Paintball players - I need your help

[CityBoyGoneCountry]

I'm thinking about buying my son a paintball gun for his birthday. However, I do not play paintball and I do not know which gun would be a good one to get. So I'm asking you, which paintball guns do you like?

CityBoyGoneCountry Reviewed by CityBoyGoneCountry on 11-18-2006. Paintball players - I need your help I'm thinking about buying my son a paintball gun for his birthday. However, I do not play paintball and I do not know which gun would be a good one to get. So I'm asking you, which paintball guns do you like? Rating: 5

[Smokin EnDo]

How much are you willing to spend. If this is his first gun get him a Tippmann. They are relativly cheap and the most durable shit on this planet. A-5(~$300) 98Custom(~$150).

[S.P.Q.R.]

Yeah, if it's his first gun get him a Tippmann '98 Custom as mentioned above. Has everything a first gun needs.

http://www.pbtippmannpaintballguns.c...8%20custom.jpg

[smoke it]

^^^wat they said

[Frivolous248]

I'm thinking about buying my son a paintball gun for his birthday. However, I do not play paintball and I do not know which gun would be a good one to get. So I'm asking you, which paintball guns do you like?

Whats he gonna be playing? Speedball or woodsball?

Tippmanns...yeah their durable, but anyone fairly into paintball hates 'em.

Theres basically 2 categories of guns. Cheaper ones (100-200) and high-end guns (300-2,000).

I haven't looked at anything paintball related in well over a year, but I used to be real into it. Impulses are nice. About $500 for impys.

Cockers aren't bad either, they're 300 or so, probably some cheaper ones. A lot of up-keep though, he'd have to learn to time it an all.

For a decent first gun, I'd say, fuck tippmann, get a Spyder. Those are about the same price, but better. They're not so bad for speedball and work just as well for woodsball.

Seriously, tippmanns suck. I hated my 98c. I was so glad when I got my Rat Jr. Impy.

EDIT: The A-5 blows guys, that whole cyclone feed is a gimmick, it feeds like what, 12bps? thats BS, revvies feed like...the same, without making the gun extra heavy and all. Plus, tippmanns have shit accuracy.

[Bodom Children Of]

Put down a price range....

[greenmanondeck]

ok go to www.888paintball.com get a paint ball pistol and get a box of paint balls but you will will need to also get a copple of boxes of c02 whitch are only like 3 dollers each

[CityBoyGoneCountry]

Let me elaborate:

He has never played paintball before (that I am aware of). I don't even know if he will like paintball. He spends most of his time sitting on his ass playing video games.

So I'm thinking if I get him a paintball gun, he might get into it and start being more active. He also might not like it, in which case I wasted all that money and neither of us got what we wanted.

His birthday is just 12 days before christmas. This is always the most expensive time of the year for me.

[Tom Swierzbinski]

Well Ive only played paintball once, but used to be pretty into airsoft (dont know if you call it the same on the other side of the pond, but its BB guns). Had a nice metal Beretta with silencer and a couple of mags for £140.

Anyway, if you want to get him out the house a little, how about taking him out on a hunting/camping weekend? Gun laws are more relaxed in the US than the UK. Plus, it allows you to spend some father-son time with him :thumbsup:

[partyguy420]

yea... a father son hunting trip.... i never got that with my dad... cause my dad was always to busy... just go with the tippman, if he dosent want or you dont want to go hunting... take him hunting... come back to the fire, toss him a beer a joint, a smoke, and a lighter... ok, you better wait a few years for that...