That is one butt-ugly firearm, but it is well made and fun to shoot. I got a chance to try the 2″ .357 mag and I loved it. The “push” rather than “kick” was cool and made recoil extremely manageable. I’ll be getting a 4 or 5 inch model at some point soon.
Re: Why so many parts: If they would have made the gun double-action only, and not had to have devised some arcane method of providing a “hammer spur” for cocking purposes, they could have probably left out a bunch of parts.
I’m guessing these shooters are autoloader guys? The first guy looks to be holding his index finger forwards towards the cylinder gap, where Chiappa specifically says not to. The second guy — it’s a revolver, no need for the 2 thumbs forward grip.
Italians do it better.. Revolver also!
Improved Rhino 2″ with Federal 159gn .357Mag. Commercial Full Charge… Less than 38spl. in 4″ Normal revolver but .. what a Bang!! And fantastic control of the gun, i’ve never shot with Revo but Rhino is very simple!!
Hello everibody from Italy!
Stefano
I’m guessing that you’ll probably read this, but Rob, how in the heck do you get ahold of this company? I have one of their guns that I’d like to send back for some warranty work and all they have for “contact us” is a web form to send an email….which apparently they never respond to (it’s been around 3 weeks and no response).
Chiappa has some really cool stuff but my concern is the customer service. You have to use the email contact. If they respond to you , they will e mail you a contact phone #. I wish I kept the #. The customer service seems hit and miss. I hope chiappa adopts the “spectacular” service that Ruger and Charter Arms has given me in recentl times.
Now how about out a .45 ACP and/or 10mm. Oh, and make it pretty…
(never satisfied)
I’d consider a 2 or 3 inch model in .45ACP, that’s it.
They’ll never sell me on anything else.
actually I like a 45 acp with a 4″ barrel and I have the 38/357 with a 4″ barrel AND I like it just fine….
Want it. Bad.
That is one butt-ugly firearm, but it is well made and fun to shoot. I got a chance to try the 2″ .357 mag and I loved it. The “push” rather than “kick” was cool and made recoil extremely manageable. I’ll be getting a 4 or 5 inch model at some point soon.
I got a 4 inch 38 357 like just fine. Now I want one in 45 ACP but I’ll take the 40 ACP but how much $…. WAYNE
Butt ugly aside, the Rhino makes all conventional revolvers obsolete. It’s that good.
Only the 2″ model is ugly. Once you get up to the 4, 5, and especially 6″ models they look pretty badass.
kinda want
Almost interesting, but lots of nagging questions remain, including:
Why isn’t the 40 S&W chambered for 10mm/40cal?
Why is the trigger a quad/triple action trainwreck?
Why so many parts? http://chiappafirearms.com/sites/default/files/manuals/Exploded_view_RHINO_4.pdf
Why is reliability questionable? http://gunnuts.net/2011/08/15/rental-gun-stress-test-chiappa-rhino-follow-up
How can I justify one of these with the wife?
Re: Why so many parts: If they would have made the gun double-action only, and not had to have devised some arcane method of providing a “hammer spur” for cocking purposes, they could have probably left out a bunch of parts.
Why? Why couldn’t they’ve just made that .40 a 10 and let you shoot both? /sigh
Did you ever get that Rhino back after the repair work on the stage 1 trigger?
I’m guessing these shooters are autoloader guys? The first guy looks to be holding his index finger forwards towards the cylinder gap, where Chiappa specifically says not to. The second guy — it’s a revolver, no need for the 2 thumbs forward grip.
Want — “kind of”.
Italians do it better.. Revolver also!
Improved Rhino 2″ with Federal 159gn .357Mag. Commercial Full Charge… Less than 38spl. in 4″ Normal revolver but .. what a Bang!! And fantastic control of the gun, i’ve never shot with Revo but Rhino is very simple!!
Hello everibody from Italy!
Stefano
I’m guessing that you’ll probably read this, but Rob, how in the heck do you get ahold of this company? I have one of their guns that I’d like to send back for some warranty work and all they have for “contact us” is a web form to send an email….which apparently they never respond to (it’s been around 3 weeks and no response).
Check your inbox
Thanks!
They should make one in 500 magnum! Any thing that will help tame the recoil would be great!
Any recent reviews or updates on these? Have they sorted out the reliability and trigger issues in the 4″ models?
Would love one of these but weary after reading Grant Cunningham’s blog and in-depth review. Wondering if Chiappa made any improvements since then.
Thanks!
Chiappa has some really cool stuff but my concern is the customer service. You have to use the email contact. If they respond to you , they will e mail you a contact phone #. I wish I kept the #. The customer service seems hit and miss. I hope chiappa adopts the “spectacular” service that Ruger and Charter Arms has given me in recentl times.