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Shot fired as farmer confronts poachers

Police are searching for two poachers who allegedly bailed up a NSW farmer who caught them, smashed his mobile phone and fired a warning shot at his feet.

Lithgow to release Aussie-made hunting rifle!

Lithgow's LA101: Australia's own hunting rifle.

Australia is back in the gun-making game as Lithgow Arms launches a range of bolt-action hunting rifles in .17, .22, .223 and .308 for hunters and target shooters.

Contentious microstamping law enacted

Microstamping imprints data identifying the make, model and serial number of the gun that fired the round.

California has become the first place in the world where firearms must be fitted with highly controversial technology that stamps their serial number into every cartridge they fire.

Young Caleb arrives with a bang

Young hot-shot Caleb Pearce, centre, with Rob McMaster and father Terry.

Young Toowoomba rifle shooter Caleb Pearce broke into A Grade ranks in spectacular fashion, posting the highest daily score of any competitor in a strong field at Warwick at the weekend.

Australian Shooters Shine In The West

2004 Olympic bronze medallist Adam Vella continued his recent stranglehold on the Australia Cup series with a one target victory over Michael Diamond in the men’s trap.

Snap Shots

Catherine Skinner, ranked 10th in the world for women's trap, will be just one of the stars shooting this weekend in Perth.

Shooters vs Greens: tonight, 7.30; SHOT Expo a week away; stars line up for Australia Cup 2; coaching awards open; wolf hunting expands; poachers copping it; faulty ammo linked to hunting accident.

ATK buys Savage

ATK, one of the major companies of the global shooting industry, is about to buy Savage in a deal worth more than $300 million.

Hope for hunters in public land use report

Hunters in NSW may get more opportunities to hunt on public lands if multiple-use models are adopted.

Improved access by hunters was not among 12 recommendations made to the NSW government following an inquiry into the management of public lands, although hunting was widely discussed.

Hens takes fifth in Plzen

Australia's rifle shooters, Jennifer Hens and Dane Sampson, have just returned from their European tour, after competing in two international events, the ISCH in Hannover and the GP of Liberation in Plzen.

"Confiscate, confiscate, confiscate:" anti-gun agenda exposed

Paranoid or pertinent? This modified version of an early Soviet poster encouraging civilian disarmament is being circulated as controversy over gun control continues in the US.

The disarmament goals of anti-gun legislators in the US have been confirmed after one was caught in an official recording saying they needed legislation to "confiscate, confiscate, confiscate".

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9mm Colt 1911 due in May

Aussie exclusive: the 1911 will be available in 9mm for the first time since 1990.

Made exclusively for the Australian market, Colt’s new Government 1911 9mm semi-auto pistol will arrive in Australia in May.