Heym rifles are made in Germany and built in Gleichamberg. These rifles are built for precision and durability, and every piece is hand finished and fitted by highly skilled artisans. In Europe these rifles are quite popular and is targeted at the higher end of the market. Heym is seen in Germany as the rifle of choice for the serious hunter - a rifle that commands respect.

Here is a quotation from someone:

"Heym's are in a class above Sako's and are more akin to a custom built rifle than mass produced weapon which the Sako is - albeit the Sako is very much the best of the mass produced factory rifles IMHO." .... Heym SR20 (The Stalking Directory.co.uk)

A friend of mine saw them at the annual German IWA show (Internationale Waffen Ausstellung), in Nürnberg, a city in the state of Bavaria; also famous for the 'Nuremberg Trials' that was held there.

Display at the 2011 IWA show:

http://forums.nitroexpress.com...r=179784&page=0&vc=1

http://forums.nitroexpress.com...r=179788&page=0&vc=1

How many Heym owners are out there - I see there are distributors in both Canada and the USA, as well as the UK.

We don't hear much about them here on AR. Just curious to know, and what owners have to say.

Warrior

Warrior:

Don't believe everything you read. I had a friend who had a Heym double in .500 NE that would not regulate and broke a firing pin while he was in Africa. Good thing he had his trusty Dakota .416 Rigby along. Their bolt rifles are way overpriced. I would rather have a Sako. In a double, hell, I would rather have a Chapuis or a Verney-Carron.

I agree with Mr. Bush. Don't believe everything you read, particularly on AR.

TT

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I agree with Mr. Bush. Don't believe everything you read, particularly on AR.

For sure, especially if Dave wrote it!!!! :-)

I know some guys at Heym and have seen the menufacturing a few times - IF I will have the money, I definetly will by me a double in .450 N.E. - definetly.

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Their bolt rifles are way overpriced.

Dave have you used the S&L yet?

I can imagine that their prices will be higher.
We see the same with most European rifles & scopes.
But may be there expensive labour accounts for that.
If there is a trade-off in quality and precision, then the price is understandable.

It is not a common brand in SA perhaps due to lack of marketing.
We never see it being advertised here in SA.
However we have a Dane here in SA that now sells the S&L's in his gunshop.
But his gunshop is about 600 km from my home town.

Hence my curiosity as to what other people think of the brand.

Warrior

I have a buddy who has a Heym double in 450-400 3" with the most gorgeous wood I've ever seen. Too bad it's left hand! it was fun to shoot and a fine piece

Hallo,
i have four Heym bolt action rifles. I was there in Gleichamberg and handeld a lot of Heym rifels. My next Heym will be the new Express in 416 Rigby. Heym build excellent rifles.
Here ist my Heym collection:

Mauser 2000/Heym SR10 Caliber 7x64 Brenneke




Heym SR 20 N Caliber 30-06






Heym SR 21 G Caliber 8x68S







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZvCPDx1VYc

Heym SR30 N caliber 8x57IS







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...G9UM&feature=related

German's hunt a lot...they shoot a lot. Every week end there is a driven hunt and hundreds of animals are often shot. They buy what lasts and will hold some value. I have handled Sako and Heym...and I would have to give a clear edge to Heym as far as workmanship and materials.

As far as the anecdote of a Heym needing repair and that was imperfect from the factory, to my knowledge even H and H has a repair department.
This kind of info is never helpful...just nit picking.

I have been shopping in Germany for a particular used Heym model...tough to find and when you do, the price is still pretty stout.

I have a Heym SR20 left handed in 243 - bought it 15 years ago from J Roberts & Sons when they were in Great Suffolk Street. It was second hand but pretty new, with a Zeis 4x32 scope in fixed mounts. About 10 years ago I replaced the 4x32 with a Meopta 6x42, zeroed it with RWS 100gn bullets and haven't touched the scope since as I don't need to. Dont think I will ever sell it and will pass it on to my daughter or one of my two godsons.

I spoke with the Heym people a few years ago as to whether they still had the odd SR20 action avaialble - they had just sold the last one. They admitted that the SR21 is not quite as good.

And thanks for quoting my comments on the Stalking Directory!!!

I have a Heym .600NE and its a total POS. It won't feed standard Woodleighs reliably and the recoil is terrible due to its crappy stock design and lack of a muzzel brake. I sincerely doubt any one of you Heym Guys could shoot more than 3 shots from it without a Hospital visit. Only big bore I've shot that ends up at 11:00 high after every shot. A VERY VERY expensive POS IMHO.
I also owned a nice little 30-06 Heym Double Rifle that crossed at 25 ft with every possible load. Each barrel shot great it just wasn't regulated.
I wont be buying anymore Heym's anytime soon.-Rob

ALL
Heym is modern technique, with traditional german markmanship.
The most like it.

ROB
If you have the possibility, bring your 600 to the factory or send them.
Im sure there is a way to help you.
Please contact the factory directly.
(see google).

I wonder if anybody experienced any issue with feeding the round from magazine in SR21 (after the first shot)?

if positive, pls, specify your caliber and type of bullet.

Heym has been around for a long time. I once considered buying a rifle marketed under the Montgomery Ward name using a Heym bolt action (very similar to a 98 Mauser) but since the furniture was in poor condition let it go. I think a few other proprietary-branded rifles sold in the U.S. used the Heym action back in the 1950's and 60's.

As to their current production, things have no doubt changed a lot (as have things with other producers like Sako), so it is hard to compare. But I can say that a Sako from the 1960's is without peer in the bolt action world.

That SR30 is an interesting action. Do any other centrefire's use the ball bearing collet lock-up? (I have seen that lock up used on Anchutz rimfire biathlon rifles only).

I have a Left-Handed SR-40 in .223 Remington (the original Mini-Mauser system) with a pencil thin bolt & barrel that holds 7 down & 1 in the chamber. I purchased it as a special order from the Berlin Rod & Gun Club in 1983.

It's certainly a durable, light, good-handling, accurate (now) rifle without special embellishments (engraving, grade of wood) that is a great shooter after I tweaked the inside of the very tightly inletted forearm and fixed a sloppy set trigger screw that would work itself loose and eventually allow the trigger travel reduce itself to a point that when the trigger was set it would discharge by itself (suprise!). It's killed many Roe Deer, some I even aimed at when the trigger worked ......



The firing pin tip broke off @ 5 years ago and I thought a company with a reputation like Heym's would have bent over backwards to replace/fix under warranty but alas such was not to be and the repair cost fairly spendy IMO. A new tip was welded onto the original firing pin.

It's seen alot of action and shows use but no abuse. A good, now solid piece that's a shooter. Personally I expected more from the Heym name; I guess a L/H Mini-action is worth more to me than anything else.

So ..... color me a sorta proud Heym owner but depending on what day of the week it is ..... content but not particularly overwhelmed.

I have a Heym SR30 in 6.5x55.



I love it. It handles quickly, points naturally, cycles smoothly and shoots accurately. The iron sights are great, the trigger is great, and the overall build quality is great.

I also have an aimpoint mounted in QD swing mounts, which makes an amazingly quick shooting combo, I understand why these rifles are popular for shooting driven game.

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Originally posted by Dave Bush:
Warrior:

Don't believe everything you read. I had a friend who had a Heym double in .500 NE that would not regulate and broke a firing pin while he was in Africa. Good thing he had his trusty Dakota .416 Rigby along. Their bolt rifles are way overpriced. I would rather have a Sako. In a double, hell, I would rather have a Chapuis or a Verney-Carron.

Dave - I have only heard of one HEYM with a broken firing pin in Africa, so it must be Tim's rifle you're speaking of (s/n 82705.)

Yes, the tip of a firing pin broke off when the firing pin stuck in the primer. It was replaced under warranty at no cost to Tim. Unfortunately, it happened in Africa.

Tim sold the rifle, and another customer of mine bought it. He's just traded it in on another HEYM double.

After reading your post about regulation problems with the rifle (which Tim or the new owner never mentioned to me), I took the rifle to the range and fired a pair of Hornady 570s.

This rifle was regulated with either Kynoch or Romey, but I only had Hornady available. This is how the Hornady shot.

If the owner of the rifle company is a target shooter only then, IMO will a rifle with open sights hit the bullseye off the bench at 50 yds.
If he is an experienced target shooter it will hit the bullseye at 100yds.If he is a true master shooter the rifle will hit very near bullseye at 200yds!
Rifle manufacturers should be in the shooting business and not the jewelery business.
No matter how big the company is the ways of going about come down to one man-the leader and it is if he knows what he is doing or not-quite simple.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
If the owner of the rifle company is a target shooter only then, IMO will a rifle with open sights hit the bullseye off the bench at 50 yds.
If he is an experienced target shooter it will hit the bullseye at 100yds.If he is a true master shooter the rifle will hit very near bullseye at 200yds!
Rifle manufacturers should be in the shooting business and not the jewelery business.
No matter how big the company is the ways of going about come down to one man-the leader and it is if he knows what he is doing or not-quite simple.

So what's your excuse?

Hallo,

some pics for you....cheers!!

Very nice collection. So I take it that Heym rifles are your favorite?

Have actually owned the total of 2 Heym's and wish I had both back. One was an SR30 straight pull carbine in 35 Whelen that had the absolute best iron sight combination I have ever used. The other was an 88B in 375H&H that was target accurate and had a marvelous little switch on the forearm iron that turned the ejectors on and off. Both are truley missed.

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Originally posted by Easyman05:
I wonder if anybody experienced any issue with feeding the round from magazine in SR21 (after the first shot)?

if positive, pls, specify your caliber and type of bullet.

i had problem with the Heym SR20 in 7x64, 9.3x62 and 375hh in left hand and it was all the time with tig tug bullets ...

needless to say even with a very good barrel the sr20 is mauser design not an Heym rifle and they re gone for now without any regret for me or my safe .. ...

Hallo,

yesterday Heym send me the first picture of my new Heym Express Kaliber 416 Rigby....i am so glad!!!

Heym Express Kaliber .416 Rigby




best regards from germany!!