2026 Great British Shooting Award winners

The eighth set of winners at the Great British Shooting Awards were crowned on 13 February, with former Great British Shooting Show owners, John and Annie Allison, sharing the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Launched in 2018, the awards recognise the products, organisations and people that make fieldsports tick.

HikMicro joined as the awards’ headline sponsor and picked up the spoils for handheld thermal scope, thermal handheld unit and night-vision optic as voted for by the shooting public.

The list of winners was as follows: 

Airgun of the year

FX DRS Classic 

Rifle of the year 

Sponsored by Nocpix

Tikka T3x Ace Target 

Clay shotgun of the year

Perazzi High Tech Sporter 

Game shotgun of the year 

Browning 825 Game Prestige 

Shooting apparel of the year 

Härkila Pro Hunter GTX Legacy Jacket 

Footwear of the year 

Härkila Reidmar 2.0 GTX Boots

Innovative product of the year  

Beretta SL2 with Steelium Pro X barrels

Clay cartridge of the year 

Eley Hawk Superb

Game cartridge of the year 

Fiocchi Pigeon BIO 12-bore

Rifle ammunition of the year 

Hornady International ECX 

Riflescope of the year 

Swarovski Z8i+

Binocular of the year 

Swarovski NL Pure 10×52 

Rangefinder of the year 

Element Optics Titan 3K ballistic rangefinder

Thermal scope of the year 

HikMicro Stellar 3.0 SQ50L 

Thermal handheld of the year 

HikMicro Lynx 3.0 LH25

Thermal attachment of the year 

Nocpix MATE Ultra S60R front-mounted thermal 

Gamekeeper of the year 

Scott Mackenzie, Fearann Eilean Iarmain

Professional deerstalker of the year 

Sponsored by Hornady

Paul Childerley, Childerley Sporting  

Gundog trainer of the year 

Ben Randall, Beggarbush Gundogs

Media contributor of the year

Conor O’Gorman, BASC

Outstanding contribution to conservation 

Niall Rowantree, West Highland Hunting

Clay ground of the year          

Eaton Hall Shooting Ground 

Retailer of the year 

Sportsman Gun Centre 

Lifetime achievement award 

John Allison and Annie Allison