Originally Posted by BigSkyGuy
Originally Posted by gewehrfreund
Here's a picture with some Turnbull case colors on the bottom rifle. The top is a Heym/Ruger HR38, engraved with a chamois on the left and a roe deer on the right side - also has an octagon barrel.
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/59696.jpg


Beautiful! More pictures of either? Details on both...?

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I tried to add another full view image of both rifles, but can't seem to conquer this site's overly complicated image system.

The Heym was produced by that German gunmaker in the 1980's, They imported Ruger actions and stocked and barreled them to European tastes. They were/are very pricey and the quality is top-notch. The drawback is the European scope mounting systems used. If the rifle doesn't come with a scope set-up (mine didn't :-( ), then you're looking at an expensive and time consuming effort to get a scope in it. This one is in 30-06, so cheap to shoot anyway. And they all came with Canjar triggers as standard equipment!
I got this one in a trade with a friend who imported it a few years ago.

The custom gun is one the same friend had put together from parts by Mitch Schultz whose shop is right behind the Ruger factory. It has a non-prefix 222 barrel on a 131-prefix receiver with Circassian "30-06 Centennial edition" wood. And also had a Canjar set trigger that I recently replaced with a Kepplinger that I think fits the rifle better for size and appearance. The case colors on the receiver and lever were done by Turnbull, as previously stated.

I haven't had a chance to fire either one yet, winter being what it is here in the great white north downwind from one of the great lakes. . .

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Last edited by gewehrfreund; 12/19/17.