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.

Big boots to fill • How does Sporting Shooter replace Nick Harvey?

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Africa at last! • Craig “Old Pop” Golding spurs himself into an action-packed African safari

Axor Arms Bushpig XT • This new shotgun reloads again at the touch of a button and folds at the slide of a lock

Lithgow LA102 Outback • With an aluminium chassis, short barrel and 10-round magazine, this Lithgow is built to work hard

Ridgeline Tasman boots • These new all-rounders are good value for serious stalkers

The real prize • A trophy can be many different things

Green isn’t always a dirty word • Hunters have an abiding interest in a healthy environment

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH PHOTO COMPETITION

Highland billy • Phil Self and his nephew taste the cold mountain air

Outfoxing the cunning bushytail • Tips for hunting and skinning foxes

The bush supermarket • Mitch Basile stalks timbered isles on a freezer-filling hunt for sambar

Make the first one a good one! • Kyle Usher writes an ode to his old single-barrel shotgun

The call of the culling season • David Hughes does his bit to reduce the population of pest fallow deer in Tasmania

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

.270 Winchester: old and still bold • Marcus O’Dean returns to Sporting Shooter with a fresh perspective on everything to do with ammunition

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Learning your quarry • The best way to know the game is by being out with it