New Heym SR21 in 6.5 CM

[Andy Mauthe]

Hello everyone. After about a 9 month wait, I’ve finally received my new Heym SR21 left hand in 6.5 CM. I ordered it with a 26” heavy barrel and the wooden thumb hole stock with the adjustable height cheek rest. I’ve only had it to the range once thus far for sighting in and confirmation of my bullet drops out to 500 yards. And I can say that it’s shooting wonderfully and I was able to hit the 1 MOA Steel disc with regularity at 500 yards. So more to come but I thought you guys might appreciate that even us Americans buy things from your side of the Atlantic.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Hello everyone. After about a 9 month wait, I’ve finally received my new Heym SR21 left hand in 6.5 CM. I ordered it with a 26” heavy barrel and the wooden thumb hole stock with the adjustable height cheek rest. I’ve only had it to the range once thus far for sighting in and confirmation of my bullet drops out to 500 yards. And I can say that it’s shooting wonderfully and I was able to hit the 1 MOA Steel disc with regularity at 500 yards. So more to come but I thought you guys might appreciate that even us Americans buy things from your side of the Atlantic.

Lovely article - as with any centrefire make certain you do not store it with the moderator still attached, my good friend did after a trip to Scotland; boy did we have fun getting it off. He particularly liked the hit he took (pitted barrel and recrown) when he traded it against a Sako.

 

[KimE]

Its nice to see lefthanded rifles in less common options.

 

[Sdoc]

Hello everyone. After about a 9 month wait, I’ve finally received my new Heym SR21 left hand in 6.5 CM. I ordered it with a 26” heavy barrel and the wooden thumb hole stock with the adjustable height cheek rest. I’ve only had it to the range once thus far for sighting in and confirmation of my bullet drops out to 500 yards. And I can say that it’s shooting wonderfully and I was able to hit the 1 MOA Steel disc with regularity at 500 yards. So more to come but I thought you guys might appreciate that even us Americans buy things from your side of the Atlantic.

Congrats on the purchase, please yes more , YouTube vid? Very difficult to get good recent vids on Heym. What diameter is the heavy line barrel? The info on the website is minimal!

 

[Andy Mauthe]

Congrats on the purchase, please yes more , YouTube vid? Very difficult to get good recent vids on Heym. What diameter is the heavy line barrel? The info on the website is minimal!

I agree that their website contains very few details. But they sure do make a quality product. I measured my barrel diameter just behind the threaded muzzle and it’s right at 18mm. So that’s what we would call a light varmint contour here in the States. Everything is well executed and the trigger is very nice. Very crisp let off and it breaks at 1lb 6ounces measured on my digital scale. I asked for a light trigger and that’s what I got. It is fully adjustable as well. Any other details you’d like just let me know. Where are you located?

 

[Mungo]

Good luck with it!

I hope they’ve sorted the bedding…

 

[bullet chucker]

Correct orientation of course. brilliant result at 500yd MOA, were the conditions warm and still?

BC.

 

[Andy Mauthe]

Good luck with it!

I hope they’ve sorted the bedding…

I pulled the stock off and they did a nice epoxy bedding job. I know you had problems in the past with one. I don’t see anything in the design that would cause unusual problems. I realize that the trigger assembly is not attached to the action as is traditionally done. But there’s two threaded steel pillars that the action screws pass through and the whole spacing between the action and the trigger assembly is set by those and everything is clamped down through those pillars. So the wood stock is more or less taken out of the equation from what I can see. Time will tell. But here’s the 5 shots factory sighting target at 100 meters as an indicator of accuracy potential.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Nice.

I think they made the right call with the contrasting adjustable cheek riser.

K

 

[Andy Mauthe]

Correct orientation of course. brilliant result at 500yd MOA, were the conditions warm and still?

BC.

It was in the low 60’s F and it was breezy. But the wind was coming almost straight at me for the most part so I don’t think it was affecting my windage too much. For the first outing I was very happy for sure. Now that spring has finally arrived here I’m looking forward to getting out again when conditions are more ideal and taking my time to see how well I can do.

 

[Sdoc]

I agree that their website contains very few details. But they sure do make a quality product. I measured my barrel diameter just behind the threaded muzzle and it’s right at 18mm. So that’s what we would call a light varmint contour here in the States. Everything is well executed and the trigger is very nice. Very crisp let off and it breaks at 1lb 6ounces measured on my digital scale. I asked for a light trigger and that’s what I got. It is fully adjustable as well. Any other details you’d like just let me know. Where are you located?

Thanks for the reply, I'm in the south of Ireland. I mostly shoot for my own interest so paper and steel, but I've moved away from chassis rifles, I prefer the traditional Varmint setup. However, using the configurator, that rifle is coming in about 4k Euro, so it takes thinking about! I would be interested in seeing 5 shot groups using factory ammo if that is something you are interested in. We can't reload here, well we can but it's not practical..

 

[Andy Mauthe]

Thanks for the reply, I'm in the south of Ireland. I mostly shoot for my own interest so paper and steel, but I've moved away from chassis rifles, I prefer the traditional Varmint setup. However, using the configurator, that rifle is coming in about 4k Euro, so it takes thinking about! I would be interested in seeing 5 shot groups using factory ammo if that is something you are interested in. We can't reload here, well we can but it's not practical..

It’s definitely not an inexpensive option. I know I could have ordered a Tikka that would have shot just as well likely and had several thousand dollars left in my pocket afterwards. But I had an itch to do something less common, and I already have a Tikka model 595 in .223 Rem. I can tell you that if you like steel and wood, this gives you that. Everything is steel other than the wood stock and it’s all very well done. I’d be happy to share groupings once I have time to get out a few more times and run in the barrel etc. if you zoom in on the factory target they list the ammunition used for the factory shooting in. It’s a Geco load which we can’t get here in the States. I bought it for shooting at the range and for some long range varmint shooting. It looks like it will serve that purpose well.

 

[Mungo]

I pulled the stock off and they did a nice epoxy bedding job. I know you had problems in the past with one. I don’t see anything in the design that would cause unusual problems. I realize that the trigger assembly is not attached to the action as is traditionally done. But there’s two threaded steel pillars that the action screws pass through and the whole spacing between the action and the trigger assembly is set by those and everything is clamped down through those pillars. So the wood stock is more or less taken out of the equation from what I can see. Time will tell. But here’s the 5 shots factory sighting target at 100 meters as an indicator of accuracy potential.

That’ll do!

I really hope it stays like that for you. Mine would do that for 15 shots, then fall apart.

 

[Dorset Shakari]

Congratulations.
Also being a lefty I’ve had several Heym rifle over the past 30 years, and I’ve always been satisfied with their quality and accuracy.

 

[Sdoc]

It’s definitely not an inexpensive option. I know I could have ordered a Tikka that would have shot just as well likely and had several thousand dollars left in my pocket afterwards. But I had an itch to do something less common, and I already have a Tikka model 595 in .223 Rem. I can tell you that if you like steel and wood, this gives you that. Everything is steel other than the wood stock and it’s all very well done. I’d be happy to share groupings once I have time to get out a few more times and run in the barrel etc. if you zoom in on the factory target they list the ammunition used for the factory shooting in. It’s a Geco load which we can’t get here in the States. I bought it for shooting at the range and for some long range varmint shooting. It looks like it will serve that purpose well

Yes, it's definitely different from the usual fare in the shelves, I bought an SR20 last year in 243 and the feel of old school quality is unmatched , as we have to license each firearm individually here my approach now is only to buy rifles that appeal to me and not just as a tool. I had spotted the GECO alright, some is available here but patchy. Congrats again on a great purchase, Im grateful that I have your potential feedback for my own future purchase, I mean moa at 500 is outstanding!

 

[Andy Mauthe]

Yes, it's definitely different from the usual fare in the shelves, I bought an SR20 last year in 243 and the feel of old school quality is unmatched , as we have to license each firearm individually here my approach now is only to buy rifles that appeal to me and not just as a tool. I had spotted the GECO alright, some is available here but patchy. Congrats again on a great purchase, Im grateful that I have your potential feedback for my own future purchase, I mean moa at 500 is outstanding!

I agree with old school quality being something that doesn’t happen with mass production. And once you’ve experienced it it’s hard to go back to the mainstream items that are made to a price point. Granted a Tikka or a Ruger American would likely shoot similarly but… My shooting club has targets out to 500 yards. And you can place your own paper targets for sighting in and grouping. But at each 100 yard increment, they also have various size steel targets. The small one at 500 yards is 5 inches in diameter and I was hitting well. So I haven’t had time to set up paper except at my 200 yard sight in, if I was hitting a 5 inch diameter steel target at 500 yards almost every time, that tells me it’s holding at 1 MOA. That was with Hornady 147 grain ELDM factory loads.

 

[Andy Mauthe]

Well I finally had some time today (Saturday) to get my Heym to the range and shoot it on paper out at 500 yards. I also took my Anschutz 1782 along which is also chambered in 6.5 CM. Very happy with both of them as they both shot right at a half MOA at 500 yards and I was able to adjust my dope at 500 to be dead on. So I can update my dope cards for both rifles at 500. I was shooting Hornady factory 140 Grain Open tip match.

 

[Sdoc]

Well I finally had some time today (Saturday) to get my Heym to the range and shoot it on paper out at 500 yards. I also took my Anschutz 1782 along which is also chambered in 6.5 CM. Very happy with both of them as they both shot right at a half MOA at 500 yards and I was able to adjust my dope at 500 to be dead on. So I can update my dope cards for both rifles at 500. I was shooting Hornady factory 140 Grain Open tip match.

That's some shooting at 500! Obviously capable shooter and Rifles, excellent results with factory ammo.

 

[Andy Mauthe]

That's some shooting at 500! Obviously capable shooter and Rifles, excellent results with factory ammo.

Thanks! I wanted to document it because it might never happen again . I couldn’t be more pleased to print those kind of groups out at 500 yards with both rifles. The conditions were about perfect that morning with no wind to speak of and not hot out so very little mirage. The Anschutz has a 22.7” barrel and the Heym is 26”. The Heym went right on target with the factory velocity plugged into my app. The Anschutz was about 5” low at 500. So I must be getting right around published velocity from the longer barrel whereas I must be a little slower with the 22.7” barrel on the Anschutz which makes sense. I don’t have a chronograph yet but it’s next on my list. It’s really rewarding to buy high quality equipment, and then have it perform like that. Zero disappointment.