Wow, what a thread.
When the Rhino first came out I was somewhat impressed. Mainly because it fires from the barrel much closer to the "bottom". Then I read about the complexity of the action, so I lost a little enthusiasm. Then, just looking at the thing, it seems to be designed to "impress by appearances"; it looks "mean". That cost a few more points. Now, this thread, which first exposes a questionable part of its design, and finally kills all enthusiasm by their "customer service".
Now, I was born in Naples, and my mom was a WW2 "war bride". So, I've been around a long time, and I was exposed to severe pro-Italian bias growing up. But, I also used my engineering background to know that they sometimes "design" things differently, just because. As far as Chiappa Rhino's are now concerned, forget them.