Just curious as to how many of you are going to order a Chapuis through Dale with his latest group buy and what did you order?
My order was for the UGEX in 9.3x74R. Since I am left handed I ordered it with no cheek piece, zero cast and a 14.5 lop.

Not officially ordered yet as I'm waiting for an engraving option but:

I will order a RGEX 9.3x74R, left handed cheek piece stock with 1/4" cast-on, recoil pad, 14.75" LOP, Rechnagel scope mounts w/Leupold 1.75x6x32mm scope regulated for 100yds.

I like the Red Stag engraving for one side as they look like elk but Dale is seeing if they will do a bear instead of the Roe deer on the other side.

I'm trying to make up my mind ---SxS or O/U?

My 9.3X74R UGEX should be here in a couple of weeks.

I think I taught my wife ONE thing: always offer people options, and always hold them responsible for their actions...consequences can be such a terrible. She turned the tables on me here, dang it!! It has come back to haunt me today.

A. "...go ahead and buy one honey boy..."

B. "...or, go ahead and go buffalo hunting in Zimbabwe this summer of 2007...".



hoisted on my own foul petard in a manner of speaking.

Andbody got some real sound advice?
Didn't think so...


Rich

I am still espousing the theory that 500 grains has Alzheimer's Disease. The symptoms are eerily similar.

Idaho, turn the tables back on her and use a line all women use: tell her with all the money you saved buying the Chapuis in the group buy, you have enough money left to go buffalo hunting! After all, you could have bought a Heym but this deal was soooo good...

idaho - buy the rifle. you don't want to go to africa without a proper double, do you ??

dales prices are really good. i am between the rgex and the rex in 9,3

my concern is the cheekpiece they show on these. they call it a pancake. i call it a cowflop ! i would prefer a shadowline cheekpiece
or the cheekpiece they used to use. these things look terrible !

also not too fired up about their animal engraving. around here we are pretty short of reh (roebuck) and rothirsch ( red stag)and maybe, just maybe there is a wild boar somewhere

why can't they just offer arabesque engraving like they used to do as an option ?

Hated the cheekpiece myself that is why I went cheekless. I also contacted Dale about the engraving and he told me Chapuis would not engrave "Alaskan" animals. Bummer as I did want bears and moose. But oh well, the engraving doesnt make them shoot any better. I wished they would offer a plain jane model and it would suit me just fine.

Hopefully I should see mine in a couple of weeks.

I didn't like the engraving either. Tried to get the old style floral, but it was no longer available on the UGEX. I solved the problem by ordering the case color reciever, which I really wanted, and it is available on the UGEX with no engraving. I think the slick, simple look will be better than the animals.

I also think you can order the stock with no cheekpiece. Since you can order any measurements you want, that should be one way to get away from the pancake cheekpiece if you don't like it.

I will try to post some pictures when I recieve my rifle.

DB Bill
Trust me, get the SxS.

I can't swing it this year, so will use the CZ 9,3 for Namibian plains game.

N E 450 No 2 ---- you are an evil Pied Piper but instead of leading rats to the pier you are leading the rest of us to ??????

How about...after we all get out Chapuis doubles you organize a hog shoot somewhere in Texas. Now I don't mean just pop a few porkers and go home but rather a full-blown extraganza of a couple of days where we get to lie about how good we are, alibi why we're shooting the way we are, kill a bunch of hogs, eat bar-b-q and generally have a good old macho-manly time?

If the young guys who still work for a living have to wimp out then us older guys could muddle on with the right liquid refreshment and a supply of good cigars.

I'm already getting excited.

Depending on how good the place is where we are doing our Jan DRSS hunt we might be able to go there.

When will you guys have your guns?

Also I know a good company in Idaho to do a black bear over bait hunt with.

The 9,3 is great for that.

Bill/Oregon
What bullet will you use in your 9,3x62?

I think Dale said we should expect 7 to 8 months so that would be July/August.September hopefully.

NE 450: I had planned on Nosler 286-grain Partitions, but my PH, Johann Veldsman, recommends the Barnes Triple Shock 250 grain for just a bit flatter trajectory. He shoots a CZ 9,3 as well.

DennisHP,

you aren't married, are you? Them girl "homies" don't play that game.
Seriously, it was a good thought; just didn't fly. The delivery date settles it, I am going to be in Zimbabwe in early August with HHK testing the 550 Magnum on buffalo, zebra, and some big-horned antelope. Enough for the first trip, and I'll haul my 9,3x62 along for back up...or the 416 Rigby. If I can get a certain gunsmith who posts here off the dime, I might have the 550 Flanged Magnum double rifle done on the browning BSS to take instead.
May be able to order this time next year...

regards,

Rich

Idaho, I've been married twice and know too well that what's good for the goose is never adequate for the gander.

Amen to that.

Rich

Boll I have had good results with the Nosker in my 9,3x74R.
Let know how you like the 250x.