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Rizzini Rhino Express
Break action · .470 Nitro Express
Also known as Rhino Express
About the Rizzini Rhino Express
The Rizzini Rhino Express is an Italian side-by-side double rifle built for African dangerous-game hunting. Handcrafted by B. Rizzini on a coin-finished steel boxlock action with automatic ejectors and double triggers, it is offered in .416 Rigby, .470 Nitro Express and .500 Nitro Express with 23-inch chrome-lined barrels, express flip-up leaf sights with an orange front bead, and a select Turkish walnut pistol-grip stock with a beavertail forend.
Chambered in the classic British big-bore Nitro Express cartridges developed for early-20th-century African safaris, the Rhino Express carries the boxlock double-rifle tradition into the modern era at a fraction of the cost of a bespoke London gun.
Rizzini Rhino Express specifications
General
- Type
- Rifle
- Action
- Break action
- Firing mechanism
- Hammer-fired
- Trigger
- Single stage
- Calibres
- .470 Nitro Express, .416 Rigby, .500 Nitro Express
- Magazine capacity
- 2 rounds
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 584 mm (23.0 in)
- Weight (empty)
- 4.49 kg (9.90 lb)
Barrel
- Rifling
- Right hand
Materials
- Barrel
- Steel
- Receiver / frame
- Steel
- Stock
- Wood
- Finish
- coin-finish receiver, blued barrels
Performance
- Muzzle velocity (typical)
- 640 m/s (2100 fps)
- Muzzle energy (typical)
- 6636 J (4894 ft·lb)
- Effective range
- 100 m
History
- Production status
- In production
- Country of origin
- IT
Available calibres
Features
- Boxlock action
- Automatic ejectors
- Double trigger
- Chrome lined barrels
- Beavertail forend
- Express sights
- Flip up leaf sights
- Pistol grip stock
- Select turkish walnut
- Hand engraved receiver
Safety
- Tang safety
Each rifle is regulated for its two barrels to converge at 50 yards. Length of pull is 14 5/8 inches with drop of 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches; an adjustable comb is available. Supplied in a Rizzini ABS case.
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