Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 11 – 2024 (December) Question: In the past I have always followed your analysis of how our Olympic Shooting Team performed. What is your opinion of the team’s performance in Paris? I feel the Shotgun team would be happy, but Pistol and Rifle would be disappointed. Dean Thomas, […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 10 – 2024 (November) Question: I am curious to hear your thoughts on shotshell velocities. It seems every time I go into my local gun shop there is another brand offering loads that travel beyond the speed of light. Is faster better? Is it worth spending the extra […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 9 – 2024 (October) Question: I was trying to understand what importance the weight of the barrels has on a shotgun? I want to buy a decent firearm, probably a Beretta or a Perazzi, to shoot mainly the domestic disciplines of Trap, but like everyone I guess, I […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 8 – 2024 (September) Question: I am hoping you can help me make sense of the “two eyes open” argument as opposed to closing one eye debate when I use my shotgun once and for all. I have been shooting many types of firearms all my life and […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 7 – 2024 (August) Question: I get very confused by much of the firearm terminology, but I feel I am slowly getting a better understanding of it. I really want to start shooting Sporting Clays seriously once I finish University and I am looking at buying a shotgun […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 6 – 2024 (July) Question: I have a Perazzi shotgun that was handed down from my wife’s father after he passed away a couple of years ago. He was quite a reasonable competitive shooter. I believe it is a “Trap” model with trap barrels and it has a […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 5 – 2024 (June) Question: I am an absolute novice at shotgun shooting and are getting inundated with people offering me advice to get me started which I truly appreciate, but are totally confused about. I have, however, been a keen rifle shooter for the past ten years. […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 4 – 2024 (May) Question: I am very confused about what stance I should be using when I am shooting clays. Many years ago, I was a fairly competitive three-position rifle shooter and the stance I used to use was pretty much standard for everyone, but since I […]
Australian Shooter Magazine Question and Answers Article 3 – 2024 (April) Question: I recently went to a major Sporting Clays competition with my son and we have both left very disillusioned. The targets that were thrown were fantastic, the competition was conducted perfectly, but the cheating was unbelievable. I personally watched referees bullied, mates calling […]