“For the past 8 years I have been making regular pilgrimages to WMS’s brilliant all-weather short- and long-range shooting facilities, where Andrew cheerfully passes on his extensive experience across all my shooting disciplines. Helena and Andrew are an absolute pleasure to train with and go above and beyond to make my day enjoyable and a real learning experience. We also always have fun. I can’t recommend WMS highly enough.”

“On behalf of the group thank you for another awesome group day at WMS Wales. Everyone in the group absolutely loved it and I always pick up something new. I’m looking forward to my next trip already.”

“Thank you for such an excellent two-to-one day. We had a fantastic time and learnt a huge amount! It was great to shoot at the longer ranges, and we both enjoyed the running boar. We look forward to seeing you both again next year.”

“Thank you to all at WMS who made us feel so welcome on our professional rifle shooting instruction day.  All of us learned a great deal and the day gave us many useful things to take away and research further. It was immensely enjoyable to shoot differently to what we typically do.”

“A huge thank you for the Sniper Experience Day yesterday run by Andrew and Neil who were great instructors.. It was a fab day and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, learnt loads in the process and wish I could come back every week.”

“On behalf of Jack and myself, I would like to thank you both for a fantastic couple of days of bespoke training at WMS. It really did exceed our expectations. Thank you both very much!”

“Sincere thanks to Andrew for my one-to-one instruction. I really enjoyed the day at WMS – as always!”

“Dad and I just wanted to sincerely thank you for organising and providing an amazing day of shooting on our Sniper Experience Day.  Andrew your knowledge and instruction are first rate, we learnt a lot, enjoyed the variety of the day and felt that everything ran perfectly. Most importantly we had a lot of fun!”

“Thank you both sincerely for a thoroughly enjoyable and hugely educational one-to-one day. I look forward to coming again in the not-too-distant future.”

“Our utmost thanks to Andrew for putting on and hosting a most excellent day for our group. We all thoroughly enjoyed everything about the training and everyone came away feeling more comfortable and confident in our shooting. Hitting the 1,000m target to finish the day was simply amazing.”

“Once again, a big thank you from the three of us for the enjoyable day shooting at WMS. We all learned a lot and had much fun doing so.
Thanks to Helena as well, for keeping in touch and all your great coordination work.”

“Thank you very much for an outstanding couple of days coaching. I learned more than I thought possible and feel that the progress made exceeds my expectations.

“I had such a wonderful time at WMS Bespoke Bisley with Andrew, a highly experienced marksman. Thank you so much Andrew for all the knowledge you passed on to me and such a great day of long-range shooting. With your guidance I was able to achieve my personal best (800 meters) and I can’t wait to come back and shoot even further. Many thanks to Helena too for planning and organizing from a distance.”

“I loved my time at WMS. Andrew is an inspirational instructor and a pleasure to learn from.”

“From my first message to Andrew and Helena, communication, professionalism, and courtesy has been the norm. Experienced and knowledgeable, with a calm, witty delivery Andrew passed on his little gems of shooting and accuracy to us. Listening and observing our safety, rifle handling and shooting, he offered the right advice at the right time. All of this led to a great time on the range and hills. Even though the weather wasn’t always too kind to us, we left with increased skills and confidence.”

“We are still all talking about the great time we had at WMS on our Long-Range Masterclass. All participants are excited about the things they learned about long range shooting. Thanks to you Andrew. You gave them all they wanted. We will see you again next year.”

“Thank you for the excellent couple of bespoke training days last week. I had a genuinely interesting and excellent time, got a good glimpse of the complexity of rifle shooting and realise there is a whole lifetime’s experience coming through in your instruction, but you managed to bring your humble student along with you. I learned a lot including (importantly!) that I know very little!”

“Thanks for a great day today – G and I learned a lot as usual – and more importantly, had a good time to boot!”

“Thank you for the most fantastic day! I am still in shock that you made it so easy to shoot and such a great pleasure for me. I absolutely had a ball!”

“A huge thank you for out 10 person group Sniper Experience Day. Everyone enjoyed it enormously and not just the shooting, but also your company and great humour. It wouldn’t surprise me if we are back at some point!”

“Many thanks for organising a great day and we all had an excellent time. Andrew and Chris were very patient instructors and everyone came away with many things that will enhance our rifle shooting in the future. We will be back again as the day wasn’t only educational but also great fun.”

“Thank you for an entirely enjoyable, educational and game changing experience. I have learned a great deal which is already producing better results in my shooting. I gained confidence in myself and my equipment and a far better understanding of a number of things including how different ammunition behaves and the effects of wind. You are very good, patient teacher and I will incorporate some of your technique into my teaching of young aspiring cardiologists.”

“Thank you for the wonderful training day. It was such a great learning experience and so much fun!”

“Helena thanks for looking after all of the arrangements. Andrew thanks for your help today with advice and guidance. The four of us are sat in the beer garden at The Talbot and we all have the biggest grins on our face. I think we will be talking about this weekend for some time to come and we’re already planning when we might be able to come back.”

“Thank you for accommodating us on our two-to-one day; your instruction was very much appreciated and we both learnt a lot. We will be back again next time for a longer visit.”

“Thank you so much for a fantastic day’s shooting. We had an amazing time and Andrew is very knowledgeable and amusing. We learnt a huge amount from our Sniper Experience Day and will be recommending WMS to friends and family and hope to come back again soon.”

“A note of thanks for a first class learning experience over the last two days of bespoke tuition. I am very grateful for your knowledge, experience and above all patience.”

“I would just like to reiterate my comments about how much I had enjoyed the couple of days I spent with Andrew on the ranges. I left, both, with a worklist and a cost effective guide to aid improvement and the time with Andrew has also given me a much better perspective of what shooting at distance involves.”

“Thank you very much for a great experience and wonderful three days of bespoke training at WMS. We learned a lot and have many things to think about where we can improve further. And we are very proud to have been able to hit the targets at both 1 and 1.5 km!”

“Thank you very much for a great Family Shooting Day. The boys really enjoyed their experience shooting under your instruction and are itching to come back to do some more. We will arrange to come back next summer.”

“Thanks for a great Sniper Experience Day; we all came away feeling quite the sniper heroes. Both my sons enjoyed it immensely and are convinced they could now survive a zombie apocalypse.”

“Just a short note to say thanks for ‘father and son’ day we had with Andrew. It would hugely enjoyable and, as importantly we both learned a lot. M was particularly chuffed with Andrew’s knowledge of all things ‘play station’ apparently the ultimate in cool! Looking forward to our next session.”

“As I suspected, Anna absolutely loved the Sniper Experience Day. Both Andrew and Neil were fabulous instructors and gave her the confidence and guidance to do some great shooting. I also had a fantastic time; the day is well planned and the break before lunch, shooting the Kalashnikov and the semi auto .22 was a good way to break up the amazing concentration required with the longer range shooting. I am sure we will be back for some more shooting in the future, and once again thank you to you all for making an amazing memory for us.”

“Just a brief note to ask you to pass on my thanks to your lesser half, Andrew and to his colleague, Neil Parks, for a very memorable Sniper Experience Day yesterday. It did exactly what it said on the tin. I should have done it a few years ago when I had better eyesight but, despite my frustration with myself, I did really enjoy it. Thanks also to you for organising everything and for the Certificate. I was going to ask for a list of the guns I had shot so this is exactly what I was after.”

“Just a few lines to thank you once again for my weekend spent with both of you. Not only did I learn a hell of a lot but also I had a great time. The instruction was superb, and the course was well over all my expectations. I never thought the result was going to be so good and positive. Your hospitality was great, and the result is that now I have new friends in Wales!”

“It was great to meet you both and we had a superb day: the service you provide is excellent. Thanks to you both again for a truly great day and company.”

“Many thanks for making me feel so welcome at the recent Historic Rifle Day. Yet again I really enjoyed the day out and thank you Helena for managing to get last minute first class accommodation for us, especially the Garden Room which as you suggested was more than suitable for the ‘occasion’. Please pass on my thanks to Mark for his contribution to the day which I felt was nicely balanced with just the right amount of history and action.”

“Through our correspondence over many months I felt as though we had already become friends, but to finally meet you both and to enjoy your generous hospitality and delightful company was indeed a pleasure. Paul and I were impressed with Andrew’s professionalism, knowledge, and natural teaching ability, and with how well your entire operation is so well organized and equipped. It was well worth the ten-hour flight and the five-hour drive. I hope that we were good students and we can’t wait to put our new skills into practice.”

“What a fantastic Historic rifle Day with WMS! We got the chance to shoot some old WW2 rifles—Lee Enfield, Mauser, Mosin Nagant, to name but a few—and even an original 1914 WW1 SMLE. Head instructor Andrew and military history expert Mark took us through the history of the rifles and successfully got us hitting targets at 100m, 200m and 850m. It was a brilliant day.”

“Thank you for a great day on Wednesday. Andrew’s knowledge was really helpful in pointing me in the right direction and I really enjoyed some great shooting. Thank you both and the dogs!”

“Many thanks for organising and hosting your Historic Rifle Day. The event was both excellent and very well run and we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Once again many thanks for such a wonderful day out.”

“We all had an amazing group shooting day and really appreciate the hospitality you showed us. We all learned something too! Many thanks.”

“Just wanted to say thank you to both of you again. The boys had a great time, and Andrew was brilliant. He made them feel very welcome and was full of encouragement. We shall certainly be singing your praises and I am sure they will be coming back to you at some point.”

“I had a very good time with you in 2018 so decided to come back again this spring. I enjoyed the time with you very much and am now looking forward to my next visit in 2020. Thank you.”

“Can you pass on my thanks to Andrew as well it was a great day we will definitely be back.”

“Great to see you all on Friday, it was another brilliant day. I thought it worked really well having the big guns in the middle of the day and then finishing of with some fast and furious action on the historic rifles. Kept everyone on their toes! As ever, Andrew and Neil provided just the right level of instruction but with enough freedom as well. The new ‘shoot lodge’ is absolutely lovely and makes all the difference on those rainy days.”

“We were very happy to have had the chance to benefit from ‘The Stealth’s’ experience during our WMS visit. His professional instruction was delivered throughout the day in a clear and friendly manner making the process of learning to improve our shooting fun. We thoroughly enjoyed our day.”

“Thank you both once again for another fantastic day. It really is an exceptional experience, and everyone is already talking about coming back.”

“Thank you again for a great day; I really learnt a lot and had a fantastic time.
The hotel was perfect and the day on the range was superb.”

“Many thanks for the weekend of shooting with you. It was a fabulous time.”

“Many thanks for a great two days, superb, you was right, I did learn something, thank you. We will recommend on your web now the weekend is out of the way here. Already planning next year’s visits.”

“I had an excellent time with you, thank you and will join you again next year, probably around spring.”

“On behalf of the Trustees of Ian Player Magqubu Ntombela Foundation Trust, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the enhanced training that you provided for me over the past weekend. These enhanced skills will not only stand me in good stead in terms of any further guidance and instruction needed for the trainees on the ground, but will also significantly assist in the anti-poaching activities that our small organisation undertakes and is involved in.”

“We both hugely enjoyed yesterday (despite the wet!!) and T feels much happier and confident….don’t want her to get too good!!! Thank you again.”

“The Historic Rifle Day was fantastic, great value for money and with the perfect balance of shooting and history. Just what I wanted!”

“11/10 for the Historic Rifle Day: a factual, interesting, safe and instructional experience that combined shooting and the historical development of rifles. Excellent!”

“What an absolutely fantastic day your Sniper Experience is; it lived up to everything I hoped it would be and more, was a great opportunity to learn new skills and to experience an insight into professional rifle shooting. It was an absolute pleasure meeting you and thank you again for a special and brilliant time.”

“Yet another fantastic day, you’ve made a young lady extremely happy with a massive smiley face all the way back to Somerset and Holland. Really great catching up with you guys again and I can’t thank you guys enough for a perfect day!”

“Thank you both very much for the Rifle Shooting Master Class which was was extremely well run with friendly, helpful instruction and essential safety points. You have clearly put a lot of effort into providing excellent facilities and I thank you for that.”

Thank you for the excellent organisation of the Browning corporate event at WMS. We all very much appreciated the location, the organisation, and most of all the dealers had a great experience with our brands. We will for sure come back next year.”

“Andrew, I’d like to thank you for the past two days of one-to-one training and the great insights and tips you shared with me. Looking forward to keeping in touch!”

“Excellent knowledge from Chris and great hospitality from Helena made our Sniper Experience Day extremely enjoyable for all involved. You have excellent facilities and equipment and we can’t wait to return for more!”

“Thank you for your professional tuition in the art of handling and fine tuning a rifle today. I’ve learnt a great deal in the time that I had with you and I will be all too pleased to recommend your expertise to anyone who wishes to improve their skills at rifle shooting.”

“Fun, informative and very accommodating. A great Sniper Experience Day with long-range shooting. Officially hooked. Thanks guys!”

“Just a note of thanks for yesterday: we both had the best time! I am truly addicted to the 300wm. Just love it. Shooting off sticks at 400m! Wow. What a day. I just loved everything. Until next time!

“I was really buzzing after Sunday on the WMS shooting grounds which certainly re-energized my full bore interests and was a fantastic day out again! Thank you very much.”

“Thank-you for another memorable day out. This was my third visit to WMS and having the opportunity to shoot the best rifles over open country out to 1,000m is a real thrill. Andrew is a knowledgeable and enthusiastic instructor from whom I have learned a great deal. Each time I have been the programme for the day has been varied and interesting, with lots of fun thrown in. A real highlight for my friends and I was shooting the historic rifles. I look forward to returning very soon.

“I had a fantastic day shooting yesterday in the Welsh mountains with Andrew Venables at WMS. We shot everything from .22, Section 1 AK-47, .308 and .338 Lapua Magnum. I learned a lot of new things and was great to finally get my hands on and shoot a .338LM. I’ve have been waiting to do this for a long time. Can’t recommend WMS enough!!

“Thank you for a most enjoyable and informative day that’s given me plenty to think about and even more structure to practice within. Andrew was great company, and his considered opinion was exactly what I was looking for.”

“Please accept my deep gratitude for the days on your shooting grounds. I enjoyed every moment, despite the gusty winds and low temperatures, with you and you taught me so many things. In other words – it needs to be repeated and I have to dive deeper into the matter of long range shooting! It was a real pleasure to have met you and Helena and to enjoy your warm welcome and I hope that we will get together soonest again.”

“Many thanks for the rifle training last week, both Mark and myself hugely enjoyed ourselves on the day and it was a pleasure to meet you both in a damp but beautiful Wales. We look forward to next time.”

“Thank you again to Andrew and Helena for the Sniper Experience Day, it was fantastic. Safe to say Vicky has been bitten by the target shooting bug and we will be back, to improve and try and learn more from Andrew.”

“I had a great day with Andrew and he more than lived up to his reputation. The dreaded flinch was sorted and I really enjoyed clanging steel at 800 metres with the Steel Core Cyclone!! Many thanks Andrew and Helena for a fantastic day and I hope to make it back next year.”

“Thank you so much for a really fantastic days shooting. My experience with Andrew at the 1,000 meter range is my all-time most fun shooting occasion. I am so very impressed by the .308 and .338 Steel Core rifles and I had no idea I could hit targets at ease out to 1,000 meters!”

“Thank you for a very informative and fun Deer Stalking Master Class. The teaching was pitched perfectly with clear demonstrations presented with a bit of humour. Actually the highlight was the Lemon Drizzle cake at the end of the day!”

“Thank you very much for hosting our day at the WMS ranges last week. We had a tremendous time, and we felt that we learned a great deal. We were so engrossed that I failed to check my phone to see who was PM! We’d love to come back and C is dead keen: I wouldn’t be surprised if she adds a Schultz & Larsen to her armoury!”
The Viscount G, Sussex

“A big thank you for our day together: We all had an excellent time and J was delighted to be able to get the ‘long shot’ he had hoped for for so long. We were certainly lucky with the weather, too. We will be back again soon and I am also looking at coming down for a private one-on-one myself in the not too distant future. Once again, thank you Andrew for your help and skills on the day.”

“We had a fantastic time on the Sniper Experience Day; coming to rifle shooting as complete novices and being able to hit a target at 900 yards is incredible. This day completely exceeded our expecations and we just loved it.”

“Our first time at WMS and what a day! We don’t think it could have been any better and a massive thank you to the team, Andrew, Chris, Neil and Helena for making us feel so welcome. Absolutely fantastic! We will be back.”

“Thank you for all your help on the superb Dangerous Wildlife Firearms Training Course. I throughly enjoyed the day and found it extremely useful; I now feel fully prepared for my Arctic adventures!”

“Many thanks for such a superb one-to-one day and for Andrew’s informative company. I learned a great deal with superb weather to boot and will be back for some more long-range shooting and possible wild bore fun!”
Marc K, Chester

“Thank you to Helena and Andrew for yesterday’s shooting. Both my brother and I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was all we spoke about on the four hour yourney home. It was a gift well received has sparked great interest from our friends after we sent them pictures of the day. We will arrange something with you in the future for a small group!”
Dean T, Essex

Absolutely fantastic day, suitable distance for every level of shooter. This was my second visit & already looking forward to my next.

“Excellent!I have never been shooting before and found the discipline fascinating and very rewarding. The accuracy that was developed over the day was remarkable. I will be back.”

“The Sniper Experience is a really fun, entertaining day and it is amazing how accurate the long-range rifles are. We were all hitting targets at 900 yards after just one day; a really well structured day and a great experience.”

“10/10 in all areas and a great day of training for my first boar hunting trip to the Continent. I learnt a huge amount and am feeling much more confident with my shooting.”
Oliver H, London