FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2022   ■   PUBLISHING

Ballistic’s Best Names 2022 Editor’ Selects Award Winners

NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2022––The annual Ballistic’s Best issue of Ballistic Magazine just hit the newsstand and the online store, and as the name implies, this one comes packed with the best of the best! Along with our yearly test of numerous product categories by a cadre of experts, our staff editors named their favorites as well.

So in this issue we raise a glass to the 100-plus firearm, ammo, optic and accessory makers featured in the fifth annual Ballistic’s Best Guns of the Year Awards! We evaluated and tested multiple handgun categories, including compacts, full-size, rimfires and 1911s. Long guns hit PRS rifles, hunting, AR-15s and tactical 12-gauge shotguns. But first, we’re naming our winners for the Editors’ Selects.

2022 Ballistic’s Best Editors’ Select Winners

  • Manufacturer of the Year: Springfield Armory
  • Best New Direction: Walther PDP F-Series
  • Large Format Pistol: CZ-USA Scorpion +3 Micro
  • Handgun Ammo: Federal Premium 30 Super Carry
  • Rifle Ammo: Hornady 7mm PRC
  • AR Trigger: RISE Armament Iconic
  • Pistol Red Dot: EOTech EFLX
  • Thermal Scope: Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XP50
  • Value Handgun: Taurus GX4 Series
  • Value Rifle: Mossberg Patriot Predator 7mm PRC
  • Value Shotgun: Mossberg 940 Pro Series
  • Hunting Handgun: S&W 350 Legend
  • Lever-Gun: Marlin 1895
  • EDC Apparel & Range Gear: 5.11 Tactical

Congratulations to our 2022 Ballistic’s Best Editors’ Select Winners!

Get your copy of the December 2022-January 2023 issue of Ballistic to read to full evaluations. Ten pistols compete for the title of best full-size pistol. We compare 11 different EDC compact pistols. Testers put rounds downrange through another four revolvers and nine .22 rimfires as well.

Full testing protocols also compared 12 AR-15s, seven PRS rifles, 1911s, tactical 12-gauge shotguns and the very best bolt-action hunting rifles on the market.

We’ve got all that and more in the latest issue of Ballistic. To learn more about the details in this issue, please visit Ballistic for the full digital overview. To order the latest issue of Ballistic Magazine, please click here or look for us on the newsstand.

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