September 2023

Sporting Shooter

Australia’s top selling and most influential hunting magazine

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Editor: Mick Matheson Email: mickmatheson@yaffa.com.au Technical Editor: Nick Harvey Contributors: Tony Pizzata, Dylan Smith, Chloe Golding, Graham Park, Jared Matthews, Kevin White, Royce Wilson National Sales Manager: Tony Pizzata Tel: (02) 9213 82
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Letter Of The Month
Q I’ve heard that Hornady has brought out the new 7mm PRC, but haven’t heard much about it yet. Do you know the specs and ballistics? What can you tell me about it? Roger Anderson A The parent case for the 7mm PRC is the same as for the other PRC car
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First, It’s About The Hunt
A line from Jared Matthews’ sambar-hunting story should be enshrined in hunting lore as a reminder to us all — well, most of us — of what we’re really trying to achieve. “Not the trophy it could have been but a hunt I will never forget,” he wrote. Th
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The Lucky charm
Ben Williams and I had organised a long weekend of backpacking into a nice, remote location he had been eying off for some time but the weather gods weren’t playing the game. We had about 100mm of rain over 24 hours and with the foliage being so thic
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Weatherby Vanguard II
THE famous Vanguard rifle was first added to the Weatherby family back in 1970 as a less powerful and less costly bolt-action rifle to boost sales by appealing to buyers who wanted a Weatherby but couldn’t afford a Mark V. Roy Weatherby approached Ho
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Ridgeline Steady Rest
DO you often throw a pillow or sleeping bag on the bonnet, let loose a few shots at a tree or rock at some unknown distance and then go off hunting, thinking she’ll be right? Instead of wobbling the crosshairs on target and pulling the trigger as the
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Rigby’s Australian limited-edition .450
RIGBY rifles are rightly highly regarded in shooting circles for their quality and craftsmanship — and one of their latest offerings combines the best of British gunsmithing with a uniquely Australian aspect and purpose. THE Rigby Big Game Australian
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Got Away Wounded
WE hear people say it all the time. “If you haven’t made a bad shot on an animal, you haven’t hunted enough.” No one feels good about it, and no one likes talking about it because it’s painful for plenty of reasons. A friend of mine likes to say, “hu
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There’s Always More Gun Control
FOR 25 years, Australia has collectively bragged that it has “the best gun laws in the world”. But if that’s the case, why are there constant demands for new restrictions, new bans on guns, and a continued demonisation of law-abiding firearms users?
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Weatherby / Zerotech Photo Competition
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Cascading Pigs
IN the early morning darkness, cold settled over the Australian bush as the temperature dropped to a bone-chilling -3 degrees. Armed with my trusty Buckmaster shotgun equipped with a 1x30 Nikko Stirling red dot sight, I ventured out into the wilderne
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State-of-the-art Stocks
VAST improvements in stock quality, construction and design have made synthetic stocks an even more viable alternative to wood. Shooters have realised the advantages offered by synthetic stocks and most rifles from the major manufacturers are fitted
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Africa’s Grey Ghosts
WE HAD been hunting all day near Kimberly, not far from South Africa’s border with Botswana, looking for Cape eland or their spoor. The ‘grey ghosts’ of the veld are bigger than horses, quiet as mice. They drift like spectres through the scrubby veld
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Foggy Valley Takedown
THE light faded almost to the point of darkness when we caught the dim shape of the first doe moving out of the timber. Like magic, two more shapes materialised, one so small we knew it was a fawn. It ran around, a dark blob against the paler grass,
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Calculating Compound Interest
WHETHER you want more of a challenge, want to get closer, want to be quiet or just want a change, bow hunting is appealing. It certainly is for me. I’ve carried bows frequently over the past few years, seeking greater thrills and challenges. My bowhu
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Shooter’s Showcase
This rugged, three-piece knife set is the ideal kit when skinning and butchering in the field. It includes a handy saw with rubber TPR handle and blade length of 281mm. The saw, which is constructed of 420 stainless steel, is ideal for cutting throug
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Throat Length And Balanced Bullet Seating
SOMETIMES standard overall length — the overall length to which factory cartridges are loaded — doesn’t suit your purpose. In a bolt-action repeater, the length of the chamber throat dictates the overall length of your handloads, but quite often the
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The Hunter’s Life
A young child has a natural instinct to catch small creatures — lizards, cicadas, anything close enough to snatch at, as long as it is not scary or threatening. Some children don’t have a hunter in them and do not go in for the chase but most do. The
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