YAGT: Chiappa Rhino revolver [grumpy codgers, hike your pants over waist now]

[gorobei]

http://www.gunsumerreports.com/review_chiappa_rhino_60ds_p1.php
http://www.guns.com/reviews/chiappa-rhino-revolver.html

same original designer as mateba auto-revolver, same lower barrel.

• .357 6shot
• alloy frame (ergal alu, same as some AR15)
• DA/SA
• ~$700

esthetics aside(i like the way it looks) it seems to function as intended: significantly less muzzle flip, faster double action, good accuracy.

the main feature i like is the double tensioned barrel (just like the old dan wesson interchangeable barrel revolvers)

it's been out for a while, anyone have one?

 

[pontifex]

i do like them also. seems very cool and the lower recoil would be great. i would like to own one but it's far down on my list.

 

[gorobei]

i'm amazed it hasn't been used more in hollywood. other than the pugfugly grips, the thing is just dead sexy and flashy as hell looking. the slab sided cylinder is just sublime.

 

[twinrider1]

Goofy looking grip design, but I'll trust it feels better than it looks. I'd love to shoot something with that lower barrel system. Seems like a valid concept.

 

[gorobei]

looks like they will be using the older brother Mateba Unica 6 in the Looper movie.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Looper

http://io9.com/5926028/looper-promises-terminator+style-time-travel-with-a-crime-movie-twist