Fixfire
AH enthusiast
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2022
- Messages
- 413
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- 741
- Location
- Ligonier, Pa.
- Member of
- WACA, SCI, Centennial Farms Gun Club
- Hunted
- South Africa
Lol!!! Thank you sooo much. Nowhere what I thought!!Ip hee see
Lol!!! Thank you sooo much. Nowhere what I thought!!Ip hee see
@Tom Leoni PM sent.Hello, @Mike B. ~
I find posts like yours extremely valuable. If you send me a PM with your serial number I can follow up on your Elan and see what the deal is. I'll be out this week, so it will be upon my return.
I will also copy and paste your post in an email to Chapuis to make them aware of the problem you've had with the rib. They are on their Summer break at the moment and they'll be back at the end of August.
Re. your UGEX, there is a chance that adding the scope will alter the regulation. This is sometimes (but not always) the case with double rifles. I hope the regulation of yours doesn't change after scoping it, but in case it does, in the greatest majority of the cases playing around with different handloads takes care of it. And of course the option of having it re-regulated with the scope mounted is always a possibility.
Please let me know!
Hi Kevin, contact @ActionBob, He and or his wife bought one a year ago and already sent it to JJ for adjustments. Have heard no further on the rifle since then. I believe I am correct on this.Hello all, what is the latest news on the Iphisi?
David, Gina bought that rifle. The first one sold I believe. However we are having a very busy year to say the least. In fact it is so busy it will probably take us a year and half or two years to get through it. @Just Gina has not found time to shoot her Iphisi and I believe @Kevin Peacocke knows this. I'm sure Gina will write up a report when she is damned good and ready. And I'm quit sure she will not be pushed to do it before then....Hi Kevin, contact @ActionBob, He and or his wife bought one a year ago and already sent it to JJ for adjustments. Have heard no further on the rifle since then. I believe I am correct on this.
I too, have been eagerly awaiting the answers to these questions. This is a double I have had my eye on since its announcement and would love to hear some real-world feedback.Hello Tom, I know of several folks who are interested in this double, but the truth is that there is very little feedback, specifically a field test. How does it shoot, ie regulation, balance and accuracy?
Have there been any reliability issues? Has anyone used it on a hunt? It is a really good idea, but how has it panned out?
Hello Tom, I know of several folks who are interested in this double, but the truth is that there is very little feedback, specifically a field test. How does it shoot, ie regulation, balance and accuracy?
Have there been any reliability issues? Has anyone used it on a hunt? It is a really good idea, but how has it panned out?
Ok, Safari Barbie aka @Just Gina says to tell everyone that she has been slaving like a cursed Princess in a fairy tale, painting and even repairing drywall. So we are getting down to the wire on our next trip to Africa and she asked me to go sight in and shoot her Iphisi. So I did that tonight. Got it somewhat sighted in... I think we may want the left barrel sighted at 100 yards but I was shooting at 55 off Stable Sticks. So it's shooting high and it got late before I got to stretch it out to 100 yards. And in all fairness it was heating up so not sure how accuracy was being effected.I'm thinking @Just Gina and/or @ActionBob need to chime in here.
I was thinking of trying the Hornady 270 grain SP-RP ammo.... in my brief trial lady night, it seems like more velocity equalled tighter regulation.Sorry, Kevin--I must have misunderstood you. I thought the idea was to have users--i.e., independent people other than the Chapuis product manager--offer unbiased opinions about the rifle.
The Iphisi's functioning is exactly like all other Chapuis African doubles (Brousse and Jungle, called "Elan" here in the US)--nothing different about the action that has been around since at least the '70s, the extractors, the sights, the stock, the recoil pad, etc. The only differences between this model and all other Chapuis African doubles are the following:
1 - The price point--achieved through minimal engraving and the colorcase finish, and
2 - The scope mounting system. Besides the Recknagel pivot mounts (common to all Chapuis African doubles), the Iphisi has Talley bases out of the box, for those who don't want to spend $500+
I would also add that as of later this year, all .375, .450-400 and .470 Chapuis doubles will take specially-made Skinner Sights accessories: a) an adjustable peep sight mounted in the rear scopemounting slot, plus a flat block to replace the existing express sights; and b) a ready-made adapter for red-dot sights to be mounted on the forward scopemounting slot. These will be available for the Iphisi and the Elan models and require no gunsmithing or alteration to the rifles.
As for the .450-400 Iphisi, I'm introducing it in 2025. In the spirit of full disclosure, 2024 is the last year in which I'll be able to hold the $9,999 MSRP for the Iphisi (USA market). Production costs in France have gone up and I'm already operating on a fairly thin margin, so I expect that starting next year MSRP will be a bit higher. The .450-400 will cost more than the .375, of course. I will keep everyone posted about the specifics (which I don't know yet, so I couldn't answer "by how much?").
Lastly, it's not that the Iphisi "likes" Hornady ammo; it's expressly regulated for it, as per my specifications to the factory. Naturally, it will very likely do fine with other brands or loads--I shoot my regular 270gr load in mine and it does very acceptably with it.![]()
Well. Because my wife wanted it.Why would one want a dg double in a rimless belted cartridge?