Sporting Shooter

Sporting Shooter is the magazine for those who love the outdoors and the thrill of the hunt. It’s at the very heart of the sport, put together by keen hunters who understand what readers want in the way of information and entertainment related to their activity. Sporting Shooter contains a mix of hunting stories, firearm test reports, technical advice, reloading data, product reviews and lots more.

A farewell to a great man • A tribute to Nick Harvey, hunter, writer, expert, friend

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

The rise of Hill End’s hunter • Arriving in Australia as a Ten Pound Pom with a passion for hunting, Nick Harvey quickly established himself as a gun-writer

Fair and honest

The one to keep • Publisher Tracy Yaffa learnt Nick was hard but fair and loyal, and it underscored a near 50-year working partnership

Proof testing • Nick Harvey’s gun tests were the best you’d get, based on ingrained knowledge and hard work. Mick Matheson explains

The voice of authority

Editing Uncle Nick • Nick’s words made Marcus O’Dean a teenage expert on firearms. Eventually, Marcus ended up editing those words

Greatest gun-writer ever?

Living the life of a gun-writer • When the world of guns and hunting was laid out before Nick, he grabbed it with both hands

A valuable relationship

The pursuit of excellence • Nick Harvey’s personal touch made all the difference

Times have changed • Will we see another Nick Harvey in the current era?

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH PHOTO COMPETITION

Ear of the dog • Luke Jones gets help from the cattle to spot a well-hidden dog

The lore according to Uncle Nick • If anyone could lay down the lore and say it like it was, it was Nick Harvey

Nick ‘Bad Eye’ Harvey

A hunter’s heart • Hunting can be hard, just as Nick liked it, says Sam Maclachlan

The guru of his era

Lessons from the master • Tony Pizzata first read Nick’s work, then worked with him and finally went hunting alongside him

Time well spent

A gun-writer to the end • Nick Harvey would never have retired. There was too much to do

Nick’s picks • These are some of Nick Harvey’s favourite things

Just one gun?

The practical reloader • Nick Harvey made an art of handloading and became a teacher to us all. Sam Maclachlan explains

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BACON BUSTERS

A formative influence • Like many shooters, Jared learned so much from Uncle Nick