Cool gun, can I try it?

[Python14]

There was a kid who used to go to my field and I honestly don't think he owns a marker of any kind. All he does is borrow other peoples equipment for like 2 or 3 games, then returns it dirty, empty, and broken. I hated him.

But usually, if someone asks, I'll say "Sure man, go get some paint shoot away".

[BTAutoMag]

Thats how i sold my ZRT, i let some guy play with it after i ran out of money for paint and his marker crapped out. he gave me 500 on the spot for it... i was selling it after that day anyways so i thought that was pretty lucky

[hawpunch]

i used to be nice about letting people try my marker, but ave had too many bad experiences with people not respecting my property, that i've developed the ability to tell them no. it's your marker and you have the absolute right to refuse. i get pretty pissed off now days because people walk around like it's their god given right to use your property andywhen you say no, they look at you like they don't understand.

jae park

[Rope a Dope]

In my day sonny paint was $10 a tube, then I bought cases for $120

I get my paint for $30 a case and it's better than what I shot back then.

Give 'em paint, it's not free.. but pretty freaking close!!!

[BTAutoMag]

and then i walked 15 miles to school in the snow bare foot with little kids kicking me the whole way...



sorry man i had to

[xmetal2001]

Whenever i let someone try my gun, I just pop off my hopper and hand it to them, if they want to shoot some air great, if they want to shoot some paint they can use their own hopper.

[Beemer]

Originally posted by davidnj

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.





Ya thats what I do. I top it off and say go ahead empty it. They pop off half and freak out. Then I say Thats an AGD AutoMag.

I love spreading the fever for a tube of paint

[Aegis]

Right on, Beemer. Recently we are running into more and more people that want to shoot a mag, and it is really nice to convert the cocker dudes. Not once has anyone taken advantage. I'll spot anybody 10-20 balls to try it out. My son and I have traded markers for a few games with the cocker crowd, but we always came out even. Maybe we are just lucky.

The funny thing is when you come in after a game and they want to know what you are running, then you explain that it is a mechanical rig - no electronics required.

[dinger]

heh, i believe 2 or 3 of my friends that went to the IAO were obliviously shooting guns..

it was either that or they too were telling me about someone wasting away on guns :)

[TheDoveDecends]

if someone asks, ill normally let em shoot a few. But if someone asks to play with my marker, thats a negative. Use my backup 98c all you want, but the mag is my baby. :)

what i really hate is when your talkin to a kid, and they start asking about your equipment.. and they start going through your bag looking at your stuff, and pulling things out saying "hey whats this?".

[Miltonyz]

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.

I would feel sorry for you but you had to expect that from him. You should give him your emag for a week as a true reliability test. Plus we would be able to see if LVL 10 is truely chop free.

[krafty]

Originally posted by Miltonyz
I would feel sorry for you but you had to expect that from him. You should give him your emag for a week as a true reliability test. Plus we would be able to see if LVL 10 is truely chop free.

Benedict Arnold wouldn't take the emag if his life depended on it. It's not "good enough" for his mad paintball skillz!

As for someone pulling gear out of my bag without asking me... I believe a shot square in the nuts would be in order!

[Miltonyz]

Benedict Arnold wouldn't take the emag if his life depended on it. It's not "good enough" for his mad paintball skillz!

He was pretty impressed at colors when he hit 14 over the chrono with my old one. But emags aren't cool enough for him.
btw where did you get Benedict Arnold from. Did one of us spill the beans? You should have seen him a couple of weeks ago when I told him he had an Oedipal(sp?) complex. At first he was mad becuase he couldn't figure out what that meant. After a couple of days we took pity on him and told him. He got really mad then

[Anthraxx]

I have no prob with kids trying my markers out and I'll even spot them a some paint as I can prolly afford paint somewhat better than them. As far as letting any kids use them in a game thats a definite NO and possibly a HELL NO and thats due to I let a kid use my mag when his broke and I was waiting for the next game and his broke in-game. Being the nice person I am(NOT) I let him use it and when it came back the thing looked like it was used to make a Paintball daquiri. Never again.

[Lohman446]

Colors is hilarious - Randy lets some people use his E-mag.

Most people say "wow, this is so much better than the old mechanical mags." etc.

Then I kindly explain to them that as long as I have known him Randy has never had a battery in his e-mag.

BTW... his newest hobby, at least towards the end of the year, is to take a stock Piranha off the shelf, with stock barrel, and still shoot most of us out with one or two aimed shots.