Hi Doubleriflejack,

I agree with your last two statements. I owned a Chapuis and now own a Sabatti in .450 N.E. 3.25" and is as good as Chapuis in the way they are made. My only objections are, the recoil pad is too hard and useless (since replaced) and with my one they used ammunition not available in Australia to regulate it but the regulation load has since been sorted out by Alex Beer.

In an earlier post about being "Drilled & Tapped" the four very tiny screws hold an additional bracket onto the rib which in turn has a 3/8" dovetail !!! so I got Alex Beer to machine the rib to take Recknagel bases and now I can fit the Q.D. mounts as I wanted.

I am about to send photo's and a letter to Sabatti with what Alex Beer has done as this is "Standard" from Chapuis and use Recknagel mounts and bases.

Cheers for now,

Jeff Gray

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