NASGW & POMA Announce Finalists for the 2025 Caliber Awards

Ankeny, IA (September 24, 2025) – The Nationwide Affiliation of Sporting Items Wholesalers (NASGW) in partnership with the Skilled Out of doors Media Affiliation (POMA), has chosen the highest three merchandise in seven classes together with Finest New Rifle, Finest New Handgun, Finest New Shotgun, Finest New Ammunition, Finest New Optic, Finest New Accent, and Finest New Suppressor. An impartial panel of 18 business judges, comprised of NASGW members and POMA members, chosen the finalists in every class. In an effort to qualify, producers wanted to be a NASGW member in good standing and the product will need to have been publicly launched after November 1st, 2024. 

“As soon as once more, it was one other sturdy 12 months for Caliber Awards submissions,” stated Kenyon Gleason, NASGW president. “When the market will get powerful, this business innovates. There was a wide range of actually nice new merchandise and concepts to select from this 12 months, making the voting difficult to pick out only one product in every class.”

For the ninth consecutive 12 months, the Caliber Awards provide a singular, unbiased method to recognizing and honoring product innovation within the taking pictures sports activities business. The voting panel is comprised of the individuals who purchase and promote these merchandise each day in addition to the media members who check, evaluation and report on these merchandise within the area.

“Over the previous eight years the Caliber Awards have develop into a staple within the taking pictures sports activities business,” stated POMA Govt Director, Rob Sexton. “POMA is proud to contribute our members’ information and experience in voting for this 12 months’s Caliber Award. “

The panel narrowed down submissions in every class to 3 finalists. Judges had been requested to contemplate the distinctiveness, market want, worth of the product, ingenuity, and presentation. The finalists for this 12 months’s Caliber Awards are:

Finest New Accent

American Out of doors Manufacturers – Caldwell Lead Sled MAX

Hornady – Excessive Pace 3-in-1 Energy Case Trimmer

Radian Weapons –  AFTERBURNER + RAMJET FOR Glock G43X

Finest New Ammunition

CCI Ammunition – UpperCut 22 WMR

Hornady – Backcountry Protection

Federal Ammunition – 7mm Backcountry Cartridge

Finest New Handgun

CZ USA – Shadow 2 Carry

Ruger – RXM Pistol

Smith & Wesson – M&P Defend X

Finest New Optic

Leupold – VX-6HD Gen 2

SIG SAUER – ROMEO-RS

Olight – Osight S

Finest New Rifle

Henry Repeating Arms – SPD HUSH Collection

Q – BoomBox

Ruger – 10/22 Carbon Fiber

Finest New Shotgun

Axor Arms Worldwide – FS-PRO

Mossberg – 990 Aftershock

Retay Arms – ACE

Finest New Suppressor

Lifeless Air Silencers – Sandman X

HUXWRX Security Co. – FLOW 9k Ti

SilencerCo – Scythe STM

Winners for the NASGW-POMA Caliber Awards might be introduced on October 14th on the annual NASGW Appreciation Dinner to kick off the NASGW Expo in Grapevine, TX. 

About NASGWThe Nationwide Affiliation of Sporting Items Wholesalers is comprised of wholesalers, producers, impartial gross sales reps, media, and repair suppliers – each nationwide and worldwide – all of whom are primarily targeted on taking pictures sports activities tools and equipment. As a commerce affiliation representing the enterprise pursuits of its members, NASGW’s mission is to carry taking pictures sports activities patrons and sellers collectively. For extra details about the NASGW, go to the affiliation’s web site at www.nasgw.org.

About POMAPOMA continues to uphold its custom of selling excellence in communications in any respect ranges. This consists of connecting the businesses and organizations whose focus is the outside business with the content material creators who can assist inform their tales and promote their merchandise.