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  • Aus_Schwaben

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    It seems to me someone made a revolver in that configuration back in the mid 70s but in .38 special. The pistol looked like any other SA/DA revolver except the barrel was aligned on the bottom chamber. I have not been able to find it so far.
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    tonelar

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    It’s an alright revolver. However, for the same money there are more durable wheel guns out there.

    I owned a .357 snub Rhino. I sold it the first time someone offered me more than I paid.
     
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    Dawico

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    I like the innovation but the execution is very poor.

    Different recoil feel. Check
    Less muzzle flip. Check
    Cool looking. Check
    Noticed at the range. Check
    Loose cylinder. Check
    Weak finish. Check
    Grip cracking. Check

    If you own one 357 revolver I hope this isn't it. If you own a pile of them then go for it.

    She ain't no GP100 that's for sure.
     

    Tihsepa

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    I like the innovation but the execution is very poor.

    Different recoil feel. Check
    Less muzzle flip. Check
    Cool looking. Check
    Noticed at the range. Check
    Loose cylinder. Check
    Weak finish. Check
    Grip cracking. Check

    If you own one 357 revolver I hope this isn't it. If you own a pile of them then go for it.

    She ain't no GP100 that's for sure.
    Spot on. Even with the pandemic buying none (few) of the new shooters out there want revolvers. I picked up a very nice Smith and Wesson 686 pretty cheap the other day. No reason to move on from what works. Oh, .357 is not that big of a deal anyway. No need to go this route.
     

    seeker_two

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    That place east of Waco....
    The design intrigues me, but I've heard too many bad QC stories about them to shell out that kind of money.

    One thing I've read is that, if you remove the linkages for the cocking lever to make it a DAO, the trigger pull improves dramatically. A Rhino snub in DAO might be worth having.....
     

    tonelar

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    for the same price-point you could get a S&W with a sweet double action trigger out of the box
     

    benenglish

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    It seems to me someone made a revolver in that configuration back in the mid 70s but in .38 special. The pistol looked like any other SA/DA revolver except the barrel was aligned on the bottom chamber. I have not been able to find it so far.
    Oh, yeah, it's been done before. The most commonly cited examples were from Mateba but I feel sure there have been others.
     

    tonelar

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    Oh, yeah, it's been done before. The most commonly cited examples were from Mateba but I feel sure there have been others.

    I forgot about their Automatic revolvers. They had better grips than Chiapa.
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    benenglish

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    Webley made an automatic revolver at one time.
    Yeah, but did it have the barrel on the bottom? I feel sure I've seen more than just the Chiappa and the Mateba but I can't remember the names right now. (ETA: Not all Matebas were automatics, btw.)

    Of course, with a little research I can usually find things I can't remember, like this Russian revolver, the AEK-906 Nosorog chambered in 9x18 Makarov.

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    TipBledsoe

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    I like the innovation but the execution is very poor.

    Different recoil feel. Check
    Less muzzle flip. Check
    Cool looking. Check
    Noticed at the range. Check
    Loose cylinder. Check
    Weak finish. Check
    Grip cracking. Check

    If you own one 357 revolver I hope this isn't it. If you own a pile of them then go for it.

    She ain't no GP100 that's for sure.
    ... and yet soooooo ugly
     

    benenglish

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    Then again, there are the experimental low-barrel revolvers that never make it to market. Century International Arms announced their 38-3 revolver back in 2014 but never produced it. The selling point was that it was a 3-shot revolver with a flattened cylinder, enabling the revolver to be just one inch thick.

    A revolver that's only an inch thick might be nice for concealed carry but apparently nobody was willing to sacrifice 2 or 3 rounds of capacity to get it. Ugly thing, too.

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    ETA: This picture that includes a view from the muzzle should make the concept more clear. It also makes it clear that Century never really intended the revolver for production. If they had, there's no way they'd show up at the NRA Annual Meeting with the grip panel screws that boogered up. But weird guns get you mentioned in gun magazines so I hope the publicity was worth it.

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    benenglish

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    Mine has had the Robar NP3 treatment on the entire gun. Trigger is like it is rolling on Teflon coated ball bearings. Smooth as glass.
    As I stated earlier in this thread, every time I've been tempted by a Chiappa I've been able to resist that temptation by pulling the trigger. I've never held a stock Chiappa with a decent trigger pull.

    I've very happy to hear there's a solution to the problem.
     

    Hoji

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    As I stated earlier in this thread, every time I've been tempted by a Chiappa I've been able to resist that temptation by pulling the trigger. I've never held a stock Chiappa with a decent trigger pull.

    I've very happy to hear there's a solution to the problem.
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    Still ugly though.:)
     

    zackmars

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    Every chiappa rhino ive shot had a trigger that felt like i was swinging a chain mail sack full of hammers against a wall
     
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