The Heym Express Magnum is a luxury bolt-action rifle designed for the purpose of hunting big game. The rifle is available in 5 different calibers from the
.375 H&H Magnum to the powerful
.450 Rigby
The .450 Rigby is a rifle cartridge designed in 1994 by John Rigby & Co. for the hunting of large, thick-skinned dangerous game animals in Africa. The cartridge is based on the .416 Rigby necked up to accept a .458 in (11.6 mm) bullet and ...
. Rather similar in appearance to the
Karabiner 98k
The Karabiner 98 kurz (; "carbine 98 short"), often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×5 ...
(even if more massive and with an exposed barrel), they use a Mauser-type bolt akin to the one of the aforesaid rifle, even though the bolt is much more solid in order to better handle the huge recoil.
They are fitted with a 1-inch (25.4 mm) rubber
recoil pad
A recoil pad is a piece of rubber, foam, leather, or other soft material usually attached to the buttstock of a rifle or shotgun. Recoil pads may also be worn around the shoulder with straps, placing the soft material between the buttstock and the ...
, and they have iron sights fitted on the barrel, but they can take a scope sight on the
receiver.
Models
*Heym Safari Express
*Heym Safari Express Light
(1988-2012)
*Heym Express by Martini (2013–present)
See also
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Kar 98k
*
Mauser Gewehr 1898
The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt-action rifle made by Mauser, firing cartridges from a five-round internal Clip (ammunition), clip-loaded magazine. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was r ...
References
Bolt-action rifles
Rifles of Germany
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