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Heym Precision SR21 rifle review

Heym Precision SR21 rifle: Modern German precision engineering combined with old world values.

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ShootingUK 25 October 2011

Heym Precision SR21 rifle review.
The German Heym factory produces stalking rifles of the first order, made to old-world values using modern techniques.

Its bolt-action rifles, be they 0.308 stalking or large-calibred African versions, always have one thing in common: when you pick up a Heym, you can feel the quality of manufacture instantly.

No plastics, just plain old good steel, machined well and made within the factory, so quality control is tight.

The barrels, too, are made in-house from forged steel blanks, and so accuracy can be maintained to the highest level.

With this test rifle, the Precision, every aspect of manufacture has been scrutinised.

/></p> <p>The blued finish is excellent; the styling and finish of the classically profiled stock is fabulous; and, with the added benefit of the high-precision barrel, it is also very accurate.</p> <p><em><strong>ACTION</strong></em><br /> The Precision uses the latest Heym bolt-action arrangement, that of the SR21, with attention to detail in the stock, action-bedding, bolt-locking lug engagement and tight barrel tolerances.</p> <p>The action body is very solid, with a small ejection port keeping the bolt almost fully shrouded, and with the bases of the scope mounts directly attached to the rounded action top.</p> <p>The blued satin finish is deep and lustrous, and highly practical on a sporting arm. It is 8.75in long and has been bedded professionally around the recoil lug area, so the wood-to-metal fit, and therefore the accuracy is maintained.</p> <p>It?s a good-looking action with a faceted left side and twin gas ports to the front bridge section. The bolt, 7.25in long with a girth of 0.78in, is also well engineered.</p> <p>The shaft has five straight flutes down 4in of its length, which reduces weight, helps to prevent the bolt from binding in operation, and looks attractive.</p> <p>The Heym?s bolt has an arrangement of three locking lugs, but with the lugs arranged so that there is one at 6, 10 and 2 o’clock.</p> <p>The bottom lug removes a cartridge from the magazine, the lug at 10 o’clock has a large sprung extractor claw inset and at 4 o’clock there is a plunger-type ejector button.</p> <p><img width=

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