AWARDS

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation presented Rep. Ryan Zinke with its Excellence in Advocacy Award for his legislative support of conservation priorities including forest management, big game habitat, and public land access. Zinke, a three-term congressman and former Secretary of the Interior, authored key legislation such as the Fix Our Forests Act and co-sponsored the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.

Springfield Armory's Kuna 9mm has been selected as Best New PCC in 2025 by Guns.com Readers' Choice Awards. The PDW-style pistol features a roller-delayed operating system, ambidextrous controls, and is available in two versions priced at $1,179 and $1,330.

Hornady has been named the Top Ammunition Brand by Hook & Barrel's Top Shelf Awards, which honors best-in-class outdoor industry brands. Seth Swerczek, Hornady Communications Manager, emphasized the company's commitment to quality and craftsmanship. Winners will be honored at the 2026 SHOT Show in Las Vegas.

Hook & Barrel Magazine announced winners of its Second Annual Top Shelf Awards, honoring best-in-class outdoor industry brands and personalities across 21 categories. Editorial Director Nino Bosaz praised the community response, with awards to be presented at SHOT Show 2026.

Ballistic announced the eighth annual Editors' Choice Awards recognizing standout firearms, optics, and accessories of 2025. Over 100 products were tested, with winners including Springfield Armory Kuna for Best Gun of the Year, Marlin 1894 Trapper 10mm for Best New Lever Rifle, and EOTech Vudu 1-10x28 SR5DF for Best New LPVO Scope.

Elite Force Airsoft recently won two categories in the Random Airsoft Awards. Presented by RGKairsoft.com, consumers nominated products and brands for specific categories. After a review by industry professionals to confirm eligibility, consumers then voted for the winners.

Hornady® 338 ARC ammunition has been named the 2026 American Rifleman Ammunition Product of the Year. Purposefully designed for hard?hitting subsonic performance, the 338 ARC delivers 1.5 times more energy than the 300 Blackout Subsonic.

Federal’s 7mm Backcountry cartridge was recently awarded the 2026 Golden Bullseye Award from the NRA American Hunter publication for Product of the Year. Federal will be recognized and presented with the award during a special breakfast on Friday, April 17, 2026, at the 2026 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Houston, Texas.

Ballistic’s Best 2025, in the Rimfire Suppressor category, declared that the Dead Air RXD 22 Ti earned the Ballistic’s Best 2025 Rimfire Suppressor title. Developed through a collaboration between Dead Air Silencers and Ruger Firearms, the RXD 22 Ti is far more than a simple co-branded product.

Shoot ON has selected the Meprolight® M22 Pro in its annual Excellence Awards Roundup. The new Meprolight M22 and M22 Pro models build on that proven heritage but in a more compact and updated form optimally suited for civilian defense and LE applications.

Elite Force Airsoft recently won two categories in the Random Airsoft Awards. Presented by RGKairsoft.com, consumers nominated products and brands for specific categories. After a review by industry professionals to confirm eligibility, consumers then voted for the winners.

After comprehensive hands-on testing, Athlon Outdoors has named the Beretta 1301 Tactical C as the Ballistic’s Best 2025 Defensive Shotgun, earning top honors in one of the most competitive and demanding categories of the year.

The Spohr L562 has been crowned the Ballistic’s Best 2025 winner for the .357 Magnum Revolver category, edging out an elite field that included offerings from Colt, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, Taurus, and Manurhin.

Born Hunting, an online publication covering hunting tactics, gear reviews, and DIY hunting adventures, has just announced its annual Excellence Awards winners for 2025.

Shoot ON wraps the publication’s product testing season with the annual Shoot ON Excellence Awards. This year, twelve products hit the mark and earned the 2025 Excellence Awards selection.

Ballistic’s Best 2025 has named the Wilson Combat AR-9 (with Glock pattern receiver) as the top-ranked pistol caliber carbine of the year, earning highest honors in this year’s robust Pistol Caliber Carbines category. 

One of the newest riflescope families in the Burris lineup — the XTR PS — has so effectively delivered on that mission that the editors of Guns & Ammo magazine recognized both magnification options in the line, naming the entire family its Optic of the Year. This marks the second consecutive year that Burris Optics has been recognized by Guns & Ammo

Athlon Outdoors unveil sthe winner of the 2025 Ballistic’s Best Full-Size Handgun category, the Sig Sauer P226-X Legion SAO. A refinement of the iconic P226 platform that rose above a fiercely competitive field of nine elite pistols.

Athlon Outdoors announces the Kelbly’s Element Precision rifle as the 2025 Ballistic’s Best Target Bolt Action Winner in the fiercely competitive Target Bolt-Action category. Kelbly’s edged out the field by the slimmest of margins.

NSSF® has awarded Main Line Armory with its coveted Five-Star rating for range excellence. Five stars is the highest rating in NSSF’s star-rating system, which evaluates shooting facilities based on appearance, management, shooting sports development and amenities.