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.
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.
Beretta USA announced that the Tikka T3x ACE Target has been named the 2026 American Rifleman Golden Bullseye “Rifle of the Year”, one of the Golden Bullseye Awards presented annually by NRA Media.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Born Hunting, an online publication covering hunting tactics, gear reviews, and DIY hunting adventures, has just announced its annual Excellence Awards winners for 2025.
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.
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.
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.
The DSC Foundation announces Dr. Mike Arnold, Distinguished Research Professor of Genetics at the University of Georgia, as the 2026 DSC Foundation Education Award recipient. The award honors Dr. Arnold’s extraordinary leadership in wildlife conservation education.
Dallas Safari Club (DSC) announces that the 2026 Colin Caruthers Young Hunter Award (CCYHA) recipient is Isaac Powell, a 19-year-old Life Member from Alamo, Georgia. Powell, who grew up immersed in the outdoors, represents the spirit of adventure, character, and conservation leadership that the award was created to recognize.
Jon Desonier, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Lander Access Yes Coordinator and Game Warden, was named the 2025 Shikar-Safari Wildlife Officer of the Year for Wyoming. The award honors a wildlife officer whose efforts during the year display outstanding performance and achievement.
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.
Following the debut of its newest product range at the 2025 SEMA Show, REDARC Electronics has been honored with two Media’s Choice Awards for its REDWorks Power Panel lineup.
The Hornady® family was honored at the Greater Grand Island Community Foundations Gift of Legacy celebration. The Hornady family was presented with the Legacy Award, in recognition of their enduring generosity, community leadership, and deep-rooted commitment to the Greater Grand Island area.