Waking up was tough on the last day of the IWA Outdoor Classics 2015. I had to write about Day 3 by 0700H and I kept on dozing off trying to fire off a few words just to get my story going. I finished the Day 3 story by 1000H, which means I was really slow. Apart from that, I had to pack my things up which apart from my clothes, laptop and photography equipment, has grown into a high pile of brochures, catalogs, flyers. I had to sort this pile and decide which gets brought home and which gets thrown the bin.

Having trimmed it down a manageable level, I was able to move faster packing things up, showered, checked out, hailed a cab, and rushed to Nuremberg Messe. Even if it's the last day of the event, my work is still not yet done.

I arrived at the Messe by 1130H. After doing some updates to the Popular Airsoft, it was time for me to go and spend more time on Hall 9. Hall 9 is mainly comprised of Tactical Gear vendors and many are familiar names to most of you but some are new players.

Lawrence Holsworth of Hyde Definition was at the Tactical Trim booth, all decked in PenCott GreenZone. The Tactical Trim has some interesting gear which I suggest that you check out, but since most of the Tactical Trim guys were busy talking to other visitors so I just took photos of the products.

Direct Action has interesting pouches, vests and rigs. This company is a venture of Helikon-Tex focusing more on tactical gear with the aim of becoming a major player especially in the US. Their magazine pouches are versatile, able to take in several types magazines. The vest is light and nice to hold (how I wish I could bring it home). For those who want to order their products, they may have to wait longer as they are still testing these with the Polish SpecOps Troops, GROM, and getting feedback from them to improve their products.

Going around Hall 9 is a wet dream for any geardo as many are mouth-watering stuff and if they can take my money, whatever is left of it after our night out, I could've filled up my bag with all the gear that I fancied in Hall 9, which is basically most of what was on display. You will find Team Wendy, 5.11 Tactical, Revision Military, Mechanix Wear, Helikon-Tex, Arc'teryx LEAF, Bates, Surefire, Warrior Assault Systems, and many, many more.

Hall 9 is the final area for me before I ended my IWA Outdoor Classics 2015 coverage, but I still have to go back to Hall 7 to give my thanks to those who have accommodated me. Paul Chu  of RedWolf Airsoft wasn't done with me and insisted that I test fire the RWA Nighthawk GRP Recon CO2 Pistol, which Dom likes a lot. The firing is really crisp and the kick was awesome. My shot grouping was good and all 7 rounds that Paul put into the magazine were so close to each other. Definitely I'm impressed, though I will need around US$1,200 to really impress myself on getting one.

I almost forgot to visit the Umarex Booth and in the past days, it was full of people checking their products and they do have probably the biggest exhibit floor space of the event as far as I am concerned. Other airsoft news outlets have already posted news about the upcoming Umarex/VFC HK G28 DMR Rifle and I do have a personal liking for that rifle. It was on display in with the now familiar RAL8000 colour. Bjorn of Umarex explained to me that they will coming up with the semi as the real steel one is semi-auto but if the airsoft market demands it, a full auto version will be coming out. This is the designated marksman rifle by the German Military and it's based on the MR308 which is a competition rifle that is being sold in the civilian market, especially in the US. It is really a sight to behold and looks like that Umarex/VFC/Elite Force Guns have something that will surely be a good seller this year.

It was almost 1445 when I went back to the Press Room to file certain reports and upload the photos taken from Day 3.  The results for the IWA Outdoor Classics 2015 has been impressive and is getting bigger and more international each year. For this year, there were 1,383 exhibitors and over 41,000 visitors from all over the world.

Past 1600 it was off to the Nuremberg Airport for me. Just like last year, I always leave this city with a smile as it was a warm and sunny day which signals that Spring is around the corner. Whilst I looked forward to resting getting back to London, I realised that rest may have to wait a little longer as there still some individual news posts from the IWA 2015 to be filed and videos to edit and upload.

Airsoft's presence is definitely much bigger at the IWA & Outdoor Classics with manufacturers, especially from Taiwan are now putting the event in their calendars of events to attend to. We hope that even more vendors and manufacturers in the industry will be having their presence next year.

See you Nuremberg next year.

More Day 4 photos at the Popular Airsoft Facebook Page.