Chiappa Rhino 60DS .357 Mag
Model: 340.221
Chiappa Rhino 60DS .357 Mag
Model: 340.221
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About This Firearm
The Chiappa Rhino 60DS is a six-shot DA/SA .357 Magnum revolver built for range shooting and hunting. Chiappa still makes it. Its barrel sits level with the bottom chamber of the cylinder instead of the top one, which puts the bore line lower in the hand than a conventional revolver can.
The rear sight is a green fiber optic and it adjusts. The grips are walnut, the frame is 7075-T6 aluminum anodized black, and the barrel is blued steel. The safety is internal, as on any double-action revolver, and a 6-inch barrel puts the whole gun at 10.5 inches.
If you're cross-shopping, a Ruger GP100 has an MSRP of $1,109, holds the same six rounds and weighs 40.0 oz of stainless steel over a 4.2-inch barrel. A Colt Python has an MSRP of $1,699, weighs 42.0 oz and runs a 4.25-inch barrel. Both are all-steel guns with the barrel above the cylinder. The Chiappa has an aluminum frame, nearly two more inches of barrel and a lower bore line.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The rear sight adjusts, so the revolver can be zeroed to the load it is fed and not the load it was built around.
- At 10.5 inches overall it is 1.0 inch longer than a Ruger GP100 while carrying nearly two more inches of barrel, so the frame itself is short for the barrel on it.
- The frame is aluminum and the barrel steel, so a long-barrel .357 here does not weigh what an all-steel one does.
- A 1:19 twist is slow for .357, so the heaviest bullets get less spin here than they would out of a Colt Python's 1:14.
- An aluminum frame under a long steel barrel puts the weight forward, so the gun hangs muzzle-heavy compared with an all-steel revolver of the same length.
- Holsters, grips and accessories cut for conventional revolvers will not fit this one, so the list of things that do is short.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can an optic be mounted on it?
Chiappa's page and manual for this model say nothing about mounting an optic, so treat it as an iron-sighted revolver until you have one in front of you.
What is the twist rate?
1:19, which sits close to a Ruger GP100's 1:18.75 and is much slower than a Colt Python's 1:14.
Where is it made?
Italy. Chiappa covers the whole Rhino line in one combined manual instead of a document per model.
