It's back to the middle mate.
See, I told you it wasn't difficult.
I'm Ian Harford and I'm Steve Wild and we're here at
WMS Firearms Training in Wales and we're setting up our rifles ready for our
upcoming hunt in Alaska. Now, I'm shooting a Sauer 404 338 Win Mag. I'm
shooting a Blaser R8 Professional Success in 300 Win Mag. We're both using Hawke
Frontier 5x30 by 50 scopes and Endurance binoculars. Now, we've got the
rifle zeroed and set up this morning on the hundred yard range we've just been
out to 300 yards and we're checking not just a zero but also the adjustments on
the scope how to deal with windage and the comparisons of the ballistics of
both rifle and so far it's gone pretty well we've been hitting the target we've
not missed so now we're going to do is take it back to 400 yards and then back
to 700 yards. Now, we're not hoping to take shots out at that distance but just
in case is a problem we need to know how the rifle performs out at 700 yards in
case you need to make a follow up shots but typically we should be shooting
somewhere between 100 and 300 yards that's the ideal but out in the
wilderness you never really know and problems can happen and you've got to be
prepared those eventualities but so far it's been great fun beautiful countryside,
typical Welsh weather and we're ready for more, so after you Wildey, thank you very much.
We've had an incredible afternoon here at WMS Firearms Training in Wales and I
learn a lot about myself my rifle. Where we're going
it's wilderness there's nowhere to stuff off and check your zero you've got to
make sure you're not only confident but also capable of making shots beyond your
normal hunting ranges. I've been a bit surprised at just how well the rifles
and ammunition is performed and us to be fair, we was stretching it out back
down there 650 metres and it's been absolutely incredible from Andrew, it's been really good. With the
ballistic drops and everything else has been good. Now, we have been quite used to
shooting at 100, 150, 200 yards it's all normal deer stalking our distances
if you are gonna go on shoot beyond those ranges it's absolutely essential
that you come to see a guy like Andrew who knows how to shoot who knows how to
not only hit that target consistently but give you the tools you need to be
able to consistently and confidently hit those targets with some pretty
impressive distances. Now, we start off at a hundred check the zero went out to 300
which is a typical distance we'd expect to have Alps in Alaska but more
importantly it's at 450 and 600 yards shot those are the ones you may need if
you make a bad shot being out of confidently take those shots of those
distances is absolutely essential it's such an important part of being a hunter.
Now, I know how this one's performing you know you're performing and the great
thing is we've managed to swap our rifles as well so if anything goes wrong
with Wildey's rifle he is very confident to using mine where it
performs where the own points are as you can see is around this is pretty much
Alaskan weather, it's a beautiful Welsh summer gale force winds and driving
rains. But, it's been an incredible so I want to thank Andrew and Helena a WMS
Firearms Training for looking after it so well and Wildey, well done mate,
and yourself sir. Look at that, mutual appreciation society
great stuff. So, thank you all very much.