[SHOT 2025] Chiappa Goes Full Space Cowboy

By Zac K

Chiappa has fooled around with the tactical lever sector before, but this time, they’re going all in.

It could be a quote from a cinematic mash-up of the movie Tropic Thunder and the TV show Firefly: “You went full space cowboy. Never go full space cowboy!” But futuristic lever-action rifles are big business these days, and Chiappa has got in on that action with a new version of their new ‘86 Wildlands Takedown rifle.Chiappa @ TFB: [SHOT 2024] New Single Shot Big Badger, Wildlands 92 Takedown From Chiappa [IWA 2022] Chiappa Firearms Releases New 9mm and .45 ACP 1911 Models Chiappa 9mm Kalashnikov Pistol Review Chiappa 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Lever Action RiflesFamiliar mechanicsThere’s not a lot to say about the action here, because it’s been around forever. Since 1886, really, when John Moses Browning descended from his Utah temple of gunsmithing and sold the plans for his big-bore lever-action to Winchester.

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Source: The Firearm Blog