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Most of the time I was hanging out with the SRC team and we had three dinners together but I never actually covered their booth here. I would like to correct that and tell you guys: Whistler finally finished the whole line of their MP series. The last problematic piece was the rubber hand guard over the MP5 SD silencer but now that’s out of the way too.

These things aren’t that much airsoft related but they are definitely cool. Barrett was sporting three of their guns. And they were carefully placed on the counter so no one will actually walk inside their showroom but customers with fat government wallets. Their black rifle (AR-15) was shown with an Aimpoint Micro: Plain Jane but don’t let that fool you because this one is using gas rod system instead of the traditional DGIS system we got used to on our M4s and M16s.

It was a long day yesterday at the IWA & Outdoor Classics 2010, and I was again nursing a hangover after going out with the top honcho of SRC while Whistler took care of the rest of the staff. But I do have interesting stuff to tell you about, with some leftovers of the second day that I failed to report last weekend, and some new stuff that would just interest you. So more photos, videos, and a long report today.

The second day was a bit busier than the first or maybe I was a bit dizzy by the German beer after going out with Whistler of SRC after the first day was concluded. There's still a lot of people on the second day and no signs of the event peaking yet. I took time to check out what King Arms through X Guns of Denmark presented at the booth. King Arms and their European distributor are sharing a booth in Hall #3 at IWA.

(Editor's Note. Popularairsoft is covering the IWA & Outdoor Classics 2010 for the full five days so expect reports from Dom in the following days.) My first IWA as a journalist. Luckily it´s indoors as almost the entire Europe got a nasty snowstorm a couple of days ago which is pretty unusual in March. It´s supposed to be Spring but instead of sunshine, freezing cold was waiting for me in Nurnberg, Germany.

We were actually expecting some day to day news from the organisers of the first North Atlantic Airsoft Expo which was held last 5-7 March 2010 in North Carolina. Unfortunately, none came after the first report. But not to worry about that, as Thumpmaster comes to the rescue with his blog report at the Thumpy's 3-D House of Airsoft (go check it out for other airsoft blogs apart from this report).

I just love awesome custom paint on a gun but I was always afraid to initiate such a work because I have no idea how it will look like when I am done. I was watching a TV show about custom cars where this designer did all the work with a software first before even touching the paint and airbrush.

Something light to start this week. Ever wonder where Kai Wong is? Most airsoft players who visit RedWolf Airsoft's site maybe familiar with Kai Wong, who was the marketing director until he left the company late last year. Born and raised in the UK, Kai Wong has chosen Hong Kong to be his base in carving out his career, as his family traces its roots from there.