Shoot ON, a premiere source for firearms reviews, instruction, and DIY gun content, 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.

The Excellence Awards are presented to companies whose products were tested and evaluated over a 12-month period, and whose products stood out for their quality, performance, value, or for their ability to meet a need in the marketplace.

The following companies and products, as evaluated by the Shoot ON staff, received a Shoot ON 2025 Excellence Award:

• Meprolight: M22 Pro Self-Illuminated Optic
• MantisX: TitanX Laser Training Pistol
• Traditions: NitroBolt Bolt-Action Muzzleloader
• Stoeger: STR-9 Thinline 9mm
• Mossberg: 940 Pro Tactical SPX Shotgun
• Federal Premium: Personal Defense Buckshot w/FLITECONTROL
• Burris Optics: Next-Generation Fullfield Riflescopes
• Dead Air: Sandman X Suppressor
• Benelli: M4 EXT Shotgun
• Real Avid: Smart-Torq Limiter and X3 Driver Kits
• Vortex: Viper Shotgun Enclosed Micro Red Dot
• Fiocchi: SBR Enhanced Ammunition

Shoot ON is currently evaluating products for the 2026 Excellence Awards program. If your company has a new product that stands out in terms of innovation, consumer value, manufacturing quality, and performance, please contact Shoot ON Editor-in-Chief Rob Reaser for consideration.

For more information, visit ShootON.com.