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.

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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?