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.

Putting in the practice • Keeping up your shooting skills and pushing your limits are vital to good hunting

Sporting Shooter

TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU • Letters containing questions for answering by Nick Harvey must be accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. Mail your letters to: The Technical Editor, 3 Reef Street, Hill End, NSW 2850.

More Mitchell mischief • Ted Mitchell Snr joins his son to guide keen hunters in pursuit of bulls and boars way up the Cape

Howa 1500 Super Lite • Howa has built a true ultralight mountain rifle that shoots well and carries better

Steyr Classic CL II Halfstock • The new Classic CL II features slim, trim European styling and it’s chambered for an all-time great round in the .270 Winchester

Leupold BX-4 Pro Guide 10x42 binoculars • Leupold’s new 10x42 Pro Guide binocular is a high-quality optic offering spectacular optical performance in a compact package

Spartan Precision bipods • Spartan Precision introduces a game-changing range of magnetically attached bipods

How near is near enough? • Know when to pursue excellence and when not to bother about it

Winter is coming • If you thought this year was already bad, brace yourself for more to come

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The water skimmer • Stu Loughton loves hunting pigs from a kayak

The .30-30: a lasting success • Love it or hate it, you can’t argue that the 130-year-old .30-30 is not the ultimate story of survival

Twenty times to Tassie • David Hughes recounts the highlights of 20 Tasmanian fallow-hunting trips

Double trouble • In an attempt to cover all bases when fox whistling, Marcus O’Dean and his old friend Michael maximise their options with a small centrefire and a scattergun

The practice hunt • Do you ever hunt with too much gun? Mick Matheson does but he reckons he’s got an excuse

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The dual-purpose .243 Winchester • It may be controversial but it’s been around for almost 70 years and ain’t going away

A handgun before hunting • Chloe takes her first shots with a pistol and learns lessons that will work with rifles

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