All Entries in the "Hunting and Shooting News" Category
Nioa Headquarters – Warehouse Tour
Back in June I was lucky enough to be invited to Nioa Trading’s warehouse in Brisbane for a writers event. One of the things we did was a tour of the Nioa Warehouse. One part of the tour I didn’t take any photos of was the display area of all of Nioa’s products (aside from [...]
Yep! They’ve Done it Hoppe’s No.9 Air Freshener
Can you believe it? That unmistakeable gun cleaning smell of Hoppes No.9 now comes in an air freshener. The Gun Blog sums it up best: “As the saying goes… using Hoppe’s as cologne (or an air freshener) may not attract many girls, but it will attract the right kind.” Interesting and I think as soon [...]
Cool New Belt From Ridgeline plus Pigs!
Saw this belt at Simpson Sports yesterday, thought it looked good. Don’t know pricing yet but I think it’s going to be
New Gun Safes & Gun Care Products From Winchester
Winchester Australia have just released their new gun safe and gun care lines. The full range of safes come in 6,8,16,20 and 26 gun safes. All feature a 3mm steel body with the 20 gun safe offering a 30 minute fire resistance rating and the 26 Winchester Supreme Gun Safe offering a whopping 120 minutes [...]
A Word From The Shooters & Fishers Party
Dear Friends As you are aware Australians will be voting in the Federal election on 21 August. With the Labor Government “on the nose” political analysts expect the Greens to increase their vote significantly, especially in the Senate. A swing of just a few percent would see the Greens with as many as 8 Senate [...]
Robert Borsak takes Vacant Shooters Party Seat
Robert Borsak has taken the vacant Shooter’s and Fishers party seat left by the tragic passing of Roy Smith. Robert has resigned as chairman of the game council. Robert Borsak was in line to pick up the third seat in the NSW legislative council in the coming election. No word on who will go into [...]
Wolves Back on Endangered Species List.
Wolves are back on the endangered species list in Idaho and Montana after US District Court Judge Donald Molloy ruled that they are to be placed back on the list after 09’s wolf hunting season. Sad news for ranchers and predator hunters in those areas. From what I understand wolves can do huge damage to [...]
Pentax’s Ultimate Zoom Hunting Scope.
Pentax released the Ultimate Zoom, a hunting scope that has no adjustable power ring but an electric motor that controls the power of the 3-15x50mm scope. Instead of the power ring it has a remote switch for controlling the power of the hunting scope. I really am failing to see the benefit of this over [...]
Who are SAAMI & What Do They Do?
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute or SAAMI (Pronounce Sammy) is an association of US Firearm and ammunition manufacturers and are the people who set standards within the firearms industry. They are a US industry organisation who’s job it is to set standards on fire code, ammunition, chamber specifications and acceptable chamber pressure. SAAMI [...]
5 Questions To The Experts #3: Rob Nioa
Rob Nioa; Owner of Nioa Trading Answers my 5 Questions to the Experts Also of Interest sake I was at Nioa’s 2010 Writers event in June this year. Read about it here with more things from there still to come:
5 Questions to the Experts: #2 – Dr Charles Shawley – Science of The Hunt
Dr Charles Shawley owner of The Science of the Hunt and regular blogger here at Hunt & Shoot answers my 5 questions to the experts. Enjoy. Don’t forget to read Charle’s blog and visit his website.
AusVarmint.com’s Forums on Your Smart Phone
Last night www.Ausvarmint.com/forum rolled out a new feature to allow the forums to be read by Tapatalk which is an app for iPhone, Blackberry, Android and Nokia smartphones. Basically it formats the forum so it is easily read on smaller screens. The full app is $3.99AUD for the iPhone. Visit http://www.tapatalk.com/ for more details. If [...]
