Tonight on Realtree Global Hunting, we're back with WMS Firearms Training
with Andrew Venables.
Tonight, Cai Ap Bryn is looking at hitting a target beyond 600 yards,
a tough ask for anyone.
In our previous trip to Wales and WMS firearms training,
Andrews taught Cai Ap Bryn of the Wild Food Catering Company
about rifle etiquette, safety and shooting technique.
He's also taken Cai at night and given
some good advice about shooting at night using night-vision.
He's pushed shooting ability to distances beyond capabilities of many.
However,
tonight he's taking him out to even greater distances.
Hi Cai, how do you like the view?
It's lovely isn't it?
I feel like I've got dejuh vu on the view today because
I remember being up here with Keith Anderson
for the last Team Wild thing we did. Yes, I remember that episode.
I cruelly made him aim off
and you saw how well it go by aiming off.
We've had a play just now at aiming off at 300.
Wasn't pretty was it? No, okay.
We're both going to dial to this, now
that means we're going to alter the scope
so that we can aim dead on at this range.
I havent got anything particularly fancy with me today.
My wind meter is here, we're shooting that way.
It's pretty much straight at us, we're going to go straight on for wind,
we could take a kicking but we're going straight on for wind.
Elevation wise,
each click, if a click moves a centimetre at a 100
here one click is going to move it four centimetres at 400.
We've both got about 80-85 centimetres of elevation to make up.
It's going to be slightly variable between them
I'm using a ballistic solution, I've got a card here
which is close to your rifle, bare in mind we are playing the targets here.
If you want to even dream of a foreign hunt somewhere
where you're pushed to shoot at long range
you've got to do all of this practice, you've got to nail all of the details.
But we're having a go here with the dial on to see how it works with your rifle, we have no time to be perfect.
It's 400 metres, 410 to be exact.
Downhill at six degrees.
We've got the wind pretty much coming onto us.
People have got phone apps with ballistic solutions.
I've got a kestrel thing, but I think most people aren't going to have fancy solutions.
I'm going to use a little app on a watch I've got.
I've got it set at 400 metres.
I've got the ballistic coefficient and velocity of this ammo programme.
Near as I can tell, I'm going to need to come up 24.
I'm using a fairly pointy 308 caliber bullet
with a ballistic tip on.
Your bullets,
are a little more round nose than mine, it's a lower ballistic coefficient.
We're going to bring yours up
I think 26. I've got my solution on 24, I've got a 243 card here
actually for this range
it's indicating 28 clicks.
Your rifle will be shooting relatively flat earlier on.
Go for 26 and we'll see what happens.
Good possession, if your bipod is a bit high,
if your hands are too far off the ground lower it. Let's both get into position.
I'm going to follow you up because you're the star of the show.
Top of the kill zone,
just inside it at the top, 12 o'clock.
I'm watching to see what happens.
It has hit exactly where you aimed, aim in the middle of the kill zone.
Just on the bottom edge.
Pretty good, about five centimetres from where you aimed.
I'm going to go with a couple of rounds from mine.
Just slightly right of the centre, firing.
Pretty much the same place.
Just right of centre, firing.
Smack bang in the centre.
What I did then was I went off on your shot, you end in the middle
it went just right of the centre, I aimed just left of the centre and the wind caught it.
Well who knows.
Okay now,
what this has demonstrated is that for playing on targets
we're too close, lets go back to five.
Alright Cai, this is officially a long way.
We're at 500 metres,
which is about 540 yards I think, according to my maths.
Now,
this isn't about
long range hunting because there is no such thing as long range hunting.
I say to people if you're contemplating hind culling or
going abroad somewhere
and taking shots even at 200-300 metres you should practice to 500-600 metres.
Because if you take a shoot at 200-300
which some people would think was respectable,
what are you going to do if it goes wrong?
Exactly, and you've got nothing left in the tool box.
So this is about how big is our tool box.
Not a lunch box.
Keith Anderson if you're watching his got 100 metres on you.
We'll see what happens.
Great,
now I've been able to dial my rifle all the way.
I've maxed out on my one now haven't I? You maxed out on twenty-three
and to do a perfect job on this one
if I'm on
thirty-six which I need to be on.
Take it up now
we've come up too
thirty-six
you're going to need to be on thirty-eight.
But you're running short, I am indeed.
Twenty-three,
thirty-three
you are fifteen short.
Each click at this range
you're fifteen short is five centimetres down there,
quick maths if you're into darts in the pub.
What's five times fifteen?
five times fifteen?
Seventy-five, seventy-five you're quicker than I am.
I knew that al the time.
Seventy-five, now look at the pig please, look through your scope at the pig.
You want to hit it in the middle of the yellow correct?
Yes.
The pigs body,
is about seventy-five centimetres deep.
From top to bottom.
So you need to aim
just half a pig high
just above it yes? Have a look at it,
measure it, if there is anything in your scope that can help, have you got mill dot?
Measure it with mill dots.
You're going to have to go half a pig high,
I'm going straight at the middle.
I'm loaded.
I'm loaded, you've got your ears on and I've got my ears on, we're all ready.
We're going to go straight at it for wind.
At this range the wind could absolutely kick us,
but let's give it a go, i'm spotting for you.
You're going to have to aim about
looking at it about a third and half over the pigs back.
I know it's not approximate but we stuck with it.
Spotting.
You've hit it
just on the right edge of the yellow, pretty good elevation at 2 o'clock.
If the cameras can pick this up,
The winds just come on a little bit left handed, left to right.
Well centred in the kill zone.
Absolutely awesome.
I'm going to fire a shot now and I'm going to aim centre of the kill zone,
this is a cautionary tale on wind.
So I'm aiming for the perfect shot.
Firing.
That has just gone to the right edge of the kill zone.
So what causes us problems?
It's the wind, it's the wind.
I'm going to have a another go if that's alright? Absolutely go for it.
It's not often that you get to play with a 500 yard target.
Okay, I'm spotting for you.
And remember children
that's what happens when you go for a head shot
I should point out at this stage that Keith was aiming at the chest when he hit the head.
I'll for the mythical shot.
Remember folks don't try this at home on something with a pulse.
Nope winds taken it off.
The wind changes a lot.
Think about it, if you can shoot
A one inch group at a 100 yards
what group can you shoot at 500 yards?
It's not five inches I'll tell you that much.
This is what can be done with normal sporting kit
when your messing around.
How would you feel about one or two hundred shots with your 243 rifle now?
More confident than I was before.
I was confident with 100 metres anyway,
because it's what I'm zeroed in at. The 200 the 250
it's given me more confidence to take these longer shots.
I'd properly never take a 500 yard shot on an animal,
but at least I know the capability of my rifle. and what it can do now.
And if you've got a shot that has gone wrong at 100 or 200
and you've got something that's hobbling was laid down on bank across the valley
and you're not going to be able to find the dogs and it going into the
declaring as it were you have an idea you could set up
you could hold over maybe save the day on a wounded animal.
It's like a track day for rifles isn't it?
you got a much better idea of what your rifle is capable of
you know now when it goes wrong it's pretty much your fault.
When it goes right,
you what kind of kick you have.
Anyway, well done, thank you very much.
some great shooting from Cai,
at some amazing distances
and Andrews taught him some valuable lessons that Cai can put into practice in the field.
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