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.

Expectation and reality • Mick is on a roll with a rifle and a calibre that are both better than expected.

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Gunning for the small game • Leon Wright is convinced there is no one-gun solution for small game hunting, but the shotgun comes mighty close.

GUNNING FOR DUCKS

Storm chaser • Sauer’s new 100 Stainless XTA is a handsome, well-designed rifle with a polymer stock that provides a pragmatic answer for a hard-working hunting rifle carried in the most extreme weather conditions.

A safer safety

Sharp-priced sharp shooter • We’ve been anticipating it for decades. Howa’s first rimfire rifle is here and it’s a ripper!

The Wily Fox • Sporting Shooter’s resident fox-hunting fanatic, Tony Pizzata, shares his knowledge of this introduced and infamous predator.

Talk about feed! • Even if there were lions in the long grass, you’d never see’em.

The Shooters Union • Graham Park introduces a new column that will keep you in the loop.

WEATHERBY/FIOCCHI PHOTO COMPETITION

Hearing is not the same as listening • Did Jake Turnbull really hear that goat from 1.5km away? Of course he did!

Trouble when sighting in • Stringing shots. Variable groups. Double groups. What’s happening when you can’t get your rifle sighted in? Nick Harvey answers.

The majestic morning stag • Learn a lot about how to shoot a trophy red deer as Goran Pehar takes you on an adrenaline-charged hunt in New Zealand.

THE VITAL SHOT

A Legendary Experience • John Starr is an experimenter and lately he has been putting his new Winchester XPR in .350 Legend to good use.

School’s out! • What’s the first thing you do when the holidays begin? Go pig hunting, of course! By Glenn Hando.

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

Propellant powders: Making your choice • In part two of his detailed look at propellants, Nick looks at how to narrow down your selection of powder.

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Outside the classroom • Some of the best lessons are not learned in class, but by being out in the field.

BACON Busters