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Thank you, gentlemen--I'll tell him!
Ditto! The de-rigeur 'thumbs-forward' hold for autoloaders is a ticket to
!@#$%^ OUCH with this revolver. USE extra care.![]()
I purchased a Chiappa Rhino 30 DS in the Hunter Green color. I put the Form Stocks on it. It is now my duty weapon.
I run it with moon clips. I can't tell the difference between shooting 357 158 gr than shooting 38spc. The recoil feels light.
I call it my "Spaghetti Space Blaster".
I believe that the complete quotation is "Go ugly early and drink 'em pretty." A grammarian would notice that this is not a singular occurrence.You know a gun is ugly, if they make a Glock look sexy. QUOTE]
Back in the day's of Cinderella liberty you learned to go ugly early.
Back to firearms: what is functional is not ugly.
I wouldn't mind running into a Rhino for sale, but I don't particularly expect it in my location.
I came into my Chiappa Rhino by trading an even less attractive gun for it...A polymer frame 9mm...
I really, really have come to love mine. It's very smooth and reliable. It's kind of a bear cat to thumb cock, but that's not something I'm at all into anyways. It shoots accurately, and recoil is easily managed. Most ammo stays within the same point of impact, presumably due to the reduced muzzle flip.
I have started carrying it on more small trips due to it's light weight
I probly have an interesting style going on. Old wool panta, wool flanel, beat to heck old bush hat, carbon steel fixed blade knife...and my Buck Rogers revolver on my hip.
But...sumpthing I learned while doing pre-hospital care is that if something looks stupid, but it works, then it ain't.
It's your duty weapon? I'm a little surprised your department let's you do that. Is it because you have lots of small departments in that part of Texas and you all do your own thing?