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.

Thermals and ethics • If you’re using thermals to find and shoot animals, can you call it hunting?

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • Nick Harvey passed away in February 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 He left us with scores of unpublished answers to readers’ queries.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.

Data for the .348 Winchester Improved

Passing the baton • After a lifetime of hunting, David Hughes believes that encouraging the next generation of hunters is more important than ever

Lithgow LA102 Varmint • If you want a point-and-shoot rifle, the new heavy-barrel Lithgow is it — particularly in the hot little .204 calibre

Howa 1500 Carbon Elevate • Howa jams heavyweight performance into a lightweight rifle

Meopta Optika6 1-6x24 rifle scope • A solid low-range hunting scope, the Meopta provides speed and clarity

Minox Allrounder 3-15x56 • As low-light hunting scopes go, this is as good as they come

From wood fire to centrefire • Dylan mentors a mate whose desire to cook invoked the will to hunt

Let’s work together • Shooting has been divided and conquered. We must change that

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH PHOTO COMPETITION

Five from five! • Andrew Collis rejects visions of Elmer Fudd to bag a mob of pigs

WIN VANGUARD GEAR FROM HUNTING DEPOT!

The hard yards • Gary Hall earns his pocket money on a series of pork-barrelling adventures in the Wet

Close encounters • Zac Mckenzie thought he’d lost his trophy stag years ago. Then he met a legend

Birth of an Outlaw • Dylan Smith documents the creation of a gorgeous and effective longbow

SHOOTER’S SHOWCASE • WHAT’S NEW IN THE MARKET BY TONY PIZZATA

An ode to the .223, part 2 • Marcus continues his tribute to the universal Aussie cartridge by looking at handloading

BACON BUSTERS

Hunting New Zealand • You! Yes, you! Have you hunted Aoteaoroa yet?