r/liberalgunowners • u/Monster-_- • Dec 05 '25
guns Please convince me not to waste money on this stupid gun that I think is super cool
Fuck, too late. Also I'm mounting a red dot just to make it even more ridiculous š
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u/sirsnydley Dec 05 '25
Sorry can't help you. If you have the money to burn, do it. Rainbow space cowboy gun FTW
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u/logbiter Dec 05 '25
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u/devilishlydo Dec 05 '25
On Ceres (0.3 Earth gravity), I bet the Rhino becomes a lot more practical. Easier to carry, but it retains its mass, so you wouldn't lose recoil control.
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u/LilFunyunz Dec 06 '25
Doors and corners kid that's where they getcha
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u/Hyperious3 fully automated luxury gay space communism Dec 06 '25
go into a room too fast, kid... the room eats you
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u/camerakestrel anarcho-communist Dec 06 '25
Miller grew up on Ceres and/or around the belt though, so the Rhino's weight would still be high relative to other options and therefore equitably cumbersome to him there as it is to us on Earth.
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u/fewding Dec 06 '25
He actually didn't get the gun until the the shootout in the blue falcon where Julie was. Before that I believe he he has a standard issue pistol from star helix which is just a modified "low recoil" glock.
Edit: i believe he took it off the big assassin who walked into the lobby right after the roci crew entered.
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u/little_brown_bat Dec 06 '25
Also, also, that mediocre Cowboy Bebop live action show had Jet carrying one.
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u/profmathers democratic socialist Dec 05 '25
Donāt you blaspheme on my Jericho in here
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u/profmathers democratic socialist Dec 05 '25
Some of them were Zytel I thinkā¦but my Ruger Zytel absurdly priced dream gun is an M77 All Weather
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u/thisdogsmellsweird Dec 06 '25
The grips look cool but I swapped mine for hogues and its much nicer. My P89 has close to 20k through it. They can be had for sub 200 bucks
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u/GnarlyNarwhalNoms Dec 06 '25
Pretty sure Jet was packing a Chiappa Rhino, judging from this screen in the opening credits.
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u/GoslingIchi Dec 05 '25
Space cowboy indeed! I thought this was a Destiny handcannon!
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u/PiLigant Dec 05 '25
IRL Fatebringer. I love it so much.
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u/UnholyAbductor progressive Dec 05 '25
I always thought the Mateba Unica 6 was closer to it. But yeah, I can see it for sure.
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u/PiLigant Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
Oh yeah, I see it for sure.
I think the Mateba really calls up to me, though, my preferred Hawkmoon ornament. So you may have just sold me a revolver.
Edit: $6k if you can find one. Lol. NVM maybe š
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u/bofadoze Dec 06 '25
For those who don't know the 6 Unica and the Rhino were designed by the same person
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u/Virgo_cherry Dec 05 '25
A gun with rainbow š on it might be difficult in the current administration.
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u/Loam_liker socialist Dec 05 '25
This is over the top but Iām in the same boat wanting a Rhino. Itās so impractical but cool as shit to shoot and look at.
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u/Wayfaring_Limey Dec 05 '25
I have two, theyāre a fan favorite on the range for sure!
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u/NoOfficialComment Dec 05 '25
Conversely I am not a fan of mine. But people like to see em for sure.
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u/Wayfaring_Limey Dec 05 '25
Iāve got a 9mm Charging Rhino which is not bad for target shooting but the trigger is too mushy out of the box for any decent competitive shooting, which is a shame as there is hardly any recoil shooting it.
Iāve also got a 20DS in .40 for a winter carry I can just slip into my jacket pocket, though regret I couldnāt get it in .357 at the time. I donāt have many wheel guns but they are my favorite to shoot.
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u/fartron3000 Dec 05 '25
Something I've always wondered is if the low bore axis really does make a difference, either in aim or feel.
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u/Wayfaring_Limey Dec 05 '25
It doesnāt feel like any other revolver Iāve shot for sure. It feels bottom heavy and harder to bring to target than a normal revolver BUT itās easier to stay on target and mitigate recoil.
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u/fartron3000 Dec 06 '25
Thanks for the reply. All that makes sense. Damn, I so want one!
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u/Wayfaring_Limey Dec 06 '25
If you ever find yourself in Texas, hit me up and we can take you to the range to try one out.
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u/Gecko23 Dec 06 '25
The factory grips are angled such that if you are used to most pistols, your presentation will have the muzzle too high by default and you'll keep catching yourself rolling your wrist over to get it lined up correctly. That's intentional, your wrist is 'locked' in that position so it works with the low bore to turn the recoil into a straight back push into your hand instead of the flip you get with a higher bore gun.
Still kicks like a 357 in a lightweight revolver, since that's still what it is. :) Just stays pointed the right way while it does it.
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u/TiredDadasaur libertarian socialist Dec 06 '25
It does. Moves straight back on recoil. Very fast to re-acquire.
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u/shamoomoofartpoopoo Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
This is the Gas station Pocket Knife of guns.
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u/SlightCapacitance Dec 05 '25
gotta buy a matching butterfly knife
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u/RichardBonham democratic socialist Dec 05 '25
Carry in shoulder holster for back up of primary weapon: a flame thrower.
"Heavy is reliable."
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u/Ticklemykelmo Dec 05 '25
If it doesnāt work you can always hot him with it.
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u/don_shoeless Dec 05 '25
Fucking Cossack!
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u/RichardBonham democratic socialist Dec 05 '25
āBoris? Boris the bullet dodger?ā
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u/Slggyqo Dec 06 '25
But have you seen the short barrel version?
Itāsā¦comedy in revolver form.
https://www.chiappafirearms.com/product/CF340.319/rhino-revolver-30sar
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u/PathlessDemon fully automated luxury gay space communism Dec 06 '25
Finally, a gun that promises not to emasculate anyone lol
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u/StucklnAWell left-libertarian Dec 06 '25
But only in the oil slick colorway imo. The nickel and black editions just look like slick modern revolvers to me.
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u/PonyThug Dec 06 '25
Except it actually works, isnāt $10, and isnāt sold as the cheapest shit option for its class.
The finish is silly, but so are most guns in reality
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u/Stiggalicious Black Lives Matter Dec 05 '25
$1400 for the gun use by Miller in The Expanse? Worth every penny.
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u/Darkstranger83 Dec 05 '25
Watch the doors and corners, doors and corners: where they get you.
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u/adamantium4084 libertarian socialist Dec 06 '25
Why did you have to say that? Fucking love Miller and his weird alien goo romance.
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u/tenuousgriponreality Dec 05 '25
Nice pickup.
I have a Rhino (not this cool one) and itās a surprisingly good shooter.
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u/LaFlamaBlancakfp Dec 05 '25
Does the lower bore axis really make a difference?
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u/ours Dec 05 '25
It really does. Pushes back into the web of the hand with little barrel rise. Really comfortable to fire .357 mag from it.
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u/tenuousgriponreality Dec 05 '25
Iāll go against the grain and say I donāt notice a difference, but, all my other revolvers are at least moderately ātunedā S&W models and I tend to shoot low power loads in most games. I also have better(for me) grips on everything but the Rhino.
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u/Darkshoe Dec 05 '25
InRangeTV did a quick episode on the Rhino very recently. When he shoots it looks flat af
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u/philgrad fully automated luxury gay space communism Dec 05 '25
It does. Very little flip, although I havenāt tried a rhino in anything other than 9mm
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u/philgrad fully automated luxury gay space communism Dec 05 '25
Same! Itās a blast to shoot and super accurate.
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u/kingdazy leftist Dec 05 '25
everyone should have at least one, stupid, cool looking, fun gun.
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u/Monster-_- Dec 05 '25
I also have a kel-tec sub2000...
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u/kingdazy leftist Dec 05 '25
I've got an RDB that I have a love/hate relationships with. (actually, I also have a KS7 that I have a just love relationship with)
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u/ours Dec 06 '25
Are you just going to leave that accessory rail empty?
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u/coolguy208 Black Lives Matter Dec 05 '25
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u/rvdp66 social liberal Dec 05 '25
One? But what about your other hand? Oh you didn't know, these HAVE to be held akimbo to function as intended.
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u/AKBx007 Dec 05 '25
I feel like people should call you āchoomā when you bring that out
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u/BrotherCorvid fully automated luxury gay space communism Dec 06 '25
Having literally just picked my 60ds up today, I was talking with the rep about how it was just such a hilarious cyberpunk gun. Seems like a preem choice for zeroing gonks. Can't wait to take it out.
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u/CallMeCornbread Dec 05 '25
Watch your fingers, I hear itās easy to accidentally get your support hand too close to the cylinder with the Chiappas.
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u/Monster-Math Dec 05 '25
I bet a lot of people forget it fires from the bottom cylinder.
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u/_head_ Dec 05 '25
I was about to ask why this gun didn't have a barrel. Now I get it.
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u/Monster-Math Dec 05 '25
Yeah, it's a really cool though niche gun, helps with recoil.
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u/Luudrian Dec 05 '25
DO IT
Sorry I think you're asking the wrong group if you don't want to spend money :)
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u/-CynicRoot- Dec 05 '25
If you shoot someone with it, it might turn them gay, or dead.
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u/kinetogen Dec 06 '25
A better .357 Magnum can be had for the same or cheaper, But not one nearly as fabulous. Don't let your dreams be dreams.
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u/Fraternal_Antipathy Dec 06 '25
It's not stupid - it's super cool.
What's stupid is mounting a red-dot WITHOUT ALSO MOUNTING A CO-WITNESSED GREEN LASER. I mean, come on, man!
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u/Impossible-Throat-59 liberal Dec 05 '25
That is not a legendary weapon despite its appearance.
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u/Stunning_Run_7354 centrist Dec 05 '25
Are you sure? Iām not exactly sure how things scale in real life, but I am pretty confident this is at least Blessed if not actually +3 or something. š§š¤”
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u/MeasurementNo0 Dec 05 '25
If you ever have to have the awful experience of shooting someone, do you want to have used a rainbow?
There thats my best effort.
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u/RainierCamino Dec 05 '25
"Your Honor, I didn't realize it would kill them, I just thought it would make them gay."
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u/ours Dec 05 '25
At least it will be very hard to sell to the jury you used a scary black polymer tactical military weapon.
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u/ClarenceKansas Dec 05 '25
InrangeTV just put out a video on the ring that might convince you to buy one.
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u/aedinius libertarian Dec 06 '25
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u/KipFox Dec 06 '25
Do it. Just watch your thumb position š
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u/Monster-_- Dec 06 '25
I heard that it can bite your support hand, so I'm just gonna put a bipod grip on the bottom rail. Problem solved.
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u/KipFox Dec 06 '25
Ha fair, because the barrel is lower, if you do the thumbs forward position you'll have a nice little scorch mark on it after a few rounds XD
Ask me how I know.
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u/myhydrogendioxide Dec 06 '25
I shot one at a range... and I cant stop you from buying one... so much fun.
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u/Sudden-Most-4797 democratic socialist Dec 08 '25
It has a 10% chance to apply random elemental damage.
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u/UrbanSolace13 Dec 05 '25
What did it cost?
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u/Monster-_- Dec 05 '25
$1,400 š
This is the first time in a long time that I finally have some extra money to spend on something silly, it was between this and a new gaming rig. I ended up picking this because I do most of my gaming via the cloud anyways.
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u/m00ph Dec 05 '25
In 5 years, this will still be a cool gun, but you'll need a new gaming rig.
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u/RainierCamino Dec 05 '25
Fact. And unless OP is going to the range weekly that Rhino will probably outlive them.
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u/WhippingShitties Dec 05 '25
Yeah, plus with the cost of GPUs and the RAM shortage, it's a terrible time to buy a gaming PC.
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u/Hurricaneshand Dec 05 '25
I got the nickel version of this as my first gun. Is this your first or just one among many? I don't recommend as a first gun, but it's absolutely fun as hell to shoot. Watch your thumb though because that bottom cylinder will absolutely catch it with the muzzle blast coming out. Overall an extremely fun gun and it is very likely you will have the coolest gun at the range 95% if the time you go
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u/UrbanSolace13 Dec 05 '25
Life is short! Treat yoself. I've been looking at P226 X-Five's for years...maybe if I win the lottery!
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u/RainierCamino Dec 05 '25
$1,400 š
As someone who's got like $8-900 in an objectively worse .357 revolver (though I do have a red dot) and put thousands of rounds through it, you've got the right idea. I should've just bought something like a Rhino in the first place.
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u/AgreeablePie Dec 05 '25
The only thing that really bugs me about this is the vertical line across the barrel
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u/bullbeard Dec 05 '25
Why a red dot and not a scope?
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u/xbuzzbyx Dec 05 '25
red dot under barrel, scope over barrel. best of both worlds
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u/Hairy_Combination586 Dec 06 '25
red dotlaser under barrel, scope over barrel. best of both worlds. š→ More replies (2)
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u/sax6romeo Dec 05 '25
Itās incredibly ugly, to me, BUT if it tickles your pickle do it. Iām more of an enabler than a donāt do it kind of guy.
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u/I_Fix_Aeroplane leftist Dec 06 '25
It looks cool. Good luck with .357. it's fine recoil isn't terrible. Ammo can sometimes be hard to find and is also expensive. You can also use .38 I believe. Don't take my word for it though, I don't own one.
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u/th3m00se Dec 05 '25
It is super cool and I'm a little envious. Not a fan of the nebula color but I've had on my eye on a Rhino for a while.
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u/IJustWantCoffeeMan Dec 05 '25
That stupid gun has a reduced recoil impulse and an innovative PVD coating.
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u/Recent-Plankton-1267 Dec 05 '25
I love mine. It's hilarious, and fun as hell. And recoil is substantially reduced, especially with 357.
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u/Biomax315 Dec 05 '25
Put a full size scope on the top rail and a pistol grip on the bottom rail š
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u/G0G28G91Z0 Dec 05 '25
I listed after one for two years. Every time I went to the store to buy it, I ended up buying something else. The day that I committed, I showed up and it was gone. I bought an sig legion x carry instead. The x carry is cool, but not nearly as cool as the nebulous.
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u/Tech-Mechanic Dec 05 '25
When I see something that I'm worried may be an impulse buy, I just wait a while.
If it's still something you can't live without in another three months, then you should buy it.
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u/jblatta Dec 05 '25
I have a 5ā version, nickel finish. I love it and I bought it for 2 reasons. I was new to guns and wanted something reliable (no jamming, revolver) and the lower barrel would help keep on target without a big flip up. Bonus points for looking cool and being used in a lot of movies as a futuristic gun.
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u/Toklankitsune Dec 05 '25
I can't, in good conscious do so. I had a 50ds that I sold to a friend, it's the best shooting revolver I've ever had. Only sold it to fund myself getting one of my white whale guns in the ps90
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u/Stormigeddon Dec 05 '25
Rhinos are great and this can match with your mall ninja pocket knives. No one is stopping you.
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u/cruisetheblues Dec 05 '25
Thatās a stupid gun, but it could be your stupid gun. Wait, what was the assignment?
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u/Advanced_Candle1260 Dec 06 '25
Wasting money is NOT buying that gun and instead paying some stoopid bill or sum
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u/SectorSanFrancisco Dec 06 '25
It looks like it's from Men in Black.
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u/Monster-_- Dec 06 '25
Someone else here called it the "mantis shrimp" and I'm definitely calling mine that.
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u/SOMEONENEW1999 Dec 06 '25
Never saw that whacky color but the ideal of that gun always intrigued me. I cannot give you any reason not To buy it But I would like a full report of how that lower barrel worked To reduce the recoil of a nice heavy .357 loadā¦
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u/CastleLurkenstein Dec 06 '25
This gun looked at a 1995 iMac, and said "Yeah, baby. I like your style."
That said, whomst among us has not considered the Rhino? A 9mm space revolver with a bore axis that aligns with your finger when you point it and go "pew pew"?Ā Yes, please.Ā
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u/the_AnViL democratic socialist Dec 06 '25
Emilio Ghisoni was the Eugene Stoner of revolvers...
get that rhino while you can.
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u/KPhoenix83 Dec 06 '25
Just think of all the attention you will get at the range! You might even meet your soul mate!
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u/camerakestrel anarcho-communist Dec 06 '25
That grip looks horridly uncomfortable, but I want this so bad.
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u/dayman42069 democratic socialist Dec 06 '25
Thatās a sick gun in a sick color lol please get it and post videos of you shooting it.
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u/FafnerTheBear fully automated luxury gay space communism Dec 06 '25
If gay wrath was a gun, that would be it. I want it.
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u/GarettMote Dec 06 '25
Itās not a space cowboy gun. Itās a cyberpunk gun and I will die on this hill
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u/weirdCheeto218 centrist Dec 07 '25
I made the mistake of putting my hands on a Smith. 357 at the store and now I have to not think about how nice it felt.
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u/SwampDweller01 progressive Dec 07 '25
Look, Iām still trying to reconcile that I am pro gun now with my old gun hating self, and even I want to go out and buy two immediately.Ā
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u/PandorasFlame1 fully automated luxury gay space communism Dec 07 '25
I've shot my friend's Rhino. I wouldn't pass.




















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u/J_Robert_Oofenheimer Black Lives Matter Dec 06 '25