Best Grade Heym 470NE Double Rifle Package

[Rare Breed]

I think people forget just how much comes with the rifle, brass, ammo and perfect regulation

 

[rookhawk]

Sold Pending Funds on another site.

 

[Inline6]

Hate that for you and happy for you at the same time.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Well done! Now two people are happy.

 

[Altitude sickness]

What a great deal someone got. Above my price point.

I would not be a good temporary care taker of the piece of art anyway. I would most likely break one or both of the elephant tusks off within a week of owning it.
It was actually nice just to look at and read about its attributes.

 

[ftrovato]

Beautiful! Best of luck with the sale!

 

[geoff rath]

Congratulations to RookHawk, and the buyer/new owner. As my late, beloved parents would say: "If one can't say/write anything good, or helpful, shut the hell up."

 

[Datchew]

i just drooled a little bit
(ok... a lot)

 

[rookhawk]

It was arguably the nicest rifle I've ever owned. I certainly will be on the search for another one in about two years. I'm on a life plan: zero debt, own everything in my life free and clear, then buy all the guns/toys/cars I want.

I just paid off 20% of my remaining life debts from a single gun sale. Every day I get closer to that goal.

The best part is if you buy good guns, you do just fine in life. I lost not one penny on the gun and in fact, its return on investment was better than any S&P 500 index fund over the past ten year return rate.

The buyer saved 50% of a new gun, I did well, he did well.

Not to disparage any other gun, but had I gone cheap with a sabatti, merkel, chapuis, VC, Searcy, or K-Gun, it wouldn't have been a "free gun on loan" scenario, it would have been a gun I had to lose money on.

So in conclusion, buy investment grade guns and you can enjoy them, keep them, pass them on, or sell them without taking a loss.

 

[geoff rath]

i just drooled a little bit
(ok... a lot)

Ditto!

 

[Daniel Cary]

They simply won't build the 88, from my understanding @ this time. I don't see it getting any better
What the future holds, God Knows .. Debt Free is piece of mind, no doubt.

Glad I didn't invest in Oriental Rugs ;
This 88 certainly came from a Well-Versed Individual. Many Congrats.

 

[juan pablo pozzi]

Offering up for sale my beloved Heym 470NE Best Grade Double Rifle.

The gun features 24" barrels, perfectly timed ejectors, a 15" Length of Pull, and weighs exactly 11 pounds scoped. (9lbs, 10 ounces without optic)

The engraving motif has a cape buffalo on the left, rhino on the right, lion on the belly of the action, and it has an elephant as the top lever. The barrels are banded in 24 carat gold and the loaded chamber indicators are also gold. The master engraver, Andreas Scholz did the work, one of two Heym double rifles I'm aware of in which he was the artist. His other known work is on $100,000-$200,000 Krieghoffs and Blasers made for the European market.

The illuminated 1.25-4x Schmidt & Bender optic has a German #4 reticle and an integrated rail mount. The factory installed German claw mounts are EAW and lock and and return to zero flawlessly.

The gun includes at least 14 boxes of custom ammo loaded and regulated by Ken Owen. They include a variety of Woodleigh Solids, Swift A-Frames, and others. The regulation targets from Ken demonstrate exceptional regulation with 4831 and 3031 powders. Due to the significantly lower recoil at sufficient velocity with IMR3031, the loaded ammunition all uses that powder at approximately 2150fps and 58lbs of felt recoil. The gun is an absolute joy to shoot and is a very mild recoiling rifle due to the excellent stock geometry.

In addition to the regulating loads, Ken also adjusted the triggers to perfection. Dan Morgan, a master gunsmith removed the tacky gloss finish on the stock and applied a London non-glare proper finish. The London Orange recoil pad is a soft New England Custom Guns model to further ease recoil.

The gun has been lovingly cared for and has absolutely minimal wear as shown in the photos. It has taken big-5 multiple times in Africa and its a wholly reliable, exceptional quality, one of a kind Heym.

As you may be aware, Heym has put a moratorium on custom order rifles and it would take many years wait and easily $50,000 to reproduce this rifle today. It included every conceivable option and upgrade in its construction. I believe the elephant top lever alone costs approximately $2400 as an option, plus the exhibition quality wood, the exceptional chisel cut engraving by Scholz, and all the other bells and whistles.

No heym of this quality has been offered on this forum before and to my knowledge, no heym of this level of features and finish has been advertised in the USA in the past decade. It has the very best pedigree and service records you could ask for in a modern best grade double rifle, further refining the quality beyond what Heym offered new from the factory.

$38,500 plus shipping & insurance in the continental 48 States. If you'd like to see it in person, I can pick you up at the Minneapolis or Eau Claire airport so you can personally inspect the rifle.


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[Rare Breed]

It was arguably the nicest rifle I've ever owned. I certainly will be on the search for another one in about two years. I'm on a life plan: zero debt, own everything in my life free and clear, then buy all the guns/toys/cars I want.

I just paid off 20% of my remaining life debts from a single gun sale. Every day I get closer to that goal.

The best part is if you buy good guns, you do just fine in life. I lost not one penny on the gun and in fact, its return on investment was better than any S&P 500 index fund over the past ten year return rate.

The buyer saved 50% of a new gun, I did well, he did well.

Not to disparage any other gun, but had I gone cheap with a sabatti, merkel, chapuis, VC, Searcy, or K-Gun, it wouldn't have been a "free gun on loan" scenario, it would have been a gun I had to lose money on.

So in conclusion, buy investment grade guns and you can enjoy them, keep them, pass them on, or sell them without taking a loss.

I’m with you…just became debt free except my house which will take just two more years then I will be there. Semi retired just two months ago now just doing consultant work in my industry

 

[wolfhunter]

very impressive for a guy who doesn't have a double yet now I know whats at the top.

 

[rookhawk]

very impressive for a guy who doesn't have a double yet now I know whats at the top.

Debt free in two weeks, buying a heym in 3!

 

[The Shootist]

What a great investment that could be.

 

[Gasman43]

Glad that you sold it. I was thinking that I should own it, but a better guy bought it. If the deal falls thru, let me know. I am still kicking myself for not haven't bought it.

 

[rookhawk]

Glad that you sold it. I was thinking that I should own it, but a better guy bought it. If the deal falls thru, let me know. I am still kicking myself for not haven't bought it.

This thread keeps getting resurrected for commentary about the gun, but it sold 14 months ago and is long, long gone.

 

[franzfmdavis]

Is this still for sale? JK JK

 

[Altitude sickness]

And in only 14 months the price already seems like a steal. Think about 5 yrs from now