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.

Better through shooting • Shooting can be your own personal development program

Sporting Shooter

Errors in taking quick aim • TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE GURU

Black and white • A true stripey challenge in the Khomas Mountains of Namibia – an African safari dream come true

Wedgetail Orion Hunter • Innovative and Aussie-made, Wedgetail’s beautiful new boltaction is not just a looker

Pard Pantera 384 Mini LRF thermal scope • Pard’s updated Pantera is hard to beat at this price point

Accidental hero • A hero one minute, punished the next – this is confusing

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

Hide and seek • Ricky Howell had almost given up when his luck changed

WIN a GARMIN inReach Mini 3 EVERY MONTH!

HOME IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

A southern hunter’s calendar • Planning – just do it

Sambar tales • Leon Wright has hunted sambar for years – the scene has certainly changed since the early days!

Antler Obsession • A long held addiction to antlers gets Gus Plank out in the bush every rut

Heavyweight haul • Big boars, quality hunting – here’s how to make the most of three days off!

Gun laws in chaos • Labor governments have blown up gun laws around the country. Where do we stand?

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

Two for one • Some lateral thinking can deliver a big game rifle that will also handle small game

END OF YEAR SALE

Choices we make • Challenge or success? The two aren’t always compatible