even in Italy. The MTRs came in two versions: the Sport and Defense model, and the Combat model. The only real difference between the two was that the Combat model had a ventilated sighting rib above the barrel with the front sight atop this rib at the muzzle; the Sport and Defense had normal fixed sights. These two basic variants furthermore came in six versions: the MTR-8, chambered for .38 Special and with an 8-round cylinder; the MTR-8M, an MTR-8 chambered and strengthened to fire .357 Magnum ammunition as well; the MTR-12 and MTR-12M, which were basically 12-round versions of the MTR-8 and MTR-8M; and the MTR-14 and MTR-20, which were chambered for .22 Long Rifle and had 14 and 20-round capacities, respectively. Emilio Ghisoni, the designer of the Mateba series, formed the Mateba Company with his own funding, but the venture was supposed to be backed by Franchi, but nothing came of this, and the original Mateba line was quietly dropped in 1984 while Ghisoni secured more reliable backing. These versions had 3-inch barrels.

Ghisoni returned the Mateba to the market in 1985, with the MTR-6+6. This version of the Mateba bore only a superficial external resemblance to the original Matebas; the mechanism was however essentially the same. The MTR-6+6 was chambered for .38 Special/.357 Magnum; the "6+6" designation came from the 6-round cylinder and the grip, which was hollow and contained 6 rounds in full-moon-type loading plate for quick reloading. Though the MTR-6+6 was more successful than the original Matebas, it was still not built in any great quantities and was still not a well-known weapon.

By 2000 Ghisoni had not only secured a good source of funding, he had perfected the design of the Mateba. The 2006M was introduced; this is a version chambered for .38 Special/.357 Magnum and has a 6-round cylinder. (The hollow grip was abandoned.) Barrels came in 2, 3, and 4 inches, and these barrels could be easily swapped. The 2007S was introduced a short time later; this version has a 7-round cylinder capacity, but fires only .38 Special ammunition, and the barrels are 3, 4, or 6 inches. A bit later, a .44 Special/.44 Magnum version of the 2006M was introduced, and the barrel length selections for the 2006M were expanded to include 6 and 8 inches. In addition, compensated barrels are available for the 4, 6, and 8-inch barrels of the 2006M.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: Designed for general use as well as Cowboy Action shooting, the Millennium is a brass-framed single-action that offers decent firepower at a relatively low cost. Though it neither a replica nor remake of any previous revolver, it is of an "Old West" style in form and finish. The finish is vapor-blasted, with a color-case hardened trigger and hammer. The Millennium, unfortunately, has a potentially dangerous defect: if the hammer is down on a loaded chamber, and the hammer receives a decent blow (such as if it were dropped), there is a good chance the Millennium will fire. The Millennium is capable of firing both modern and blackpowder loads.

In the US and Canada, this revolver is sold by Cabela’s, and is known as the Cabela’s Millennium.

Twilight 2000 Notes: Introduced in 2001, the Millennium does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: This is a near-perfect replica of the Smith & Wesson 1879 Schofield revolver. Perhaps the major flaw is that the Uberti replica is not officially chambered for the .45 Schofield round – but the version chambered for .45 Long Colt can also fire the shorter .45 Schofield round. There are three versions of the Uberti No.3: the First Model, chambered for .44-40 Winchester, the Second Model chambered for .45 Long Colt (and also able to fire .45 Schofield), and the New Model Russian, chambered for .44 S&W Russian. The first two come in 3.5, 5, and 7-inch barrel lengths; the New Model Russian comes only with a 6.5-inch barrel. Each has walnut grips, a blued frame, barrel, and backstrap, and a color-case hardened trigger, trigger guard, hammer, and top latch. Like the original, each is a top-break-open weapon instead of having a swing-out cylinder. The trigger pull is fairly light.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This replica does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: This is sort of a generic weapon; it appears every so often under a different name. The Uberti Single Action is a copy of the old revolvers of the mid-to-late 1800s; the one described here is a copy of the Colt 1873 Frontier revolver. The Uberti is one of the best modern copies. It can be had in a variety of different barrel lengths and calibers, including a ridiculous 18-inch barrel. These revolvers often appear in Western movies, particularly the "spaghetti Westerns."

Notes: The Stampede was the first of Uberti’s designs to be produced after they became a part of Beretta, and is therefore often called the Beretta Stampede. The Stampede is sort of a generic replica of several Old West-type revolvers, most notably the Colt Single Action Army, though it does rather smoothly blend modern features with the Old West styling. The action is smoother than anything that would have been produced in the late 1800s, and it has a transfer bar safety mechanism. (It should be noted that the Stampede was, very early in production, discovered to have a problem with the transfer bar breaking, making the safety useless; this was quickly corrected.) The transfer bar safety means that the Stampede can be carried safely with the hammer back. The case ejector is of the half-moon type, ejecting three rounds at a time instead of all six. Sights are a simple notch-type rear and half-moon front, both fixed. The trigger has a fairly light pull at 3 pounds and is smooth and creep-free.

It should be noted that, depending upon the type and loading of propellant put into the round, the Stampede is known to fire up to 2 inches low when firing .45 Long Colt ammunition. Handloading and the shooter’s choice of factory loads should be done with care.

Several versions of the Stampede are available. The standard version is called the Stampede Blued; this version is finished (of course) with a gloss blued barrel, cylinder, and trigger guard, and a case-color hardened frame, trigger, hammer. Grip plates for this model are of checkered black polymer. The Stampede Nickel is essentially the same weapon, but the metalwork is bright nickel-plated and the grip plates are of smooth walnut. (The two are identical for game purposes.) The Stampede Deluxe is also essentially identical to the Stampede Blued for game purposes, but it has charcoal-blueing for the blued parts of the metalwork and high-grade smooth walnut grip plates.

The Stampede INOX has its metalwork finished its patented INOX finish, a finish which looks like stainless steel but is much tougher. The grip plates are checkered black polymer, and it comes only in .45 Long Colt. It is otherwise the same as the Stampede Blued for game purposes.

The Stampede Marshall is a "snubby" version, with a short 3.5-inch barrel, finish like the Stampede Blued, but with bird’s head walnut grips. The Stampede Bisley uses the same barrel length as most of the other Stampedes, but with a Bisley-type grip and hammer. Finishes are either with completely-blued or completely nickel-plated metalwork, with polymer grips. The Stampede Bisley tends to be slightly heavier than its counterparts, but shoots identically for game purposes.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The Stampede is not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline.