Is this one ugly gun or what?
Chiappa Rhino, why?
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29aholic
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Well buddy ya gotta have at least one ugly girl in the harem!!!
Andy Griffith
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I guess it is to get cash from the .05% of gun people that would like it.
I'd own one, but not at their asking price! Ouch!!!
I sincerely don't think it will ever have the mystique of other "odd" guns like the Webley-Fosbery...
Although, I'd buy one if I could trade it for a Webley-Fosbery.
I'd own one, but not at their asking price! Ouch!!!
I sincerely don't think it will ever have the mystique of other "odd" guns like the Webley-Fosbery...
Although, I'd buy one if I could trade it for a Webley-Fosbery.
Smithhound
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My first thought on seeing it was "an answer to a question never asked", it is one ugly spud for sure.
RD
RD
It is ugly for sure, but I would like to put a few rounds through one just for the experience! Maybe somebody has one they would donate for use as a "pass around" for forum members? O.K. I'm not holding my breath.
I would like the one with the rail if I can deal on a used one. The gunshop I do business with has one in the case (not the railed one), and everyone that shops guns there has had it out looking at it. It will always be a good conversation piece at the range, I have plenty of good looking guns that are totally ignored.
palmetto99
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Saw one in use at an IDPA match back in September. It was used by an Itialian national who was shooting a warm up match here before going to the Nationals. He shot it very well. The point in the design is to lower the bore axis to lessen the felt recoil. At least that is what all of us standing around gawking at the thing figured. The model I saw was about the size on an L-frame Smith.
NFrameFred
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The longer barreled model with the rail looks like a cross between a firearm and some sort of autopsy or embalming instrument . . . .
novalty
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Curiousity got the cat here, and I had to look the thing up on GB. Like an car accident--ugly as sin, but can't stop looking. Makes me appreciate my Smith's.
Actually - THE point of the design is to reduce muzzle flip - allowing much faster followup shots -- In theory.
I'd assumed that these were for competition use, but the inclusion of a rail makes me wonder.... OTOH the inclusion of a rail on ANY handgun makes me wonder - The only advantage that I can see goes to the guy on the other end of the gun. He (or even, in these days, she) knows where you are even if you don't know where they are. Not my idea of good tactics.
I'd assumed that these were for competition use, but the inclusion of a rail makes me wonder.... OTOH the inclusion of a rail on ANY handgun makes me wonder - The only advantage that I can see goes to the guy on the other end of the gun. He (or even, in these days, she) knows where you are even if you don't know where they are. Not my idea of good tactics.
bmcgilvray
Member
I'm telling ya', these things are going to take over. It's because they ain't your father's revolvers.
Before you know it, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, and Taurus will be bringing out clones in steel, alloy, and polymer. Taurus will do one in .410/.45 Colt. Charter Arms will have a .44 Special version, done up in colors no less and Colt will get back into revolver-making with a high-gloss steel version with a vent rib, dubbed the Python II.
Just wait and see.
Before you know it, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, and Taurus will be bringing out clones in steel, alloy, and polymer. Taurus will do one in .410/.45 Colt. Charter Arms will have a .44 Special version, done up in colors no less and Colt will get back into revolver-making with a high-gloss steel version with a vent rib, dubbed the Python II.
Just wait and see.
NFrameFred
Member
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Sorry Curtis, but that ugly girl would be sleeping by herself all the time in a place far, far away from me.
m657
Member
re: " it is one ugly spud for sure"
Sir:
Having been raised proper on the blessed sagebrush soil of southern Idaho;
and being a member of the official Brothers of the Spud, I object to your comparison here....there ain't NO spud as ugly as this beastie! And I mean, even 'usable ends' ain't as ugly.....
Please reconsider your erroneous and unkind statement before I have to ship you a gunny sack of usable ends for comparison.
Sir:
Having been raised proper on the blessed sagebrush soil of southern Idaho;
and being a member of the official Brothers of the Spud, I object to your comparison here....there ain't NO spud as ugly as this beastie! And I mean, even 'usable ends' ain't as ugly.....
Please reconsider your erroneous and unkind statement before I have to ship you a gunny sack of usable ends for comparison.
Erich
Member
Bryan, you sold me!
Grab me a brown bag.........
I almost blew groceries, but I put a hand on the ugly sucker and pointed it at a picture of a commie pinko fa&(CIC) and it pointed very well. And what's up with a "square-like" cylinder?? I'm guessin' Charles Daly, H&R, Hi Point, and NEF combined to make this beauty!!! Sure to be a guild gun..........Sprefix
I almost blew groceries, but I put a hand on the ugly sucker and pointed it at a picture of a commie pinko fa&(CIC) and it pointed very well. And what's up with a "square-like" cylinder?? I'm guessin' Charles Daly, H&R, Hi Point, and NEF combined to make this beauty!!! Sure to be a guild gun..........Sprefix
Badkarma 1
US Veteran
Yeah, I'll pass on this one. Now if somebody starts importing the Mateba...OH YEAH! Dale
Sorry Curtis, but that ugly girl would be sleeping by herself all the time in a place far, far away from me.
I've yet to see an ugly girl in the dark!
If you goto Chiappa Firearms website, they have a bunch of interesting stuff (at least interesting looking 
)... Even Sharps copies.
Dixie Gun Works - in Union City, TN - is a distributor, so I believe I'll check them out. A trip to Dixie is ALWAYS a real treat!
)... Even Sharps copies.Dixie Gun Works - in Union City, TN - is a distributor, so I believe I'll check them out. A trip to Dixie is ALWAYS a real treat!
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