Sporting Shooter > August 2011

SYNOPSIS:

HUNTING:

NEW ENGLAND REWARDS
New hunter/writer Matt Smith on his first foray with mates.

HUNTING HOOK
Beautiful Tassie fallow scouted, then downed by Wayne Turale.

300 YARD VIXEN
The Editor disects a long shot.

COURSING THE CULGOA
Norm Maher reports on a pig hunting mecca.

SUE’S HOG DEER
Gerard Abrams reports on his wife’s massive hog deer stag.

A NOSLER EXCURSION
The editor recounts his recent experience with Nosler’s .224 offerings.

TEST REPORTS:

SCHULTZ AND LARSEN VICTORY
Switch-barrel Scandinavian excellence.

BERGARA COMPACT CARBINE
Highly accurate economical single-shot.

PRODUCT REVIEWS:

LEUPOLD VX-R
Rugged big-game hunting optic.

CARSON 3D BINOCULAR
Quality optic in economy package.

WINCHESTER 42 MAX
Hard-hitting .22 Rimfire ammo.

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Ruger’s M77 Scout Rifle “If you could only have one…”

When Ruger first announced its M77 Scout rifle earlier this year, we Aussies knew it would be of immediate interest to pig hunters, and we did not need Jeff Cooper to tell us about short and powerful bolt action rifles after 50 years of exposure to .303 SMLE Jungle Carbines with their 10-shot magazines.