This section offers technical advice from Sporting Shooter's Nick Harvey to improve your hunting.


.19 Calibre Wildcats

Nick testing a Walther air rifle

22 May 2013

A British military calibre failure comes up trumps in a varminter wildcat chambering.

Is a heavier bullet better in wind?

Weight or velocity or both? What counts for long range varminting?

16 May 2013

Velocity is good, weight is good, but what counts most in the paddock on long-range varmints?

The New .17 Winchester Super Magnum Rimfire and others

A recently tested Savage .17 Hornady Hornet centrefire. You can't argue with that accuracy.

09 May 2013

A cornucopia of new .17 chamberings elicits ecstacy from fox foilers.

Wants something different in a rifle

Nick drawing a bead with a test rifle.

02 May 2013

The .257 Roberts, with a little tweaking, is a great all-round cartridge in a nice package like a Ruger Hawkeye.

Measuring shot groups

Nick testing a Redring holographic sight

24 Apr 2013

How do I measure a group shot from my rifle?

Breach pressure in a BSA sporting rifle

A recently reviewed Bushnell Elite riflescope

17 Apr 2013

Will a BSA rifle action handle 55,000-psi loads?

What's needed in a hunting riflescope?

Lens and coating quality count far more than size in hunting optics.

11 Apr 2013

Size does not matter when it comes to hunting optics. Quality counts for much more.

To reliably shoot running game

Group shooting a high-end tactical rifle on Nick's recent visit to Austria

02 Apr 2013

How do I shoot running game?

Effect on recoil velocity and energy with different loads and bullet weights

Part of our Gun Editor's methodical testing regime for review firearms.

27 Mar 2013

What is the recoil effect in different weight rifles with different charges, bullet weights and velocities?

Wants a two-gun battery to handle hunting most game.

Nick out testing.

06 Mar 2013

Q: After a 20 years absence from hunting, I'm now in a position to get restarted. Not wanting at my age to have an eight-gun arsenal as before, I think two rifles will cover all my needs. From my options what would you recommend?

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Avoid danger when hunting

New writer Gavin Adams has a wealth of bush hunting and fishing experience and here advises on potentially dangerous situations and how to avoid them.

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