Ghisoni was born in
Pavia,
northern Italy in 1937, and attended university to follow a course in
classical studies. His father founded a company, Macchine Termo-Balistiche (
Mateba), that manufactured
pasta kneading machinery and other
food processing equipments. The death of his father, who ran the company, caused Ghisoni to leave school in 1956 to learn the business. He later became a
mechanical engineer and a designer of food processing equipment. An avid firearms enthusiast, he had an interest in designing revolvers. His designs came from wanting to improve accuracy in international rapid-fire competitions. He accomplished this by aligning the barrel with the lower chamber of the cylinder instead of the top in order to lower the
bore axis and minimize the
muzzle rise due to
recoil. • Mateba MTR-8 of 1983. • Mateba 2006M. •
Mateba Autorevolver. •
Chiappa Rhino revolver. He died in 2008 at the age of 71 following a
bone tumor. ==See also==