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.

Somehwere, Over The Rainbow • With lockdowns in many states and no comfort or relief in sight, what is a hunter to do in confinement.

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Big Buffalo • Sometimes, a ripper trophy just walks out in front of you and that’s exactly what happened recently on an early morning pig hunt, as Gary Hall relates.

Dangerous Game Tips

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Fun With Stick And String • Columnist Dylan Smith will fire your imagination with this evocative and beautifully written exposé on the allure of hunting with traditional bows and arrows.

Two Traditional Bow Types

“Let’s keep it simple son…swags and snags.” • Send us your hunting story and a picture and you could win some awesome Vortex optics or merchandise.

The Sensational Benelli Lupo – Vive la difference! • The Benelli Lupo is an entirely new concept, which combines extraordinary ergonomics, space-age materials and every practical feature one could possibly wish for in a hunting rifle. Benelli boasts it is "the new apex predator of the bolt-action market.

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ENDURO - FULL BOAR - WORKING DOG COMPETITION

The Drought Breaker • Jared Matthews finally heads north to try his luck during the 2021 Red Deer Roar after hitting roadblocks for the previous three years.

FAST FACTS

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

Backyard Wilderness • A sense of adventure is a lot of what draws me to hunting.

The Macnab Challenge • Martin Auldist and son Billy attempt a “Gippsland Macnab”: the taking of a deer, duck and trout all in one day.

Macnab Challenge Origin

The Pheasant, A Great Game Bird • With duck hunting under pressure and opportunities limited, Leon Wright reckons the hunting of pheasant is a great alternative worth looking into.

The Ringnecked Pheasant

Barrel Length And Propellants • If you are thinking about buying a new rifle, having a custom rifle built, or getting an old favourite re-barreled, one of the things you need to think about is barrel length.

Hunting With The .45/70 Government • Steven Spiekman had to answer a call; a big 45 calibre, lever-action call, to be specific.

WEATHERBY / FIOCCHI PHOTO COMPETITION

Secondary Explosion Effect No Myth • A reader writes: I read a question in another shooting magazine from a handloader asking about Secondary Explosion Effect (S.E.E). By way of answer the guy was told that S.E.E is a myth - something that never happens. I know you wouldn't agree with this statement. So what are the facts about S.E.E?

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Starting Fresh • It will become apparent, if it hasn’t already, that I do not let the grass grow beneath my feet.

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