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.

What a mess! • The unintended consequences of the new laws look more disastrous all the time

Sporting Shooter

ASK THE GUN EDITOR • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Royals on the tablelands • Jasper Dulhunty gets his dream 12-point red stag on an epic hunt. Cody Gearon gets the awesome photos

Weatherby 307 & Magpul Hunter stock • The Weatherby 307 is all about flexibility, so we’ve teamed it with Magpul’s very affordable Hunter stock

Garmin GPSmap H1i Plus • Garmin has packaged navigation and communication functions into a GPS as easy to use as your phone

Swarovski BPH 32-litre backpack • This is what happens when an Austrian optics maker meets a German backpack maker

Smelly bunnies • Shooting rabbits with a .303? Why not?!

A gun lobby is born • There is a silver lining to mess we’re in

PHOTO COMPETITION • WIN A WEATHERBY 307 RIFLE PACKAGE IN 2026 INCLUDES WARNE MOUNTS + ZEROTECH OPTIC!

Chasing the unexpected • Steve Jakovich looks for pigs, finds deer and battles ants

The dam busters • Martin explains how to get the jump on puddle ducks in the deep south

Super buck season • David Hughes’ annual Tassie fallow hunt was a ripper this time around

The trifecta • It’s all wings, fins and fangs for Leon Wright and his grandson — with a fox attack thrown in!

The odd longer shot • Gus Plank and his mate make a couple of perfect long shots during a bush hunt

A gun lobby is born • Australian firearms enthusiasts are under attack from every level of government, but who’s fighting back? Mick Matheson looks at the new shooters’ alliance

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

The .577/450 reloaded • Gordon Johnson’s passion for his Martini Henry .577/450 led to a breakthrough in reloading obsolete ammunition

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I can’t get by without… • An old ad for women’s deodorant got Marcus thinking about life’s essentials

WIN a GARMIN eTrex 22x EVERY MONTH!

Two cuts or three? • Don’t sweat the details until you’ve mastered the basics