Vincent Hancock, a multi-time Olympic gold medalist and Team Beretta athlete, has been named the 2026 NRA Media Shooting Sports USA Golden Bullseye Competitor of the Year. The award recognizes Hancock's exceptional performance, sportsmanship, and dominance in competitive shooting with his Beretta DT11 shotgun.
Dallas Safari Club announced Wayne F. Farnsworth, Jr. as the 2026 recipient of the Dr. Bob Speegle Outstanding Hunting Achievement Award. Farnsworth, a dedicated outdoorsman with 36 years of ethical, fair-chase hunting across all six continents, was recognized for his exceptional commitment to the sport and his physically demanding mountain hunts pursuing sheep and goats worldwide.
Ballistic's Best 2025 awarded the Spohr L562 top honors in the .357 Magnum Revolver category, beating competitors from Colt, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, Taurus, and Manurhin. The German-made revolver impressed evaluators with its refined trigger, ergonomics, and shootability.
Ballistic announced its eighth annual Editors' Choice Awards recognizing standout firearms, optics, and accessories of 2025. Winners include 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, among others.
Dead Air Silencers' RXD 22 Ti, developed in collaboration with Ruger Firearms, won Ballistic's Best 2025 Rimfire Suppressor award. The titanium-constructed suppressor scored 32 out of 45, narrowly edging competitors from Heresy Design, SilencerCo, and Nosler in the competitive category.
Beretta USA announced that the Tikka T3x Ace Target has been named the 2026 American Rifleman Golden Bullseye "Rifle of the Year" by NRA Media. The precision rifle features a heavy barrel, adjustable trigger, and fully adjustable chassis, designed for competition-ready performance. The award will be presented at the 2026 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Houston, Texas on April 17, 2026.
Kenny Wilson was awarded the Pope & Young Conservation Award at the 34th Biennial Pope & Young Convention. The Pope and Young Club is North America's leading voice and supporter of bowhunting and related conservation issues and projects.
TenPoint founding member Chuck Jordan was inducted into The Archery Hall of Fame. The unveiling of the official museum plaque was completed Saturday morning at The Archery Hall of Fame Museum inside the Springfield Bass Pro Shops.
Badlands has been awarded 2024 Readers’ Choice Gold Awards by the readers of Bowhunting World and Predator Xtreme magazines. These awards recognized Badlands at the top of the pack category for the 10th consecutive year in Bowhunting World and the 6th consecutive year in Predator Xtreme.
APEX Ammunition’s Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Habitat Waterfowl Blend (WS-3) has been named “Best Overall Duck Load” by Outdoor Life. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life’s Editor-in-Chief, tested numerous brands of shotshells over several seasons – in the field and on patterning boards.
The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) American Rifleman magazine awarded Federal Premium Force X2 Shorty Shotshell with the Golden Bullseye Award for 2024 Ammunition Product of the Year. Federal will be honored with the achievement during a special reception at the 2024 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits on May 16-19, 2024 in Dallas, Texas.
Larry and Brenda Potterfield, owners of MidwayUSA and founders of the MidwayUSA Foundation, have been chosen as the inaugural recipients of the 2024 Golden Bullseye America’s 1st Freedom Award. The award recognizes those who have distinguished themselves as standout defenders of our Second Amendment freedom in business, politics, and/or American culture.
The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Shooting Illustrated magazine selected Speer’s Gold Dot for PCCs to receive its Golden Bullseye Award for 2024 Ammunition Product of the Year. Speer’s Gold Dot Carbine will be recognized with the product award during a special breakfast on Friday, May 17, 2024 at the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Dallas, Texas.
The winners of NRA Publications’ 2024 Golden Bullseye Awards—now in their 22nd year—have been announced. The Golden Bullseye Awards recognize the firearm industry’s top products as voted on by NRA Publications’ staff editors. This year there is a new and significant Golden Bullseye Award, the America’s 1st Freedom Inaugural Freedom Award.
Remington Ammunition’s 360 Buckhammer has been awarded the 2024 Golden Bullseye Award for “Ammunition Product of the Year” by American Hunter magazine, one of the NRA’s premier publications. The award will be presented May 17, 2024 during the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Dallas.
CCI Ammunition is proud to be recognized for releasing the most impressive and innovative 22 LR target ammo of the year by Field & Stream. Its annual Best of the Best gear roundup is one of the publication’s most popular features of the year. This year, CCI Clean 22 Hyper Velocity was selected as Best Rimfire Ammo.
HEVI-Shot Ammunition is proud to be recognized for releasing the most impressive and innovative shotgun hunting ammo of the year by Field & Stream. This year, HEVI-Shot HEVI-XII 3-inch 28-gauge was chosen as Best of the Best in shotshell loads.
For the second time this year, a prominent publication has named the Wilson Combat NULA Model 20, featuring an AG Composites Privateer composite stock, as its best new rifle of 2023. This time it’s Ballistic magazine.
Sightmark’s Wraith Mini 2-16x35mm digital riflescope has received Guns & Ammo’s “Tech of the Year'' award for 2023. The Wraith Mini 2-16x35mm thermal riflescope stood out among its competitors thanks to its exceptional combination of digital infrared (IR) technology and a 384x288-resolution thermal sensor.
The National Bowhunter Education Foundation (NBEF) recently named Sean McKinney of Salmon, ID, as the 2023 Bowhunter Education Instructor of the Year. McKinney was honored at the 2023 International Hunter Education Association - USA (IHEA) Conference in Boise ID.