Well, I finally pulled both triggers and ordered one of these in .470 Nitro Express.

Chris Sells at Heym USA was and is great to deal with. Chris is an extremely knowledgeable guy.

These rifles are hand-made, and I am told I should get mine in a year, plus or minus.

The features on this rifle are well thought-out and exactly what I was looking for. The standard features, with my added features, are listed below:

- Anson & Deeley long bar boxlock with triple lock-up (Purdey double underbites with a Greener crossbolt).
- Automatic ejectors.
- Non-automatic safety, with perfectly (at least to me) shaped button on the tang.
- Coin finished receiver with Grade 3 coverage English scroll engraving and “HEYM” discreetly engraved on both sides and bottom of receiver.
- Rust blued, 26-inch Krupp steel, hammer forged shoe lump barrels with quarter rib and front sight ramp, with “HEYM .470 N.E.” engraved and gold inlaid on barrel top rib.
- Double bladed rear sight on rib with a stippled, fixed blade engraved “50” and having a gold center line, and with a stippled folding blade engraved “100”.
- Flattened, brass beaded front sight on ramp having an ivory beaded flip up night sight.
- Exhibition grade, made to order Turkish walnut stock (designed by Ralf Martini) having what appears to be a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad.
- Checkered pistol grip and splinter fore end having Deeley release lever.
- Trigger guard extended to engraved steel grip cap.
- Double triggers with articulated front trigger.
- Double intercepting sears.
- 2-inch group at 50 yards guaranteed or it doesn't leave the factory.

The best of the old and the new, it seems to me. To paraphrase the Heym website, both classic British design and modern German engineering, materials and manufacture.

What say the double rifle gurus? I seem to be happy.

Congratulations, Mike!

I once had the Heym in .375 and was very very accurate.

Congratulations! I hope to see pictures about this time next year or sooner!

Congrats! Have had 6 different Heym Doubles. Still own 3. The newish "British" design was a very good update to a great rifle.

Congrats,you are in for a load of fun & maybe more double rifles,one is never enough

Congratulations and sounds about perfect! Can't wait to see pics when it's done.

That sounds about like what I would order. I can’t wait to see it, just as all the others here.

The wait must be frustrating, but I’m sure it will be worth it.

Congrats!!

Awesome is strong with this one.

very good choice Mike.

I’ve had my 89B in .470 for over 4 years. It’s been fired over 400 times for load development and 3 trips to Africa and 1 to Australia without a single problem. Great rifle!

Congrats! Pics please once it shows up. And yes, Chris is great to deal with!

did you received it?

Another AR member asked me about this just the other day.

COVID and the ammo shortage have slowed down my delivery schedule. I’m supposed to get the rifle by August. That will be 21+ months from the date of my order as opposed to the one year originally projected.

But I am not complaining. The 89B is a hand-made rifle and the people who make it were subject to sickness, quarantines and lock downs just like the rest of us were.

It’s been just as hard or harder to get Hornady factory ammo in Germany as it has been here, and that’s what they regulate their rifles with.

So, I’m still waiting.

Good choice. If I were buying a double, Heym would be for me too....