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.

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Sporting Shooter

Waidmannsheil – An Adventure In Austria • Our own Michael Gibson experiences a whole new world of hunting and hospitality.

Best Bullet For The 7mm Remington Magnum • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

True-Blue Native Pursuit • While we almost exclusively hunt introduced species, there is native wildlife worthy of our pursuit.

A Tough Few Weeks • Mike Cleary endures three short hunts in quick succession on a variety of game, in vastly different locations, with opposite extremes of weather

Mauser M18 Field Hunt Savannah • This Mauser Model 18 combines combines several modern innovations in a high-quality yet affordable rifle that’s super-accurate.

Brett Beesley • Brett is an unstoppable and positive force of nature.

ENDURO - FULL BOAR - WORKING DOG COMPETITION

You Snooze, You Lose! • Paul Ball is back with a salutory tale about families who hunt.

SHOOTER’S SHOWCASE • WHAT’S NEW IN THE MARKET

Bowhunting Pigs Of The Deep North • If you have an itch to hunt pigs in the heat, dust and mud, Tony Kamphorst shows you how here.

Keeping Up With Rifle Barrel Twist Rates • Many shooters are aware that today a great many rifle barrels need a faster than standard twist.

Ted Mitchell’s Custom Hunting Knives • Sometimes a knife catches your attention. Such is the case with the well-made full-tang, drop-point knife that Ted Mitchell made for me.

Death In The Long Grass

The Sandwich Bull • Ben Kleinig lives in buff country and regularly sources his meals from them the way we were all meant to.

Hunting For The Table • Just recently I listened to a lady, all dressed in her finery, spruiking to all who would listen that it was no longer necessary for us to have firearms or hunt for food anymore. I really felt quite sad for this lady; why in the world would you go to a supermarket when Australia is full of readily-accessible game, and if your back yard is big enough, you can even grow some of your own vegetables.

WEATHERBY / FIOCCHI PHOTO COMPETITION

Developing Dependable Reloads • A good load should be one which produces top velocity at a given pressure level.

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Hard To Get, Easy To Lose • We LAFOs have to be so careful in how we conduct ourselves 100 percent of the time.

BACON Busters