“golden bullseye”

Last year Savage Arms wowed consumers with the introduction of its A17—winner of our Golden Bullseye Award for Rifle of the Year—so a line expansion was inevitable. The company delivered the first of what should likely be many A17 variants at SHOT Show. Coming in 2016 are Sporter models of the award-winning rifle.

Associate Editor Jon Draper takes a look at some of 2016's top new shotgun offerings.

Here are four things you need to know about Winchester's new Varmint X shotshell.

If you've been paying attention to AmericanHunter.org of late, you'll have heard that we announced the Savage Arms A17 would receive our Golden Bullseye Award for "Rifle of the Year" at the impending 2016 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Louisville. With all of that in mind, it should come as no surprise that, for 2016, Savage announced a line expansion. In this case, I'm talking about the new A17 Sporter and A17 Target models. Here are five things you need to know.

When American Hunter announced its 2016 Golden Bullseye honorees late last year, it did indeed name products in 10 categories that met or exceeded those standards. One of the standouts—and a seasonably relevant one, too—was the 2016 Ammo of the Year: Winchester’s Shot-Lok.

Meet American Hunter's 2016 Shotgun of the Year, the Weatherby Element.

Meet our 2016 Rifle of the Year, the Savage Arms A17.

Browning's new line of packs, produced by licensee Signature Products Group, collectively were named our 2016 Gear of the Year.

Meet our 2016 Ammunition Product of the Year, Winchester's Shot-Lok technology.