Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Rhino

The Chiappa Rhino is, arguably, either one of the weirdest looking guns made in recent memory or the most significant development in revolver technology since the swing-out cylinder was adopted before the Spanish-American War. The Rhino fires from the bottom of the cylinder, not the top. That puts the axis of the barrel lower in the hand. Because there is less of a distance between the barrel axis of a Rhino and a standard revolver, the Rhino will not be a "whippy" when it is shot.

I've not fired one and hell, I've only seen one before. But I did notice that a Rhino appeared on last week's episode of Covert Affairs.


Having one's products appear in TV and in movies is the wet dream of any company's marketing department. The guys at Chiappa must be feeling pretty good about now.

UPDATE: The Rhino appeared in the TV commercial for the remake of "Total Recall", it was being wielded by Arnold Colin Farrell. [1]
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[1] I have to wonder about that movie. The remake of "Conan the Barbarian" might not have been a "John Carter" level flop, but it was right up there. And so the geniuses of Hollywood go out and remake another one of Ahhnold's movies?
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7 comments:

  1. Improbable Joe7/24/2012 3:50 PM

    That's one of those things that once I see it all I can think of is how very obvious it is, after the fact and even though nobody else thought of it first.

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    1. Cujo3597/24/2012 4:14 PM

      That's often something you'll think about really good innovations. No one thinks of them before, and yet they're so obvious that you wonder how we could have done it any other way.

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    2. Comrade Misfit7/24/2012 5:34 PM

      The current system evolved from the need to smack a percussion cap that had been pressed onto a nipple. The Rhino may be the first mass-produced revolver to break that mold (I'm not considering the Mateba in this).

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  2. Cujo3597/24/2012 4:16 PM

    In that photo, it looks like she has her thumb on the hammer. Does the hammer not move if it's not pulled back by the user?

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    1. Comrade Misfit7/24/2012 5:29 PM

      My understanding is that what appears to be a hammer is a cocking/decocking lever. The weapon is striker-fired. For double-action shooting, the cocking lever has no function.

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  3. Frank W. James7/24/2012 11:22 PM

    While the double action trigger mechanism is beyond my ability to completely decipher, I have played with one of these things, somewhat extensively and it is innovative and 'cool'.

    Unfortunately, it's kind of like working with a jet powered steam shovel.

    It's definitely past tense, being a revolver and all, but the design does do what others don't....

    All The Best,
    Frank W. James

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  4. Chuck Pergiel7/25/2012 11:05 PM

    Saw that episode, noticed Annie had a gun, which was new. Thought it was an ordinary revolver. That might be because we were watching a low res version over the 'net.

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