Wow. People are downright angry about this gun on some message boards...
The price pisses folks off....they see "Chiappa" and "made in Turkey"...and their little closed minds just start screaming nonsense.
I was sort of one of those when I first saw this...then I handled one at a gun show and was impressed. It's a drilling really (look up "drilling"...doesn't have to have rifle barrel, just three barrels) and for the price you are getting a decent deal (I say that knowing that the MSRP is $1600, but you will pay less if you are patient and actually want one of these beasts).
So I bought one. I got a "deal", I paid about 400 less due to what I perceive was an error in listing on Gunbroker. Maybe it wasn't. Who knows. But I'm happy and that's that.
This thing handles well for what it is...and what the hell is that exactly? It's a novelty. Potential home defense. Sure, you can buy a pump or semi auto, but I've got three barrels that WILL fire (unless I'm just so damned unlucky that the trigger fails, if that happens, I'm SOL). 18.5 inch barrel so I can swing it up quick or fire from the hip like grinning idiot.
I shot at a target yesterday from 20 yards. All 3 barrels on the same hold spread the shot consistently over the area I was shooting at, so barrel regulation is good. You can read the reviews online, but I'm not paid or coerced in any way to say that I really dig this gun. The rear of the stock comes off with a tool quickly and I have a pistol grip hell firing shorty.
It comes in a nice case that the gun fits into when broken down. 5 different Rem chokes for the three barrels. Tools for the chokes and the rear stock. Again, satisfied.
I haven't researched this fully, but it appears with the "x-caliber" inserts, I could potentially have a gun that is more like the drilling of old. The one issue with that is the chambers fire In a set order, so planning on the inserts is a must. I would put the rifle barrel insert in the top chamber. But it fires last, there's no way to defeat that. Guess I would just put in my dummy shells in the other chambers and then Click, click BOOM. Not really practical, but I have another gun that fills that role anyway so oh well.
These things probably won't sell enough to justify Chiappa continuing them forever. And that usually leads to a gun becoming more valuable over time for the novelty. Whether or not that happens is anyone's guess. But I'm enjoying this silly bastard.
The price pisses folks off....they see "Chiappa" and "made in Turkey"...and their little closed minds just start screaming nonsense.
I was sort of one of those when I first saw this...then I handled one at a gun show and was impressed. It's a drilling really (look up "drilling"...doesn't have to have rifle barrel, just three barrels) and for the price you are getting a decent deal (I say that knowing that the MSRP is $1600, but you will pay less if you are patient and actually want one of these beasts).
So I bought one. I got a "deal", I paid about 400 less due to what I perceive was an error in listing on Gunbroker. Maybe it wasn't. Who knows. But I'm happy and that's that.
This thing handles well for what it is...and what the hell is that exactly? It's a novelty. Potential home defense. Sure, you can buy a pump or semi auto, but I've got three barrels that WILL fire (unless I'm just so damned unlucky that the trigger fails, if that happens, I'm SOL). 18.5 inch barrel so I can swing it up quick or fire from the hip like grinning idiot.
I shot at a target yesterday from 20 yards. All 3 barrels on the same hold spread the shot consistently over the area I was shooting at, so barrel regulation is good. You can read the reviews online, but I'm not paid or coerced in any way to say that I really dig this gun. The rear of the stock comes off with a tool quickly and I have a pistol grip hell firing shorty.
It comes in a nice case that the gun fits into when broken down. 5 different Rem chokes for the three barrels. Tools for the chokes and the rear stock. Again, satisfied.
I haven't researched this fully, but it appears with the "x-caliber" inserts, I could potentially have a gun that is more like the drilling of old. The one issue with that is the chambers fire In a set order, so planning on the inserts is a must. I would put the rifle barrel insert in the top chamber. But it fires last, there's no way to defeat that. Guess I would just put in my dummy shells in the other chambers and then Click, click BOOM. Not really practical, but I have another gun that fills that role anyway so oh well.
These things probably won't sell enough to justify Chiappa continuing them forever. And that usually leads to a gun becoming more valuable over time for the novelty. Whether or not that happens is anyone's guess. But I'm enjoying this silly bastard.
