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The Great British Shooting Awards (TGBSA) crowned its seventh set of winners at the British Shooting Show (BSS) on 14 February, with the Air Arms HFT 500 taking away Airgun of the Year. The HFT 500 beat off stiff competition from the Airgun Technology Uragan 2; the AirMaks Krait; the FX Airguns DRS Classic; the Reximex Mito; and the Weihrauch HW95 S Adjustable to win the coveted award. 

First launched in 2018, the TGBSA recognises the products, organisations and people who are at the heart of the shooting community. HikMicro joined as the awards’ headline sponsor this year, and also picked up awards for Handheld Thermal and Thermal Clip-On units, as voted for by the shooting public. Elsewhere, Simon West OBE, the outgoing executive director of the GTA, won the Lifetime Achievement award, while our sister title Shooting Times & Country Magazine won Favourite Shooting Media Brand – well done to editor Ollie Harvey and his team.

Several awards were handed out during the opening day of the BSS at the NEC Birmingham, with a drinks reception and wider awards ceremony, compered by Felix Petit, Time Well Spent’s group news editor, held in the evening. 

2025 GBSA WINNERS

AIRGUN OF THE YEAR Air Arms HFT 500

RIFLE OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by NocPix) Savage Arms 110 Carbon Tactical

CLAY SHOTGUN OF THE YEAR Beretta DT11

GAME SHOTGUN OF THE YEAR Beretta Silver Pigeon III

SHOOTING APPAREL OF THE YEAR Härkila Pro Hunter Move 2.0 GTX

FOOTWEAR OF THE YEAR Härkila Reidmar Mid 2.0 GTX

INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR Garmin Xero C1 Pro chronograph

CLAY CARTRIDGES OF THE YEAR Baschieri & Pellagri F2 Flash

GAME CARTRIDGE OF THE YEAR Hull Partridge Cartridge

RIFLE AMMUNITION OF THE YEAR Hornady Precision Hunter

RIFLESCOPE OF THE YEAR Hawke Sidewinder FFP 4-16×50

BINOCULAR OF THE YEAR Swarovski EL Range 32 TA

RANGEFINDER OF THE YEAR Leupold RX-2800 TBR/W

THERMAL SCOPE OF THE YEAR Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XL50

THERMAL HANDHELD OF THE YEAR HikMicro Habrok HQ50L

THERMAL CLIP-ON OF THE YEAR HikMicro Thunder 3.0

GAMEKEEPER OF THE YEAR Faye Smith, Dibley Sporting

PROFESSIONAL DEERSTALKER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Hornady) Chris Dalton, South Ayrshire Stalking

GUNDOG TRAINER OF THE YEAR Ellena Swift, Swift Gundog Training

SPORTING CONTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR Bruce Potts, Shooting Times/ Sporting Gun/ Rifle Shooter/ Gun Mart

SHOOTING HERO OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Beretta) Amber Rutter and Nathan Hales

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CONSERVATION Teresa Dent, GWCT chief executive

INDUSTRY INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR Jonny Carter, TGS Outdoors

FAVOURITE SHOOTING MEDIA BRAND Shooting Times & Country Magazine

RETAILER OF THE YEAR Sportsman Gun Centre

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Simon West, Gun Trade Association