Chuck, I think you're right. As I understand it, only the maker can give a gun a "Best"

And in theory a Best is made without regard to price point - it is worked on until it can't be made any better. But it has to be from a handful of acknowledged makers.

There's a lot of confusion about this - one often hears people arguing that a Mossberg is "best" for me smirk or that a Dingblat is "best" for ducks and so forth.