Spotting for others is as much fun as shooting, especially when you have Zeiss optics to look through!


doesn’t get any better than that! Every one of us took turns spotting for each other, which I enjoy as much as shooting. It didn’t take Rob long to get a feel for the trajectory and wind deflection of the 60-grain V-Max load he was using in the Swift, and he was soon hitting rats out to 300 yards or so with regularity. With all the scopes having Zeiss’ Rapid Z ballistic reticles, he also quickly learned the hold-over and hold- into values of the hash marks relative to the Swift’s trajectory. Though he had shot all eight guns that were available to us, he kept gravitating to that 220 Swift he started with. With it he managed to pull off some pretty amazing shots when I was spotting for him. That boy can shoot!


Rob is but one of some 40,000 vets who’ve returned home with some type of disability as a result of both physi- cal and/or mental wounds suffered in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Like other organizations such as Wounded Warriors and Paralyzed Veterans of America, HAVA is dedicated to seeing that these men and women who have sacrificed so much are not forgotten. HAVA is a bit different from other such organizations in that it focuses on vets who have been active, or wish to become active, in the outdoor pursuits of hunting and fishing. The organization was formed seven years ago after six industry companies – Smith & Wesson, Leupold, Hornady, SureFire, Yamaha


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Outdoors and Crimson Trace – got together and invited four wounded vet- erans on a hunt. Everyone in attendance was so touched by what was accom- plished that these companies became the Founding Sponsors. Since then, the aforementioned companies have been joined by Mossberg, Ruger, XS Sights, the NSSF and FMG Publications as Sustaining Sponsors who together financially support HAVA. Zeiss and H-S Precision, who contributed to and were represented at this event, number among the 31 Contributing Sponsors. Tom Taylor, vice president of sales and marketing at Mossberg, serves as HAVA’s Chairman.


Since its founding, HAVA has


served more than 1,500 disabled veter- ans and wounded/disabled active-duty military personnel and their families at hunts and shooting events in 14 states. HAVA was represented at this event by Heath Gunn, who is one of only two employees, both of whom are part-time; all others are volunteers. Heath serves as outreach manager and as such initi- ates and represents HAVA at its various events and venues, and was of course present at our Buffalo Butte event. Un- like many such organizations, 80 percent of all donated assets (cash, product, services and venues), go to support HAVA events.


Most of the time Jon used an H-S Precision HTR tactical rifle in 223 Rem. It was a half-minute rifle using Hornady’s 40-grain V-Max ammo.


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