Guns and Game Magazine

The South Pacific Journal of Firearms & Hunting

(Back Issue - order from the Back Issues page)

January - March 2001, Issue 29

January - March 2001 Issue 29 - Order this back issue from the Back Issues page !!

features

* Shooting Feral Cats
Feral cats are such efficient predators in the Australian bush that they have a huge impact on native wildlife. Removing them has enormous conservation benefits.
Breil Jackson. (page 20)

* The Hotshot Magnums
Taking a close look at the new hyper-velocity .22 Magnum varmint ammunition.
Breil Jackson. (page 34)

* Olympic Pigs
A gold medal shooting event Back o' Bourke, chasing pigs in a bush idyl during the first week of the Olympics.
Col Allison. (page 54)

* Currajah Pig Hunt
Highlighting an annual pig hunt at Innisfail in North Queensland.
Robert Van Der Veen. (page 64)

* Roaring Rusa
An Aussie hunter ventures to New Caledonia and comes home with one of the biggest Rusa heads ever to come off the island.
Simon Webster. (page 26)

* The .410 Shotgun
Is it more than just a snake gun? Availability, ammunition, reloading and field use of the .410 shotgun.
John McDougall. (page 40)

* Tracking a Pig
Fitting a tracking device to a wild pig on the Western Plains of New South Wales to plot his movements under a variety of situations and conditions.
Breil Jackson. (page 46)

regulars

* What's News?
New ADI Reloading Guide and New Powders from ADI; Remington Gordon Case; Winchester Bushman 43 Sport Plus Shotgun load; Nightforce NXS Scopes; Barnes Expander Shotgun Slugs; Magtech Primers; Miall’s Gun Shop Colour Case Hardening; Meindl Makalu Boots; Blazer Rifle Scopes; Lyman Super Moly; Outers Deluxe Cleaning Kit; Disk Skinner Leather Dressing; Sambar Safari Video; Burning Memories of Australia and Biji Bush Qubes.

* Grub in the Scrub