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.

SHOT Expo’s strong return • SHOT Expo was the first big gun show since COVID. There are more coming

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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 He left us with scores of unpublished answers to readers’ queries.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.

The .22-250 fills the bill

Tahr before the fall • After scoring his first tahr in the NZ mountains, Mitch Basile’s hunt of a lifetime becomes a hellish battle to survive

Chiappa 1892 Alaskan Takedown • This short and sweet .357 lever-gun works with deadly effect

Building on a Bergara • Graham Park embarks on a family project, building a lightweight and super-accurate Bergara rimfire rifle

GPO Spectra 4x 2.5-10x44i rifle scope • This sub-$1000 optic has the specs of the ideal hunting scope

Authentic opinions • What makes one opinion better than the next?

Keeping it simple • Shooting on the cheap has its benefits

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH PHOTO COMPETITION

Mountain brute • When Paul Elder’s deer season was over, he got onto a monster boar!

WIN VANGUARD GEAR FROM HUNTING DEPOT! • The Hunting Depot Hunter’s Diary competition is open to your hunting story of 200-400 words with at least one high-resolution digital photo. Simply send it with your contact details to mickmatheson@yaffa.com.au.

A voice on your shoulder • You and your mates can keep each other on top of your game when hunting. Dylan Smith explains how

Guiding right • Jasper Dulhunty gets the adrenaline going on the trials and highs of guiding in new country

Battle rifles and western boars • A young bloke makes his first score on pigs with his full-wood .303. John Dol was there to record it

SHOOTER’S SHOWCASE

A new rimfire: the 21 Sharp • With a quiet toot of trumpets, Winchester announces a genuine jacketed-bullet rimfire

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BACON BUSTERS

More to the hunt • Sometimes it takes new eyes to see the things you take for granted