And The Friends of the NRA Gun of the Year is . . . the Montana Rifle Company American Legends Rifle! Wait. What? It’s still 2015. Who voted? Yes well, that’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works. The MRC’s building 1500s bolt-action ALRs in .300 Win Mag “exclusively” for Friends of the NRA fund raising events in 2016. Which accounts for the fact that the rifle “features laser engraving of the Friends of NRA logo and ‘Gun of the Year 2016’ text in gold Cerakote on the floor plate.” Now how much would you pay? Seriously. How much? What if I throw in a rubber chicken dinner? Now if they’re auctioning it with that hat . . .