Chiappa revolvers; YIKES!!

[The Gleam]

Whoa.

I think my mind has been changed a bit about Chiappa revolvers, after finding this photo from SHOT show online. Now I am fascinated by crazy, odd engineering, oddities and bizarre designs, and Lugers make the following look quite simple; but revolves simply should not be this complex (exempting Matebas, naturally, due to their inherently requiring more moving parts by operation requirements alone). Looks like the game "Mousetrap".

With lots of love, Rube Goldberg.

Yikes!

[Bartin]

you do know the rhino fires from the bottom chamber of the cylinder like the mateba, right? Did you also know that they have the same designer?

[BigPimping]

Those are just so cool. Phat dough indeed though.

[Dannicus]

There's really not much more to the lockwork on that thing than the average DA revolver. Just that fake hammer.

[5.56Geo]

I'll stick with S&W, Ruger, Colt, Taurus, Rossi and the like.

[The Gleam]

you do know the rhino fires from the bottom chamber of the cylinder like the mateba, right? Did you also know that they have the same designer?

Considering I own 5 Matebas, yes. And I know a great deal of the history of the original designer who recently passed away. When I bought my Matebas, they were nothing other than "new" nifty guns on the market. They weren't anything "rare" yet (before the SB15 Roster of Ruse). But the Chiappa is not directly his design; it was modified a bit. I like that it fires from the bottom chamber; good idea, but the implementation of all those internal levers could have been better situated for less moving parts.

[21SF]

Considering I own 5 Matebas, yes. And I know a great deal of the history of the original designer who recently passed away. When I bought my Matebas, they were nothing other than "new" nifty guns on the market. They weren't anything "rare" yet (before the SB15 Roster of Ruse). But the Chiappa is not directly his design; it was modified a bit. I like that it fires from the bottom chamber; good idea, but the implementation of all those internal levers could have been better situated for less moving parts.

Says the engineer

[SNCaliber]

Holy moly that looks like a pain to strip downs, clean, and reassemble, that being said I still want one

[The Gleam]

Says the engineer

It's always says the engineer; if engineers had been involved with making the Fisker Karma, rather than a designer as CEO and little dictator over the build, the car would have been a success and the company wouldn't be bankrupt. Instead, the car is a flop and the company is nearly defunct.

Elon Musk hired engineers to take the lead for Tesla, not designers; his company is skyrocketing and Consumer Reports recently gave the Model S the highest rating of any car they have ever tested in the magazine's entire history; higher than anything ever made by Honda or Toyota of which they are so fond; a 99 out of 100.

THAT is the difference between having a designer at the helm, and an engineer in charge.

[SloChicken]

ah yes, the Chiappa "Rube Goldberg" model ...

Beautifully ugly and equally as unreliable ...

At least they cost too much.

Good for Sci-Fi movies tho.

[Bartin]

Wait by the phone then because I let them know that some guy on the internet swears he can do it better so I'm sure they'll be calling any minute.

Considering I own 5 Matebas, yes. And I know a great deal of the history of the original designer who recently passed away. When I bought my Matebas, they were nothing other than "new" nifty guns on the market. They weren't anything "rare" yet (before the SB15 Roster of Ruse). But the Chiappa is not directly his design; it was modified a bit. I like that it fires from the bottom chamber; good idea, but the implementation of all those internal levers could have been better situated for less moving parts.

[Dutch Henry]

It had better be one super accurate and reliable shooting machine because one look tells you it's butt ugly and the price is unattractive as well..

[em9sredbeam]

Doesn't that kind of ruin the point of a revolver? I like the fact, that when I shoot my revolver, it is simple and not much to go wrong.

[Lead Waster]

It's always says the engineer; if engineers had been involved with making the Fisker Karma, rather than a designer as CEO and little dictator over the build, the car would have been a success and the company wouldn't be bankrupt. Instead, the car is a flop and the company is nearly defunct.

Elon Musk hired engineers to take the lead for Tesla, not designers; his company is skyrocketing and Consumer Reports recently gave the Model S the highest rating of any car they have ever tested in the magazine's entire history; higher than anything ever made by Honda or Toyota of which they are so fond; a 99 out of 100.

THAT is the difference between having a designer at the helm, and an engineer in charge.

Interestingly, same with Glock. He knew what he wanted, he hired engineers to do the work, then he worked his marketing magic on it. The lack of designers made the gun look like a brick, the engineers made it work well and the marketing made people buy it!

Same with Apple II and iPhones/iPads.... Do you think Steve Jobs knew anything about how these things worked? No, but he knew marketing and he knew how to hire competent people who knew what they were about, and he knew that designers had to be involved.

[DT556]

I'll stick with S&W, Ruger, Colt, Taurus, Rossi and the like.

Taurus and Rossi?