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.

Pushed to perform • Happy hunting grounds aren’t always easy ones

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

The perils of the peaks • The NZ alps offer mind-boggling scenery and great hunting — but watch your step!

Remington Model 700 Alpha 1 • The Model 700 is the ideal basis for a custom rifle, and RemArms gets in on the act with its own Alpha 1

Gamo Swarm Magnum 10X Gen3i • This break-action air rifle has a 10-shot magazine and full-size credentials

Out of the frying pan • There are no limits to how you might cook wild game meat

Keep standing • The best way to beat the gun-grabbers is to keep gunning

WEATHERBY ZEROTECH PHOTOCOMPETITION

Queen of the reds • Graham Pinning finds red deer on a new hunting block

Sit-and-wait sambar • When it comes to sambar, playing the waiting game can greatly increase your chances of success

Hill billy gym • Mick Matheson, saint that he is, goes hunting to improve both himself and the environment

Mission (almost) impossible • When the biggest trophy sambar stag he’d ever shot went over a cliff, Tony Pizzata wasn’t going to leave it behind

Hey, good lookin’! • If Gary Hall looks like a great hunter, he reckons it’s all because of the dogs

Looking back on 100 years and bold plans for the future

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

Ultrasonic efficiency • This is a very effective and easy method for cleaning small batches of brass

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BACON BUSTERS

Summer sambar • Contrary to popular opinion, the hot months are the best for sambar hunting