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Grand! I'm going to order a set, thank you!

Hello there! Quick question: Can you recommend a flat ground driver? I ask because as I was examining the sight I noticed it is loose, rotating back and forth freely a few centimeters from right to left. I figure and test shots that I do will probably be affected by that so I'd like to get it...

Oh this will be a fun adventure I'm sure, thank you! Except the reloading part, I'm not there yet lol.

I'm sorry, that does make a lot more sense than what I was thinking. It's Monday, that's my excuse.

The right barrel is far to the right, the left is also to the right but actually on paper at least.

Happy to post a 4x4 picture next time I go to the range, probably this weekend...or whenever I can feel my shoulder again, whichever comes first hey. The 450/400 isn't bad mind you, but it's sure not my 270 either!

Thank you, I ended up looking under the flip sights and there is an odd screw there that none of my slot heads, even the small glasses ones, will fit. Also I found out that the sight itself is loose, freely wiggling a few cm left and right. Unfortunately I cant lock it dow.

Ok I can see that now! Here is a pic, is there a special tool I'll need to adjust it?

Yes, it was regulated with hornady dgx.

Hey there! Yes, first time ever, it's a 450/400 chapuis.

Thanks for the reply! Yes I'm using the same factory ammo that it was regulated with. I didn't shoot from the bench, I set up with a tripod since that's what I would use in the field. I also shot free hand, just to see but no dice. I figured about the red dot but I had to ask.

Hello all! Well I took my double out to the field to try it at 50 yards. Long story short I must be doing something really wrong and I dont know what. The closest group I got was 6 inches, 4 inches when I moved to 28 yards. The right barrel seems to shoot far to the right, the left seems a few...

That is probably great advice, thank you for the heads up!

Thank you! She is advertised as 9lbs 5 oz and feels right about in that range when I pick her up. I think I will put a sling on, after all what lady doesn't like a nice accessory? Initially I didn't think I would but the more I researched and watched videos and such the more I think a sling is...

Thank you! I don't think we will be swinging a stateside hunt this year, we were hoping to make it down to my parents house in November/December for a possible Deer hunt but some family drama has put that on hold for right now. I am planning on a Buffalo hunt next year, possibly a Hyena as well...

Thank you all! So, any tips or tricks with a double that you all care to pass along to a tyro such as myself?

That's actually where I bought mine! They were very helpful with everything that I had to ask !

Today I have been inducted into your ranks! It's been a lot of saving, planning, shopping, comparing, researching and, finally, buying but I now have my first double rifle, a Chapuis 450/400. I cannot believe that I've taken this step, it's a rifle and caliber that I've been dreaming about...

Indeed, for a backup crossbow I think they should have used one of the double-barreled models, preferably the ones that replace the arrow and cordage with a bullet and propellant.

That's a great timeline and it looks like great performance as well!

Late to the party but I have to say Eland, then Wildebeest, then a surprise and then Sable. I wasn't a massive fan of the Impala and, perhaps because of how it was cooked the Zebra was far too sweet for me. The surprise was Bush pig ribs! My goodness that was tasty! I asked the PH if we could...

A vote for G-Shock on my end. Had one in the military, it handled all the bouncing/falling/recoiling etc one does on deployment just fine. It never lost a seconds time and up until last week I still owned the one I had back then, around 2004ish. I don't really wear any other brands, when I go to...

I have to wonder, with Delta stock sitting around $23 a share and these new plains on order, if this might be a good time to pick up some of their stock.

I see where you are coming from but I don't think it's the whole picture. What a lot of folks, myself included, want is an excuse to buy a large rifle in a caliber that fascinates them. You will never need, say, a 500 Nitro Express to hunt whitetails here in the states so if it was purely "need"...

I have to admit that I am frankly in awe of someone who can buy not 1, but 2 doubles for play to tide them over while they hunt for a 3rd! I don't know what you do with yourself but my hat's off to you!

I'm glad someone understood what I was trying to say! And I'm glad you also have a rifle that you like (the .358) but you don't feel it "speaks" to you. There is nothing wrong with having that, and who knows, maybe years from now it will fall into someone else's hands and "wake up" so to speak...

Well thanks for acting as the tracker on that thread! Also I'm glad to hear your going to be able to shoot them when they come in, I hope your loading goes very well!

I will have to hunt down that thread! I have to say (and this is nothing against the rifle of course) but the Heym is pretty plain, no scroll work or anything. Not that that would affect the way the bullets come out at all, but it's just something that I'm throwing into the mix in my head. Also...

So I also have my eye on a Chapuis for about 11500. I am not sure which is "better" (if there is a "better" at all) so I'll need to look into it!

Funny enough I actually called him today! He has already sold that one but has another one coming at the end of May that I might be interested in!

You know, I think I will just find a good 450/400. Nothing wrong with it, just not as powerful as some of the competition.

When the Britts muck something up it stays mucked up dang it! :)

Hello there! Alright, I think you laid it out pretty well. I am mostly interested in Buffalo, Hippo and maybe far in the future a Lion so no Pachyderms (unless an amazing deal comes up on a Rogue or wounded animal) or Rhinos are on my list of future hunts. That being the case it seems like...

Hello there fellow recoil sensitive shooter! The first rifle I ever bought was a 300 Win Mag. I thought for sure I could handle it (I'm 230 and just a hair under 6ft) but let me tell you, after punishing my shoulder about 4-5 times at the range I not only sold the rifle but dropped all the way...

Oh, well that's grand!!

I don't know about a "soul" in the conventional/religious sense but there is definitely something there. I recently purchased a 9.3x62 from a gentleman here. Now if you have read my posts you know I hate "doubling up" on rifles, if I have something that does "X" task well then I don't need...

This is one of the reasons I love this site, you come in with 1-2 options and you leave with 5-7! Always interested in something new, but I think I've read that the .470 has so much recoil most guys would prefer to just step up the the 500 Nitro Express. Of course I could be getting my rifles...

I'd be a liar if I said I hadn't considered doing that, but I'm just not quite ready to give her up yet. She shoots like a dream, touching holes at 50, very tight at 100 and I hate to let an accurate rifle leave the safe. Which is why the safe is getting too full heh.

First of all, that's a beautiful hippo and I hope to add one to my collection someday! Now, about the 450 N.E. I have to say I'm tempted. I guess the main reason I was interested in the 450/400 is because Jim Corbett used one for his Tiger hunts in India and I've been reading his stories since...

Ha! Now that's a grand idea!

The plot thickens! I also read the article Spike.T posted, that was a great breakdown!

Hello all! I am thinking that maybe it's time to take the plunge and pick up a double rifle. I have a nice bolt action .404 and the main thing holding me back was the overlap, I just couldn't get myself to buy a double that would obsolete the .404 and the .404 is about as much kick as I can...

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I took a look here first but I think that all of the riffles have already found new homes.

Thanks for the idea! I have a cz in .375 that I really like but I can look into the Ruger, I have several Rugers and enjoy them immensely.

It was just an attempt to salvage something from a bad buy, so I can understand the confusion. I like the idea of a Sako, I have one in 6.5x55 but they are pretty pricey. Still, I can't argue that they are great guns!

I know nothing about the .358 Winchester, I'll have to look into it, thank you!

Hello all! I don't need to tell you all that even though I already have enough guns to hunt everything on the planet I want more. I've been thinking about a 9.3x62 for years but never got around to it. Recently I purchased VZ-24 Brno Mauser in 8mm and, when taking it apart, noticed that it...

Morning all! Just a very quick update as things are very busy here. So far we have taken a bushpig, a cull giraffe female and a beautiful sable bull. Don't worry, full report when I get back but at least an update for now. Not the best cell service out here but we had to come to town today.