Heckler & Kochs Gray Room, Part II

Residing in Ashburn, VA, at the U.S. home of Heckler & Koch (H&K) is The Gray Room, a hidden gem brimming with prototypes and rare examples of H&K’s manufacturing expertise and American Rifleman got a first-hand inside-look. Watch our American Rifleman TV video above to learn about Heckler & Koch’s Gray Room and the designs that established the German-based firearm manufacturer. Rooted in Oberndorf, Germany, H&K has built a world-wide reputation for its design and manufacturing capability. Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch and Alex Seidel, former Mauser engineers, started in the late 1940s what would become today’s Heckler & Koch. The newly-formed Germany engineering firm quickly morphed from a manufacturer of bicycles, machine tools and sewing machine parts to a firearm builder following an official West German request to product a new rifle for its Army's infantry. From that point H&K grew in its recognition not only for the military, but the civilian market