July 2025 - Australian Shooter

Our July magazine heralds a revamped Australian Shooter in which you’ll notice a few design changes and some new inclusions. We start our relaunch with a ‘Lefty’ Special in which some of our writers, all left-handed shooters, offer their take on the sport from an “outsider’s” point of view. Our CEO Tom Kenyon joined forces with regular contributors Mark van den Boogaart and Paul Miller to run their expert eyes over seven modern rifles and assess them in left-handed configuration. But don’t think these firearms are exclusively for the lefties, as they’re all available in right-hand mode too, so this is good information all round. We also have an eclectic mix of other lefty articles, from hand and eye dominance, putting together a custom-built left-handed hunting rifle and we hear the views of Aussie Olympian Aislin Jones who tells us what it’s like being an elite lefty shooter. Elsewhere this issue we launch Leaders in the Field, a new regular feature where some of the sport’s ‘go-getters’ open up on what they do and what it took to be where they are today. Of course all our usual columns are still on board along with Top Shots and Letters to the Editor so, before ‘normal service’ is resumed next month, let’s dedicate this issue to all those treasured southpaws in our ranks and tell them: “Don’t feel left out!”