Post by goomba on Dec 1, 2010 22:08:15 GMT -5
Charge of the Chiappa Rhino
The Rhino has a futuristic design that reduces muzzle flip and recoil.
By Matt Lindler
11/30/2010
At first glance, the Chiappa Rhino resembles something out of Sci-Fi/Action Thrillers such as “Serenity” or “Gamer.” This initial reaction would be correct as its heavily modified predecessor, the Mateba auto-revolver, was featured in films of this genre.
The lowered-barrel, flat-cylinder and unique-profiled handgun was designed by Italian Mateba founder Emilio Ghisoni and became popular among prop managers because it was so distinct from other firearms commonly seen on screen or in public.
The futuristic designs of Mateba’s MTR8 and 2006M were grounded more in physics and innovation than in aesthetics, but the concept of a semi-automatic revolver that cocked the hammer and rotated the cylinder using inertia was a little too far fetched for the U.S. gun market in the 1980s. Ghisoni sold the Mateba company and its designs around 2000, but wanted to continue designing firearms.
Ghisoni knew that his design of lowering the barrel of a revolver to the bottom chamber instead of the customary alignment with the top chamber was a sound design that had a benefit in taming sharp recoiling magnums commonly used for defense and hunting. By lowering the barrel in the hand, the fulcrum effect that produces muzzle flip is reduced, allowing the shooter to maintain sight alignment, thereby speeding up subsequent shots.
Eager to get back into the gun game, he approached Italian competitive shooter and founder of the FAR cartridge system, Antonio Caduzzo, to finance his project. Out of the collaboration of Ghisoni’s imagination and Caduzzo’s experience came the Rhino. The new design highlights Ghisoni’s signature low barrel and flat-profiled cylinder with a grip slightly forward of the hammer (Caduzzo’s idea).
www.americanrifleman.org/articles/chiappa-rhino-review/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Rhino-text&utm_campaign=Rhino
The Rhino has a futuristic design that reduces muzzle flip and recoil.
By Matt Lindler
11/30/2010
At first glance, the Chiappa Rhino resembles something out of Sci-Fi/Action Thrillers such as “Serenity” or “Gamer.” This initial reaction would be correct as its heavily modified predecessor, the Mateba auto-revolver, was featured in films of this genre.
The lowered-barrel, flat-cylinder and unique-profiled handgun was designed by Italian Mateba founder Emilio Ghisoni and became popular among prop managers because it was so distinct from other firearms commonly seen on screen or in public.
The futuristic designs of Mateba’s MTR8 and 2006M were grounded more in physics and innovation than in aesthetics, but the concept of a semi-automatic revolver that cocked the hammer and rotated the cylinder using inertia was a little too far fetched for the U.S. gun market in the 1980s. Ghisoni sold the Mateba company and its designs around 2000, but wanted to continue designing firearms.
Ghisoni knew that his design of lowering the barrel of a revolver to the bottom chamber instead of the customary alignment with the top chamber was a sound design that had a benefit in taming sharp recoiling magnums commonly used for defense and hunting. By lowering the barrel in the hand, the fulcrum effect that produces muzzle flip is reduced, allowing the shooter to maintain sight alignment, thereby speeding up subsequent shots.
Eager to get back into the gun game, he approached Italian competitive shooter and founder of the FAR cartridge system, Antonio Caduzzo, to finance his project. Out of the collaboration of Ghisoni’s imagination and Caduzzo’s experience came the Rhino. The new design highlights Ghisoni’s signature low barrel and flat-profiled cylinder with a grip slightly forward of the hammer (Caduzzo’s idea).
www.americanrifleman.org/articles/chiappa-rhino-review/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Rhino-text&utm_campaign=Rhino