SHOT Show is one of the largest firearms-focused trade shows in the world. It takes place every year in Las Vegas, and is attended by most major firearms companies, including Smith & Wesson, Ruger, Bergara, Savage Arms, Heckler & Koch, Beretta, Browning, Glock, Taurus, Colt, Staccato, Benelli, Franchi and thousands of other exhibitors. This year’s SHOT Show drew approximately 54,000 attendees, according to the NSSF, the industry group that hosts the show.
Here are five great rifles that our team found at SHOT Show 2025 in Las Vegas this past January. They are listed below in no particular order.
Bergara BMR-X Steel
New for 2025, Bergara adds the BMR-X Steel to its bolt-action rimfire lineup. With an action based on the BMR announced in 2021, this new rimfire rifle sports a beefy No. 6 profile barrel, which is threaded for adding a suppressor, blast diverter or other muzzle device. The stock is based on the company’s BXR semi-automatic rimfire stock, with adjustable length-of-pull, flat-bottom fore-end, vertical grip and multiple sling attachment points. MSRP: $719, bergara.online
Savage Arms Revel Classic
Savage Arms joins the red-hot lever-action market with its new Revel rimfire rifle. The Revel brings a modern take on the classic lever-action rimfire rifle, including takedown capability. Black in color, the aluminum receiver is drilled and tapped for mounting optics, and the Revel Classic also includes a walnut stock with straight grip. Revel lever-action rifles are available chambered in .22 Long Rifle, .17 HMR and .22 WMR. MSRP: $439, savagearms.com
Smith & Wesson Model 1854 Stealth Hunter
With models available chambered in .44 Rem Mag, .45 Colt and .357 Mag., Big Blue’s new Model 1854 Stealth Hunter lever-action rifles are built on the Model 1854 platform. The rifles feature a flat trigger, large loop lever, removable magazine tube and fixed synthetic stock in black with textured grip panels. Additionally, there is a 10½-inch Picatinny rail for mounting optics and an aluminum fore-end with 15 M-LOK-compatible slots. MSRP: $1,399, smith-wesson.com
Ruger Custom Shop RPR 6 mm Creedmoor
Since 2015, the Ruger Precision Rifle—a chassis-style, bolt-action rifle—has been popular in Precision Rifle Series and National Rifle League competition. For 2025, the company has refreshed its Ruger Precision Rifle lineup with an upgraded rear stock and the addition of popular competition calibers like 6 mm Creedmoor. The Ruger Custom Shop variant includes a barricade stop on the front of the magazine well, which sports a gray Cerakote coating, along with the handguard and stock body. MSRP: $2,799, ruger.com
Heckler & Koch MR556 A4
The new MR556 A4 chambered in 5.56 mm NATO from Heckler & Koch USA includes many improvements like fully ambidextrous controls and upgraded furniture. Retaining the multi-lug, rotating bolt operated by a short-stroke gas-piston system from the original MR556, the A4 model adds a match-grade steel barrel (16½ inches), a new tensioning buffer, adjustable gas block, ambidextrous bolt release and magazine release buttons, plus a new angled magazine well. MSRP: $3,999, hk-usa.com
