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.

Armed imperialism • It’s time to measure the metrics of our imperialist sport.

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Croak Camp • Mick Matheson takes a first-day fallow, but the highlight is watching another hunter take her first buck.

Arttech Prima SP • This quick-shooting straight-pull centrefire hunting rifle is real Turkish surprise.

CZ 457 Varmint Long Range Precision • CZ put the best of everything into this 457 to truly stretch the abilities of the .22 LR.

Blaser B2 2.5-15x56iC • Blaser offers true innovation as well as superb quality in its top-end hunting scope.

ZeroTech Thrive 3-9x40 • Who says $300 won’t get you a genuinely good rifle scope?

The cook’s choice • Are backstraps really the best cuts of wild game meat?

The rot is setting in • Anti-gun politics is spreading across the country and it will continue if not opposed.

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH PHOTO COMPETITION

Dear Dog Diary • Scott McCahon gets clever about his wild dog problem.

Hunting Europe’s littlest big-game • Nick rated his hunts for chamois and roe deer in Europe as among the best of all

Africa at last! • In the second part of his first African safari, Craig Golding finds it’s no walk in the park.

Bittersweet sambar • Andrew Makeham’s triumph over his first sambar is not quit the glorious moment he had dreamt of.

Fox patrol • Josh Barnett and his boy reckon the ultimate weekend consists of footy, fishing and hunting!

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

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Weighted cases • Vive la difference? Well, maybe. Here’s how to deal with having a mixed bag of multi-branded brass

BACON Busters

Good distractions • Jared springs into action, despite commitments, after finding a cracking stag on a week-old trail-cam card