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.

Choices and budgets • If it shoots just as well but costs less, is it better?

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Mission accomplished • Reid Hjorth comes good on a longstanding promise to take his Kiwi mate on a Victorian sambar hunt

CZ 600 American • CZ made a big impression with its very modern 600 series but didn’t forget the traditionalists among us

Beretta BRX1 • As the straight-pull Beretta’s range expands, it’s high time we had a look at the magnum version

Leupold VX-5HD 3-15x44 • Very light with a high zoom ratio and features you’ll use, this Leupold is a top-tier hunting scope

GPO Centuri 6x 3-18x44i • Looking for a compact, affordable and feature-packed long-range scope?

Garmin Montana 760i GPS navigator • Get the best out of navigation and communication from Garmin’s updated Montana 700-series handhelds

A good grounding • Burnsie got off to a solid start that stood him in good stead for well over 50 years

That election? It didn’t matter • Guns are a state matter, so Labor’s federal win is nothing much to fear

WEATHERBY / ZEROTECH / WARNE PHOTO COMPETITION

Black-soil tusks • Alan Pike recalls how he scored his toothiest boar

Good things in small packages • Martin provides some compelling reasons why we should all be targeting small game more often

Redcoat roundup • Tony Pizzata gives his local foxes some overdue attention

Pigs for a change • Leon Wright usually hunts this property for foxes and hares, but an explosion of pigs demands a change of tack

Max’s firt hunt • Proud dad Jared Matthews finds out hunting is in four-year-old Max’s blood

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Can a Creedmoor beat a Valkyrie? • After a discouraging conversation prior to a sniper shoot, Marcus felt he may be at a distinct ballistic disadvantage

BACON Busters COMPETITION BROUGHT TO YOU BY GARMIN

A bowhunter in the making • It is hard but rewarding to get your kids started in hunting