Manual

RHINOUser’sManual
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REVOLVER REVOLUTION
Rhino is the first revolver with truly modern mechanics, designed for a serial, industrial
production. Each component is machined from solid steel with the most modern machinery
available in the gun industry today. The result is an ultra smooth action, a perfect trigger pull,
greater fluidity, lightness and steadiness when shooting. The appearance is like no other
revolver you have ever seen.
Typically a revolver fires from the top most chamber which is aligned with the barrel. The new
Chiappa Rhino barrel is aligned with the bottom most chamber which is the key component to
Rhino’s tame characteristics. Due to the lower position of the barrel, the Rhino’s appearance is
abstract from any other revolver design. The position of the barrel lowers the center of gravity
and yields a centerline of the bore more in line with the shooters arm allowing for the most
natural “point ability” while engaging a target.
The natural “point-ability” is only the start of where the Rhino stands alone, this characteristic
drastically reduces both recoil and muzzle flip which insures subsequent shots to be on target
faster than ever before. The reduction of the recoil allows for the use of ultra light alloys to be
used in the construction of the Rhino minimizing any adverse effect. The flat sided cylinder
design of the Rhino reduces the typical revolver profile allowing greater concealment.
Reduction of Felt Recoil
As the wrist is almost straight, the recoil is discharged on the straight arm. To give an
explanation according to the laws of physics, the “arm of the lever” is very small, and this
nearly eliminates the “dynamic moment” which follows the shot in all handguns. Basically, the
dynamic moment becomes a static moment, nullifying the amplification of the reaction to recoil
which generates on the top of the hand.
Minimal Muzzle Flip
The strong pressure generated by a powerful caliber usually causes a muzzle flip effect after
shooting (dynamic moment), which is proportional to the lever angle created by the high
position of the barrel and consequent angle of the wrist. The muzzle flip effect has two negative
consequences: one is the physical strain, both when you bear the knock and when you
counterbalance it, pushing your hand with equal power into the opposite direction to regain the
initial position. The second is the time you lose while your arm and hand are travelling up and
down, which is obviously taking time on the sequence of shots. Rhino revolver requires a wrist
angle near to zero, thus minimizing muzzle flip and related consequences: subsequent shots on
a target are all in the center, and do not tend to slide upwards.