Want To Buy 450-400 3"

[Sailfish9453]

WTB 450-400 3" LONDON DBL/ HEYM 89B

 

[dogcat1]

You and about 15 others of us...

Last pig to the trough may come up empty...

Great caliber for a double.

 

[Sailfish9453]

LOL

 

[matt85]

You should probably give a price range. I have seen 450-400 ne 3" guns ranging from $12k-$70k.

Keep an eye on gunsinternational

 

[Sailfish9453]

$20,000
THANKS

 

[Sailfish9453]

Was DM'd buy a new member (1/5/2026 Gaj256 ) saying he had Heym 89B 450 NE. we went back and forth for about 5 days.
A lot of red flags but kept going down to wire.
To flush him out I told him this needed to be a FFL to FFL sale and I needed the name and phone number of his FFL shipper. CRICKET'S - Beware !

 

[Mekaniks]

Was DM'd buy a new member (1/5/2026 Gaj256 ) saying he had Heym 89B 450 NE. we went back and forth for about 5 days.
A lot of red flags but kept going down to wire.
To flush him out I told him this needed to be a FFL to FFL sale and I needed the name and phone number of his FFL shipper. CRICKET'S - Beware !

WTB posts are hit especially hard by scammers. Glad you flushed him out before losing anything monetary other than the time it took to deal with him....

 

[Sailfish9453]

I learned a bit - red flags and to good to be true

 

[rookhawk]

Asking for a Heym in 450-400 for $20k is going to attract only scams. That number is what an 88B would have fetched 8 years ago.

 

[Sailfish9453]

Well I can by 88B 470NE right now on GI $21,500

 

[doctari505]

Hi Sailfish9453
I have a WJ Jeffery .450/.400 NE 3" double which I would like to sell. I won the rifle on the recent Double Rifle Society raffle. It is cased and in superb condition. It comes with some once fired Hornady cases, 50 Woodleigh FMJ's, 50 Weldcores and a box of Swift Break Away solids. I have the loading data for it as well. The rifle was made in 1908 (have a copy of the journal entry) but looks like it is new. The only things not original is a new red recoil pad and a larger front sight bead, both fitted by JJ Perdeau who also checked the rifle over and developed a load for it. The only reason I'm selling it is that I will soon turn 70 and unfortunately cannot see the express sights clearly any more. To put a red dot on such a classic rifle would be akin to putting a tow hitch and roof rack on a Rolls Royce!!! This is something I am not prepared to do. The rifle fits me perfectly - LOP 15 1/8", DAC 1 9/16", DAH 2 1/16". On my bathroom scale it weights 11 lbs but the journal entry says 10.2 lbs. The rifle used to be owned by a veterinary colleague of mine who reloaded for it and said with his reloads it regulated to within 3" at 80 meters.
When the DRS shipped the rifle to my FFL they insured it for $ 27 000 but I am willing to accept $ 25 000 for it and all the bullets. The rifle is here in Texas. If you are interested, you are welcome to call me. My cell number is 224 645 1347. I attach some photos.

 

[mms45]

Well I can by 88B 470NE right now on GI $21,500

If you are talking about the Champlain gun it is sold he doesn’t update his inventory often a lot of it is sold

I tried to buy it 3 weeks ago along with a few others he had listed

 

[Monski]

Hi Sailfish9453
I have a WJ Jeffery .450/.400 NE 3" double which I would like to sell. I won the rifle on the recent Double Rifle Society raffle. It is cased and in superb condition. It comes with some once fired Hornady cases, 50 Woodleigh FMJ's, 50 Weldcores and a box of Swift Break Away solids. I have the loading data for it as well. The rifle was made in 1908 (have a copy of the journal entry) but looks like it is new. The only things not original is a new red recoil pad and a larger front sight bead, both fitted by JJ Perdeau who also checked the rifle over and developed a load for it. The only reason I'm selling it is that I will soon turn 70 and unfortunately cannot see the express sights clearly any more. To put a red dot on such a classic rifle would be akin to putting a tow hitch and roof rack on a Rolls Royce!!! This is something I am not prepared to do. The rifle fits me perfectly - LOP 15 1/8", DAC 1 9/16", DAH 2 1/16". On my bathroom scale it weights 11 lbs but the journal entry says 10.2 lbs. The rifle used to be owned by a veterinary colleague of mine who reloaded for it and said with his reloads it regulated to within 3" at 80 meters.
When the DRS shipped the rifle to my FFL they insured it for $ 27 000 but I am willing to accept $ 25 000 for it and all the bullets. The rifle is here in Texas. If you are interested, you are welcome to call me. My cell number is 224 645 1347. I attach some photos.

I Think this will make someone's day!

 

[doctari505]

I hope so!

 

[doctari505]

Sailfish9453 has purchased the Jeffery double.

 

[Wildwillalaska]

Sailfish9453 has purchased the Jeffery double.

A fine decision in response to a splendid offer. Think we should all smile a bit when forums brethren make things happen. And that was a cool rifle too, I had a chance or three in the hopper on that one as well.

The Double Rifle Society has raffled off some sweet rifles…and the current one is no slouch either. Folks should check it out and enter if they haven’t already…hell, enter again if you have.

 

[Sailfish9453]

A fine decision in response to a splendid offer. Think we should all smile a bit when forums brethren make things happen. And that was a cool rifle too, I had a chance or three in the hopper on that one as well.

The Double Rifle Society has raffled off some sweet rifles…and the current one is no slouch either. Folks should check it out and enter if they haven’t already…hell, enter again if you have.

Thanks Will
I'm sure I will enjoy this double.
Funny thing about this gun is I had a chance to buy it 2 years ago from Louren Havenga. I instead purchased his Wilkinson 470NE double rifle instead - Small World !

 

[458JCE]

Well bought! Beautiful rifle, awesome calibre

 

[Troubleshooter]

The rifle was made in 1908 (have a copy of the journal entry) but looks like it is new.

Funny thing about this gun is I had a chance to buy it 2 years ago from Louren Havenga. I instead purchased his Wilkinson 470NE double rifle instead - Small World !

Small world indeed!

I also own a Jeffery box-lock double in .450/400 NE 3" (not as nicely engraved as this one but still quite serviceable) and for which I have a copy of the ledger page showing its original build characteristics. I remember when this was listed on GI a few years ago and subsequently had a short phone conversation with Mr. Havenga, following which I provided him a copy of that ledger page. This rifle and mine appear on that same page (the serial numbers are only a few digits away from one another). Glad to see that the documentation accompanied the rifle.

I think that you will enjoy your new-to-you double.