Well, try finding out his interests from the games he plays. Does he play shooting games, driving games etc? If he plays point and click games, at least youll be having a cheap crimbo. Just buy him a foam finger.
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Well, try finding out his interests from the games he plays. Does he play shooting games, driving games etc? If he plays point and click games, at least youll be having a cheap crimbo. Just buy him a foam finger.
Well if he wants to play videogames than thats what he'll want. Getting him something he has no interest in what-so-ever and probably no friends to play with is stupid. I got a gun to play with my friends and we did for about 2 years than it jusdt got old. I still wanna play but no one has the time or motivation to play anymore. Pluse it is very expensive. I could easily blow $100+ per weekend ad thats not counting all the mods I added barrel, compressed air, auto hopper etc. It is fun but you really need fun people to play with or its just shitty. So use your own descretion on buying this for him. I would talk to him and ask him what he really wants.
haha nice...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Swierzbinski
seriously though, i would have thought any sort of gun would be pretty cool for a 13/14 year old. When i was that age me and my brother used to have air pistols, and we had hours of fun shooting each other in the backyard.
Yeah, the tippmann 98 custom is the way to go. I used to work at a paintball field, and we had these as rentals. I think they actually work better once you run over them with a truck and drop them in the mud. In other words, he won't be able to break it without trying hard. Tough guns. Not good for competing by any means, but an excellent starter gun.
Don't forget a mask too. That is the single most important piece of equipment a paintball player could own. What good is paintball without any eyes? My reccomendation would be the JT Flex 7. Good and fairly cheap, lightweight and breathes easy. Go with the thermal lens if you don't want it to fog up.
If you're getting him a paintball gun, here is my reccomendation of what to get for a first timer setup:
1 tippmann 98 custom
1 hopper (gun may come with it, they usually sell tippmann 98 custom beginner packages)
1 20oz co2 tank
1 JT flex 7 mask
That should be more than enough to get your son set up and ready to play for awhile. If he gets serious into this sport, it could cost a lot of money, but hey, isn't that what dads are for :rasta:
I need to get back into paintball, its been years. My last gun I owned was a 2k2 Impulse with the cricket board with an eye, a halo b, and a 68c/3k tank, with lots of little upgrades and shit to the gun. I loved it. I could hammer away at a nice 14-16 bps all day long. Played a few 3 man tournaments, never got 1st though. Man I miss that shit, got too broke to play lol.
Oh yeah, maybe some gloves too, getting shot in the fingers, especially in the winter, hurts like a bitch. Tell him to wear loose clothing too, you'll get more bounces (non-breaking hits) than if you're wearing something that fits well.
tippman are better than spyder unless you are spending over 400 and i doubt you are. tippman 98 customs are the standard in paintball guns as they are cheap reliable and very good guns for the price. i cant stress reliable enough there. they really are reliable if nothing else and trust me paintball guns especially most cheap ones fuck up all the time. also a good thing about them is they are probably the most customizable paintball guns there are. like the s10 of paintball guns except unlike s10's they arent bad to begin with. however i will say buying him a gift isnt going to get him to consider living with you, my dad has tried the same thing with my sister countless times and it just never works
good luck :thumbsup:
oh one other thing too, i have to agree with most of the people here i hope your son has a lot of money cause he should be prepared to drop an average (thats average, could easily be a lot more or a little less) of fifty dollars every time he plays.
take him to play paint ball
my first paintball gun was a spyder custom with snyper scope and barrel with a silencer auto hopper and it was a semi auto, 3 bullet burst, and single shot. loved the thing to death till well u know the rest death do u part and thats exactly what happened dont really feel like talking about but lets say it baked in a house fire
Make sure you buy him gloves. I played paintball a couple times, it was pretty fun. I had a Tipp98c, it was good enough for a first time gun =] Paintball can definately be expensive though.
i def agree with the tipman 98custom too because it was the first gun i ever got and it served me way better then those shit guns that are like 50 bucks
sorry to say and i know i cant vouch for it as ive never met your son...but if u give a paintball rifle to a 14 year old dont be surised when sumeone knocks on your door saying your son just shot em,Quote:
Originally Posted by CityBoyGoneCountry
plus if he does those thngs hurt like hell and DO LEAVE big red lumps when they hit you:thumbsup: