started USA branch in 2007
Dayton, Ohio
- 1958 founded by Ezechiele Chiappa as Armi Sport
– an Italian firearms manufacturing company based in Brescia - wholly owned by the Chiappa family
- Chiappa’s guns are manufactured in Italy and Turkey
- 2007 opened a US location at 6785 West Third St. Dayton, Ohio
– 7,000 sq ft
– Jim Eubank national sales and marketing director
-.Don Madole general manager - 2008 Emilio Ghisoni died
– Ghisoni’s earlier design is the Mateba Autorevolver - 2009 Chiappa Rhino
– Designed by Emilio Ghisoni and Antonio Cudazzo
– made of Ergal (an aluminum alloy) - 2013 triple-barreled shotgun introduced
- 2014 started manufacturing firearms in Dayton
– 33,000-square-foot building
Chiappa Firearms USA
1415 Stanley Ave.
Dayton, OH 45404
(937) 835-5000
chiappafirearms.com
About Chiappa Firearms
Chiappa Firearms is a family-owned Italian gunmaker based in the Brescia region, the historic heart of Italian arms manufacturing. Ezechiele Chiappa founded the business in 1958 as Armi Sport, which still builds the group’s faithful replicas of historic arms, such as muzzleloaders and Winchester-pattern lever actions, for target shooting, reenacting, collecting and hunting. The Chiappa Group also includes Kimar, which makes blank-firing replicas, air guns and starter pistols, and is led by CEO Rino Chiappa.
Chiappa is known for unconventional designs. The Rhino revolver, designed in 2008 by Emilio Ghisoni and Antonio Cudazzo and produced from 2010, fires from the bottom chamber of its cylinder to lower the bore axis and reduce muzzle flip, and uses a frame machined from 7075 aluminum alloy. Other notable products include the Triple Threat triple-barrel shotgun and the Little Badger single-shot survival rifle. Its U.S. arm, Chiappa Firearms USA, is based in Dayton, Ohio; in 2014 the company expanded its Dayton space to 33,000 square feet to begin manufacturing in the United States.
Key Facts
- 1958: founded by Ezechiele Chiappa as Armi Sport in Italy
- 2008: Rhino revolver designed by Emilio Ghisoni and Antonio Cudazzo
- 2010: Rhino enters production
- 2014: Dayton, Ohio facility expanded to 33,000 sq ft for U.S. manufacturing
- Annual production of about 60,000 units
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