It’s not an exaggeration to say that the launch of the Chiappa Firearms Rhino revolver, back in 2009, brought the revolver concept straight into the 21st Century, with its distinctive design with the barrel aligned with the lower chamber of the cylinder rather than the upper one.

Such non-conventional architecture keeps the barrel more in line with the shooter’s hand, improving control; the barrel is shrouded in an aluminum tube that also includes a large sighting rib – a considerable amount of mass that contributes to keep recoil and muzzle climb to a minimum; and the hexagonal cylinder makes the overall design even more distinctive.

Extremely controllable in all available calibers – .357 Magnum, .38 Special, 9mm Luger and 10mm Auto – Chiappa Firearms has announced that in 2026 the Rhino revolver will be finally available in a bigger, meaner, more performing variant chambered for the legendary .44 Remington Magnum cartridge.

The new Rhino .44 Magnum revolver is larger than its predecessors, sized enough to fit and handle the powerful .44 Magnum cartridge, but its L-frame is still manufactured out of 7075-T6 aluminum alloy, with an updated ergonomics, with a revised grip interface for improved leverage and two finger stops at the two sides of the frame, under the cylinder, for a safe and repeatable hand placement. Despite the larger chambering, the L-frame maintains Chiappa’s characteristic balance between strength and weight, paired with steel barrel, cylinder and breech shield.

The six-shot, hexagonal cylinder is connected to the frame by a larger, stronger hinge, and features a redesigned opening lever, where the original push-down lever has been replaced by a large push-forward button on the left side of the revolver frame, just behind the left recoil shield.

In order to get the best out of the powerful .44 Magnum cartridge in terms of stabilization and performance, the new Rhino 60DS revolver comes with a 6-inch barrel, shrouded in a larger aluminum alloy frame, with the sighting rib just above five wide windows visually different from its predecessors.

Sights-wise, the new .44 Magnum Chiappa Firearms Rhino revolvers features a red fiber optic front sight and a fully adjustable green fiber optic rear sight, topped by a full-length top MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail for optics. Another Picatinny rail is machined directly underneath the barrel, providing plenty of room for tactical accessories.

The .44 Magnum version of Chiappa’s Rhino retains the same double-action, internal-hammer trigger system as its predecessors, with an external crest that dubs as a manual cocking device for single-action shooting and a red indicator that will protrude from the top of the frame, just behind the rear sight, when the hammer is manually cocked.

On the .44 Magnum version, said crest has been radically redesigned and now looks more like a real hammer spur: larger, skeletonized, and with more clearance for better handling. Also new is the black rubberized grip, manufactured specifically by Hogue for Chiappa Firearms, featuring an aggressive slip-proof texture on both sides and deep finger grooves on the front strap.

Available in three colors – White Nickel, Black, and Gold – the new Chiappa Firearms Rhino 60DS .44 Magnum isn’t just the world’s lightest revolver in that caliber and barrel length, but also by far the most custom-ready: it remains fully compatible with all Rhino series grips, allowing users to tailor the look and feel of their gun at will depending on the task at hand; and drop-in trigger kits will be made available to replace the factory trigger with a lighter, smoother variant for competition shooting.

The new Chiappa Rhino revolver in .44 Magnum has just been announced, but the official launch will take place in the United States at SHOT Show 2026. For more information, visit the new official website www.chiappausa.com.