The IWA Outdoor Classics event in Germany is Europe’s leading outdoor, hunting, and target shooting trade show. The event, often called the “Euro Shot Show”, ran February 27th through March 2nd, 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany. The 2025 IWA Outdoor Classics event showcased a vast collection of products for hunting, target shooting, and the outdoor adventure market. The IWA Outdoor Classics trade show is a huge event, drawing over 1,080 exhibitors from 53 countries. CLICK HERE for descriptions/images of over 500 products on display at the IWA show this year.

Manufacturers and vendors from the hunting, shooting sports, and outdoor segments showcased a vast range of products this year. From hunting, sport shooting, and airsoft firearms to optics and technologies, ammunition, knives, hunting accessories, clothing and outdoor equipment, there was plenty to discover in the nine halls at IWA Outdoor Classics 2025. IWA Outdoor Classics allows buyers and retailers from around the world to see thousands of products from hundreds of manufacturers.

Along with the firearms, optics, stocks, and reloading products, there were many booths featuring outdoor clothing, hunting gear, and shooting accessories.

Many VIPs attended the 2025 IWA Outdoor Classics event. Here is Joachim Herrmann, Bavarian State Minister for the Interior (Bayerischer Staatsminister des Innern).

Here is a stunning, custom Walther pistol with engraved, fancy blued metal and deluxe grip.

For more than 50 years, outdoor and shooting industry companies have come together in Nuremberg to showcase the products and services for hunting and shooting sports. This past week Europe’s leading outdoor trade show hosted more than 1,080 German and international exhibitors in nine exhibit halls. In addition, there was a wide variety of seminars and interactive demonstrations.

The 2025 IWA Outdoor Classics show was a great success. We look forward to next year’s event which will be held February 26 through March 1, 2026. Auf wiedersehen for now — see you next year!

SHOT Show Special Episode on May 8, 2019
If you watch just one episode of Shooting USA TV this year, it should be this week’s SHOT Show Special. Tonight, May 8, 2019, enjoy a full hour of SHOT Show coverage at 9:00 pm Eastern and Pacific, 8:00 PM Central. Jim Scoutten’s team works hard every January, bringing you highlights from the gun industry’s largest trade show. Jim, son John Scoutten, and other staffers prowled the 12 miles of aisles in the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, visiting many of the 1,600+ exhibitors. This episode provides a “first look” at the new guns, optics, and gear introduced for 2019. Click HERE to learn more about this week’s 2019 SHOT Show episode.

2019 SHOT Show Highlights: Ruger Precision Rimfire, Hornady 300 PRC, JP MR-19, Kestrel HUD, Manners Stocks, Savage MSR-10, Volquartsen Ultralite, Walter Q5 Match, and much more.

Ruger Precision Rimfire	JP Enterprises MR-19
Hornady 300 PRC	Kestrel HUD Display
Manners Stocks CS2-S	Walter Q5 Match
Sig Sauer 9mm P365	Volquartsen UltraLite 17 HM2
Savage MSR 10 Competition	Bushnell LMSS Spotter with Red Dot