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.

Winners • From the middle of Tassie to the pages of Sporting Shooter, hunters are winning.

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • Nick Harvey passed away in February 2024 after almost 50 years as our Technical Editor. He left us with scores of unpublished answers to readers’ queries. To honour his memory, we will continue his column until we have run them all.

Primer problems

Wonderful winter rusa • David Hughes tells how he bagged a cracker rusa stag.

Weatherby Mark V Live Wild • Weatherby produces a lightweight mountain rifle inspired by Remi Warren

Leupold BX-4 Range HD 10x42 binocular • By adding a laser rangefinder to its superb BX-4 binocular, Leupold has created a sharp hunting tool.

ZeroTech Trace 1x28 HALO reflex sight • The HALO red-dot sight is designed to provide a particularly low sight picture through its clear, wide-angle view.

Looking for big billies • Getting close to goats is its own reward.

Shooting from the lip • Being a shooter doesn’t stop when you put away your gun.

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH PHOTO COMPETITION

10 years a hunter • Paul and his son Jackson celebrate a decade of hunting together.

WIN VANGUARD GEAR FROM HUNTING DEPOT! • huntingdepot.com.au

Into Africa • How to get more bang for your ’bok on your first hunt in Africa.

A hard-won trophy • Cam Barrett crosses the border to try his luck on NSW public land.

A duck hunter of many seasons • In 60-odd years of being a duck hunter, Leon Wright has seen it all.

The Magic touch • A new dog joins Gary Hall’s canine cavalry.

Making a bullet baffle • In the first in a short series on how to test and compare bullets, Kevin White shows you how to make a simple bullet baffle

SHOOTER’S SHOWCASE

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Teething troubles • Used guns – and sometimes new ones – don’t always work when you get them

BACON BUSTERS

Hound bound • Jared sees the light and it leads him to the dogs