As Australia continues its fight to control the ever-growing hordes of feral animals on the rampage, both primary producers and recreational hunters alike need every advantage available to them. And that’s where advancements in technology are vital, as demonstrated in this month’s cover story where Chris Redlich went in search of feral pigs and wild dogs with the help of the new Pulsar Telos XG-50 thermal monocular, making the most of its long-range and zoom features to put a few more predators on the ground. And speaking of long-range, Paul Miller has run the numbers on a superb rifle/scope combination from Remington and Leupold which opened his mind to the possibility of expanding his own hunting limits from 300m to around 500m. Still on rifles and Con Kapralos has got to grips with the latest bolt-action offering from Serbian player Zastava in their LK M70, which he reckons is aimed squarely at the rifle purist who’s a fan of the popular Mauser M98 action. Of course, firearms are no use to us without ammunition and the experienced Thomas Tabor has taken an in-depth look at ‘the good and bad’ of bullets and the importance of selecting projectiles which are fit for purpose. Elsewhere, Derek Nugent has some sound health advice for every outdoors man and woman, senior correspondent John Dunn turns his attention to bladeware and the ‘other’ American classic, while John Maxwell reports that Australian authorities are getting better at tracking 3D-printed guns.