Cool gun, can I try it?

[Miscue]

I've got this a few times, and then have my gun handed back to me with an empty hopper. These kids think other people's paint is free! Well, I suppose it is when it's not theirs.

Anyone have similar experiences?

Or does anyone remember that kid at IAO that went from booth to booth, pissing away every demo gun's air?

[lord1234]

i remember that kid..
and yes definitely,
lately if i let someone try my gun i take my hopper off and let them put their own dang hopper on it!

[Halliday]

I always get asked, "Can I try your gun?" "Sure if you replace the paint." That turns about 75% of them away right there.

Heck, I've let kids PLAY with my Mag when they used thier own paint.

[krafty]

If it's someone I don't know I'll usually tell them "Sure, grab a pod and I'll let you rip off some". If it's somebody I know they'll usually replace the paint without me even asking.

What ticks me off more is to loan a gun to someone only to have it come back not functioning. "I didn't do anything to it... it just stopped working!" That's how my bushy developed it's latest leak.

[danheneise]

loan a kid your gun, you walk away, kid goes "hmm wonder what this knob is? untwists the knob, PSSSSSSSS air sprays out of the gun, kid comes back to you, hey, um sorry but your outta air now, and this little thingy popped off too" turns out it was your lpr , i could just imagine it happening right now lol

[deathstalker]

Originally posted by krafty
What ticks me off more is to loan a gun to someone only to have it come back not functioning. "I didn't do anything to it... it just stopped working!" That's how my bushy developed it's latest leak.

That happened to me, only I was the one using the marker. fire1811 let me use his X for a game back in March and the lvl 10 started leaking down the barrel. I nearly dropped a load in my pants when I heard it! I came back swearing up and down that I did nothing out of the ordinary!

I don't mind letting the kids take a few shots, nor am I opposed to letting them play with my gear. I've yet to have anyone do anything I felt was excessive.

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

a mean little trick you could do, is like turn on the safety or turn off the gun (or hopper) and be like.. WHAT HAPPENED? IT WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL I GAVE IT TO YOU!

[davidnj]

The 3 people that tried my marker (last time I played) were all refs\techs at the field we were at and all of em gave me a loader worth of paint afterwords.

If a kid who never shot a mag before wants to try mine, I'll gladly let him fire some of my paint at the range if it means he might like the feel of a mag and want to buy one.

[MantisMag]

that sucks. if i ever ask someone if i can fire a few rounds with their marker i have a pod of paint in my hand as i ask them. especially at field paint only places.

[Strider]

Hehe, an advantage to the old bodies... I turn my powerfeed off, then hand it too them.

[hitech]

Odd, that's never happened to me. Then again, it's always been "older" kids. And they are mostly interested in how the marker feels with a warp on it.

[speedballjunky]

even worse was right before a game when some kid asked me if he could try my gx4 (this was my last marker, i am now a proud owner of a ULE), so reluctantly i let him rip off a couple shots and sure enough he short stroked it and broke a ball. That was a great way to start the game


*EDIT* Change your sig pic. Army

[krafty]

Originally posted by CoFFeY[NiTrO]
a mean little trick you could do, is like turn on the safety or turn off the gun (or hopper) and be like.. WHAT HAPPENED? IT WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL I GAVE IT TO YOU!

Better still... if you've got a gravity hopper (revvy, reloader etc), drop a quarter into the hopper. The quarter will slide down and cover the feed neck and it won't feed. We do this to someone every once in a while during rec play.

[nicad]

its called a red-head step child.

[IWANTMOREMAGS]

There is one kid at my field who just takes guns and shoots them. One time he took my mag and shot 6 balls into the barrel condom. I saw him with the gun and he was like, "You need to clean your barrel condom." I was like," You need to buy me a new one." This happened right as his mom pulled up, he ran off to his car and they left....
That really pissed me off.
True Story

-MAGS