#Rhino

John Rigby & Co., one of the famous British manufacturers of high-end hunting rifles, has published on their social media pages a set of images of their latest engraved bespoke rifle. The rifle’s model is London Best “Kumaon”. It is based on Mauser action and is chambered in .350 Rigby Magnum.

I am not someone who has ever had the opportunity to travel to Africa to tackle the Big Five* most dangerous and difficult animals to hunt on the continent (and arguably the planet), and fully admit my novice status in this area. Karamojo Bell I am not.

The Chiappa Rhino may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it sure is unique. It’s odd look comes from the fact that it fires from the bottom chamber to help reduce felt recoil. Earlier this year fellow TFB writer James Reeves reviewed the Chiappa Rhino 200D chambered in .357 magnum and .38 special with a 2 inch barrel. In the review it seemed to do pretty well, that said no gun is without it’s occasional problems. A catastrophic failure, or a kaboom, is quite the problem as you can see in the picture above.

Not content making videos full of common sense on a variety of topics, TheYankeeMarshall is expanding to slightly technical content, if only to dispel the myth that the Chiappa Rhino series of revolvers are technically more complex that “standard” pattern revolvers.

I have a Ruger Precision Rifle on order, they seem hard to find in some places. (I’m sure they have plenty where you live, I’m not so lucky)

Rhino Arms has formally released their new gun builder. Complete with their full line of rifles, including the MM-47 Mutant Competitor, users can now configure a rifle to their hearts content (so long as your heart’s content is mainly AP-Rhino products. The configurator includes both 5.56 and .308 based firearms.

I’m not sure how many more trigger manufacturers the market can bear, but latest to join the fray is AP Customs with their “Rhino Straight Series” of triggers, definitively oriented to the competition market. The triggers maintain the NiB coating of the Rhino Series and the addition of bushings to reduce rotational resistance. For those looking to laugh at marketing phrasing, they do include “ridiculously durable” chrome silicone springs.

I love odd looking guns. And when I saw a Chiappa Rhino I wanted one. Then my friend told me about its predecessor, the Mateba Revolvers.  Matebafan.com has some good information regarding the revolvers designed by Emilio Ghisoni.

The latest Rhino revolver is chambered in .40 S&W. It is used with full-moon clips to hold the rimless .40 S&W rounds.

The sale of Chiappa firearms in the USA is about to plummet. They have just made the worst gun industry PR move of the decade.

Richard has reviewed the Chiappa Rhino Revolver …

American Rifleman have gotten their hands on the Chiappa Rhino Revolver and posted a review of it online.

The Chiappa Rhino .357 Mag Revolver is finally shipping. Initially the 2″ barrel model will be on sale which will be followed by the 3,4 and 6″ model in the next few months.

Italian firearms manufacturer Armi Chiappa have developed a very cool looking .357 Magnum snubnosed revolver called the Chiappa Rhino Revolver.