Marcus O'Dean

Some effort had gone into bringing a sporterised .303 into hunting shape, as told by Marcus O’Dean. 1. A dog and vixen opened the hunting account for Marcus’ No4 .303. Taken at 30 and 180 metres within seconds of each other. It had been too long between goat hunts in the beautiful NSW Central West...

Gary and George Georgiou, of Safari Firearms in Sydney, are disappointed by TNT’s cancellation of freight services to the Australian firearms industry. TNT has informed all of its firearms dealer and distributor network in Australia that it will cease moving firearms, ammunition and associated products. The letter, dated 8th July 2021, informs dealers that operations...

Brand new to the crowded hunting torch market, this new, distinctive looking, high performance, all-inclusive cased kit is bound to raise a stir and eat significantly into this market segment. They should bbe hitting the gunshops soon, do llok out for them. These great kits are distributed inAustralia by Outdoor Sporting Agencies – www.osaaustralia.com.au  ...

Brian’s bull. by Brian Boyle Heading in and setting up It was good to get out of Darwin and head south on the Stuart Hwy on the first part of our trip into our Back Country Hunting block. My son-in-law Jase was with me on his first trip to the Top End, he was as...

How To Write For Gun Magazines C.T. Boddington – Noted American Hunting Writer Here editor, Marcus O’Dean, outlines his needs for successful contributors’ feature articles in Sporting Shooter magazine. Now I have been reading Sporting Shooter since I was 14. I’d always been keen on gun tests and Nick Harvey’s Ask The Gun Editor column...

Kids’ Books About Responsible Shooting Reviewed By Morgan O’Dean These three books by Victorian shooter and author Glenn McLean are a most worthwhile addition to the family library. As Glenn states inside his front covers, they are written for kids living in the country and those who are “country at heart”. Nevertheless, I see their...

Sometimes the humble double-deuce is a real confidence booster because it eliminates the unnecessary blast and BS that go with centrefires. SMLE .22LR Training Rifle Many readers will fondly remember the TV series Dad’s Army, where a funny, bumbling group of elderly and unfit men joined up to be the last line of defence for...

Helmar Gun Cleaning Range Marcus O’Dean tests a new Australian-made range of cleaning products for your hunting or target rifles. I don’t remember how I happened onto the Helmar gun cleaning products site, but when I did and read the testimonials and the claimed effectiveness of the products, I wondered why they had not taken...

Air Force Texan .45 Calibre PCP Air Rifle The Air Arms Texan Air Rifle in .45 Calibre Well I knew they existed for a while in the good ol’ USA, but thought the “poh-leece” here would not let them into the hands of us LAFOs, because we are just such irresponsible rednecks, don-cha know. But...

Just the other day, I took delivery of a very nicely executed rifle chassis for my heavy-barreled Howa in 6.5 Creedmoor. The model TSP X, designed, manufactured and tested in Australia by Southern Cross Small Arms (SCSA) is a modular Tactical Shooting Platform. I cannot wait to bolt it all together and have a crack...