Hello Gentleman,

here I want to post to you an interessting story:

In the last week, I had the big and interessting opportunity to "guide" Ivan Carter from Frankfurt (Aiport) to Gleichamberg (Heym factory) and back again.

First:
Ivan is an great guy, an kind of extrem-athletic (I hope you know this word in english, in German: Ausnahme-Athlet) as I trained in my sportsacademy each day.

He has -as many of know- an great feeling for the nature, africa, weapons and hunting...
...and hunting ethics, because this is very important in Germany.

Maybe you know it:
We had an Germany an advantege and dis-atvantege at the same time, we call it german over-ruling.
And so we had to go -for the normal way- to an hunting education and course for more than one year to beome an hunters-licence (Jagdschein)
We had to know the complete flora and fauna and animals in Germany. The "real" weapon-handling comes a little bit to short in this time, but this is an other story.
We had some hunting traditions (good and bad) and at the end we must know e. g. 20 different hunting signals, pp.
If it makes sence..., yes sometimes.

Ivan knews a mutch of this and he can make an transition to his own knowlege and expirience.

We had an great time, of course I had ask him whatever I want and he will give me his ideas.
And all for free!
:-)

At the factory he had given an seminar of his style of shooting, hunting, rifles and african animal management.
Very interessting.

After we go shooting and weapons testing.
I had some experienece too, this is a part of my dayly job, we had the experts at Heym and so we come to some great ideas.

At the end Ivan gets his rifle back from the Heym-Boss Thomas Wolkmann. His famous (I say_ waterproofed rifle) Heym DB 88 PH, in 450-caliber, was completly restauratet in the last 6 weeks. I looks brand-new.

Here I will post you some photos.

I hope you will enjoy it.

Best wishes.

P.S.:
Sorry for my bad school-english.

Ivan Carter at the beginning of the tour.
At the first machine, where a peace of steel turns into an barrel.

Here is the finished barrell in different inches.

The barrels comes now to the "hammering-machine", to get prepared to the different calibers, from .22 to 600 Nitro Express. Heym makes over 100 different calibers.

This is my favourite room in the factory.
The well-tempareted room for the wood.
Here you can search your lovely wood for your stock, every kangh, every colour and -of course-
every price.

Here you can see an wood-maker-master.
He will made, with his hands, and only a little bit of machines, every stock you will made.

Ivan is looking for an 10.000 Euro pice of wood for an exclusive double rifle barrel.

Ivan gives a seminar about his hunting style.

Thanks for interesting pics and info from Heym factory!

STIG

Here he gets his refreshed 450ty rifle back.
Brand new and in very good condition.

TIPP:
Im a part-time gun-writer too and I had written an long article about Ivan, his safaris and his rifle.

If you are interessed and Ivan gives me his okay, I can wrote the story about the refreshment of his rifles.
With new photos and some secrets.
:-)

Look at his face then he gets his old lady back.

After this we go in the little indoor-ranch at Heym.
Ivan is here posing an brand-new Heym 26. This is an over and under double, hand cocked (the only thing that he dont like on this rifle) and a great peace of markmansship.

The Heym 26 ist in opinion and test series the accurated gun ever with two barrels.
It is an secret from Heym to build them.

Presision as its best.
Some of the special build, fixed and hammered barrels of the Heym 26.

Here Ivans shoots the rifle (look at the result at the PC)...

...now its my turn

We shhot more than a dozend of rounds (German 8 mm, near bei the US 30-06) in less that 3 minutes. No barrels cooling, no waiting, no nothing.

The result:
The shoots, at 100 Meters, was all in an 8 cm circle.

For an double rifle it is nearly unbeleaveble, but this is true.

The moste DB, or all, I know, starts at first with the waiting time between the first two shoots, then we cirle will be larger and large from every shoot.

Back to the elephants.

An elephant in Namibia.

An elephant in the Heym factory.

An elephant under the sundowner in the Kongo.

An elephant over some rifles in Germany.
Beware of the saftey-rules, he had eye-protection!

Thats fun...

...that recoil

...thats the mun...
...for 60 Euros for one shoot.

Thats the end of the story.
Ivan tests some traditional german food (in German: Wurstplatte).
:-)
and some Sauerkraut.


I have to say:
- Thank you Ivan
- It was an great pleasure for me
- I hope I will see you here again in Germany
and the we will go for hunting here at some
wild-pigs and Hirsch (German Deer) in my
hunting grounds
I hope I can be your "PH" then

Great story! Wish I could have been there as well. thanks for sharing!

PH Carter, Heym-Boss Thomas Wolkmann and Heym-Vice-Boss Manfred Eisenbrand in front of the factory.
And the elephant of course.


Great story! Wish I could have been there as well. thanks for sharing!
If any of you gentleman, an true member of the AR-Forum here, is ever in the near of Gleichamberg/Germany:
You are invited by the Boss himself for:
- a factory tour
- an lunch
- an testshooting

And this is free, not one dollar.
(Its real and not an joke).

I hope you liked the photo-story.
Its 23.45 p. m. in Germany, I go jogging for half an hour, then one hour television (its a pitty, we dont have hunting TV here in Germany) then to bed.

quote:

Originally posted by Dr. FM:



Here I use the powerfull 600 Nitro Express.

Are you the tall guy or the dwarf? Just kidding...I couldn't resist. Nice gun, nice folks. Thanks for sharing!

Thank You. Very interesting!!

Dr. FM:
Was that a 10,000.00 (ten-thousand) Euro piece of wood or a 1,000.00 (one-thousand) Euro piece of wood Ivan is holding?


Dutch

Cool pix... neat story. I am sure Ivan will get a year or two in the bush before he needs to send her back for an overhaul!

Great pictures Doc!

Excellent post.....thanks for sharing!!

Very very cool. Can't wait to revisit GErmany one day, and eat my weight in rauchschinken!

Heym looks like they have their act together, typical German operation.

Prost!

Outstanding! That gun has a lot of history!