.38spl LBR.

[chrismetallica1]

thanks for that, its kind of what I guessed.

I note that you don't like them, but i disagre, that would be welcome in my safe

I guess they arnt too bad. Its just a bit of a mish mash. Meteba revolvers were auto loaders. The gasses were vented auto cocking the hammer and indexing the cylinder for the next shot. After the pistol ban someone must have thought it was a good idea to make them into LBR's. However to comply to the rules they no longer have the auto cocking on them. Plus any revolver that shoots from the bottom of the cylinder is wierd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateba_Autorevolver

However the Japanese like the Meteba revolver as it features in the anime program Trigun. The main character Vash the Stampede carries one