Our April cover story sees John McDougall visit Cobaw Sporting Clays in rural Victoria where he witnessed some spectacular shotgun shooting as part of the Grouse Plate team event. And in another feature piece, Lionel Swift turns back the clock to give us a fascinating insight into the shot towers of the trans-Tasman, one of which now holds pride of place in one of Melbourne’s biggest shopping centres. Firearms under review this month include the Swarm Fox 10X air gun by GAMO, the Miroko MK38 Monte Carlo shotgun and the Browning Maral SF Big Game straight-pull rifle, which Senior Correspondent John Dunn says is bound to find favour with pig and deer hunters as well as those involved in feral animal control. Also this month we run the numbers on a couple of riflescopes – the ZeroTech Trace 3-18×50 and Zeiss Victory V8 4.8-35×60 – and speaking of scopes, Mike Smith explains how to zero-in yours with just four shots. And with all our usual columns and letters page, there’s lots to enjoy in our April edition.