Keen game-bird hunter Leon Wright shares his calendar for hunting a variety of winged creatures in Australia and nearby southern islands and New Zealand (great advice for the upcoming duck and quail seasons!), while young hunter Julian Bennic shares his story about a late-summer bow hunt for foxes. Paul Miller reviews the striking looking Anschutz 1727F .17HMR-calibre match-grade rifle, Con Kapralos looks at the high-quality Colt M2012 Light Tactical rifle in .308 Winchester, and Rod Pascoe tests Leupold’s RCX-2 Trail Camera System. Beretta Australia breaks into a new market with its range of Italian wines, and we share some insights into the SSAA’s online membership survey.

Don Caswell takes to the field with the Savage Model 11 FCNS in .223 Remington in search of feral pigs and goats, while John McDougall reviews the elegant Fabarm Classis 12 side-by-side 12-gauge shotgun. John Broxburn takes a short journey through the long history of gunpowder, Con Kapralos tests a new range of Sako centrefire ammunition, and several Australian ammo distributors discuss how US politics has been affecting ammo and powder availability in our country. The SSAA also launches Ecology and Management of Quail in Australia, the culmination of years of research and collaboration by Australian wildlife biologist Dr Graham Hall about Australia’s three quail species.