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.

The armed traveller • Mick has a pleasant experience with a firearm in the last place you’d think it’d happen.

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Tahr on top of the world • Tony Kamphorst enjoys New Zealand at its best and worst on a week-long hunt in the alps.

Cold steel & carbon copy • Bergara’s line of bolt-action rimfires are no-nonsense hunting tools with high-end features and excellent accuracy at a bargain price.

Rimfire proportion • Sightron’s new riflescope is specifically designed and engineered for the .22 LR and is a serious aiming device for hunters looking to be more accurate on varmints or small game, and it is affordable.

In touch and on track • Garmin combines UHF and wireless communication with its long-established GPS prowess in the Rino 750.

Pieces of the puzzle • Hunt harder or hunt smarter? Dylan makes his choice.

Lessons of an election • Why didn’t the pro-gun parties do very well at this last federal election?

WEATHERBY PHOTO COMPETITION

The early dog • Ally Glasby lays the perfect ambush to claim her first wild dog.

Knockdown power is overrated • No hunting bullet can literally lift an animal off its feet.

Five year trophy • Michael Abdennour learns to stop chasing and wait for the bucks. He gets his long-sought trophy as a reward.

After the fires • Between droughts, fires and floods, our hunting grounds are constantly changing. Damo Hart has been watching it.

Young gun and old gold • Samara takes a classic .303-25 on her first pig hunt. Both excelled. John Dol tells the story

SHOOTER’S SHOWCASE

Spartan Precision Equipment

Fury • Nick takes a look at the new and very different hybrid round, SIG Sauer’s .277 Fury, which has a big future after being chosen by the US military as its primary combat cartridge.

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Roles reversed • As hunters, it is up to us to hunt and stalk up to game; checking the wind and being quiet. This time, Chloe has the tables turned on her.