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.

Five guns are never enough • Give us one good reason to limit gun ownership

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Big horns and thick hides • Want to hunt buffalo up the Territory? Better be prepared, reckons Mitch Basile

Bushmeister BA-X12 Tactical • The Bushmeister’s operating system and recoil-reducing features make it a gun for all game, particularly for pig hunting in brush country

Rock Island Armory Model 1400 .22LR • This budget-priced, scoped rimfire rifle provides the performance of far more expensive models

Zeiss DTC 3/38 thermal clip-on • Zeiss goes for a great image, high quality and excellent mounting with its night-hunting clip-on

Spika Terra puffer jacket • This jacket is thoroughly warm, good value and built for the outdoors

CRKT Hunt’N Fisch knife • This is a high-quality, beautifully designed fixed-blade knife

Australian quality • Dylan is rightly proud of his Australian-made gear

Bounties? Maybe, but give us access! • More access, fewer ferals. It’s a simple equation

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH PHOTO COMPETITION

Lucky buck • Mark Sturman’s Anzac Day hunt proves fortune favours the willing

Techniques to sight-in your rifle • Know how, when and where to get your rifle properly zeroed

The generational hunt • Tony “Pa” Pizzata and his son hunt the fallow rut as grandson Anthony pursues his first buck

Bail up, again! • Gary Hall heads bush with a new dog and the old crew for some hardand-fast boar hunting

The joy of dry ageing • Follow the conversion of wild-harvested deer into a dry-aged delicacy.

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

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Troubleshooting your brass • From sorting to seating, there’s a lot you can do to ensure your cartridges are perfect to reload

The simple things • Hunting is a simple sport and so are its pleasures

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