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In addition to class awards, guns and rifles entered in the 8th Gold Medal Concours will be considered for the following Special Awards:

The Norman Blank Award for Best in Show
-named in honor of the late gun collector and friend of the Concours Norman R. Blank and awarded by consensus of the judges

The Boothroyd People’s Choice Award
-named in honor of the late fine-gun authority and writer Geoffrey Boothroyd and determined by popular ballot at the Concours

The NRA Cup
-awarded to “the gun or rifle of greatest historical significance to the development of sporting firearms”

The Shooting Sportsman Magazine Award
-for “a contemporary custom-fitted game gun less than $17,000 in value that best typifies the ideal for upland hunting”

The Upland Almanac Award-for “the ideal light upland gun”

The German Gun Collectors Association Award
-for the most outstanding Germanic gun

The Double Gun Journal Awards-for the best dangerous-game double rifle; for the best North American-game double rifle

The William Larkin Moore Award-for the most outstanding Italian gun

The American Custom Gunmakers Award-for the most outstanding custom-built gun or rifle

The Gunnerman Books Award -for the finest side-lever break-action gun at the Gold Medal Concours

The Parker Gun Collectors Awards

The Lefever Arms Collectors Awards