What is a good marker for a 10 year old.

[Vendetta]

I'm buying a present for my nephew. He played for the first time a few weeks ago, and it is the only thing he can talk about. Are there any markers designed for kid sized hands?

[Torbo]

no not really. But however, a good choice if youre looking for smaller, would be a nice mechanical spyder. Id say tippmann, but theyre longer, which may be in this case bad.

[dwab3000]

you could probably build him a nice mech spyder (almost all of the parts are for sale or offered as a replacement part)

look into the 50/fifty frame

[GShoaf]

Check out the Paradox line of markers from Syndacet. (SP)
They have some of the smallest grips around and are very comfortable for small hands, as well as reasonably priced. They take sypder barrels and internals. as well as front block. So Check them out they are all metal construction so you don't lose quality and are the standard blow back openbolt.

[Vendetta]

I'll check that 50/50 out.

I can't believe no one is building markers for kids. It could be a huge market.

[Load SM5]

Not really for kid-sized hands that I know of, but grips can be made a bit smaller by getting rid of the fatter wrap-around grips and going with some panels.

[can'tthink of1]

Just get him a spyder xtra.

[Vanced]

The spyder is probably the best choice for a minor investment for a youth...

But when it comes to grip size I doubt there is much smaller than our very own classic grip frame ?

[RaiderBack31]

Whatever you do, do NOT purchase markers from Brass Eagle. Especially the horribly cheap pump-action ones. They chop almost every other ball.

[InexactMelissa]

My son has no problem handling his Spyder Xtra, and it only cost about 80 bucks.

[tony3]

03 shocker, 45/45 maxflo, revvy

[No sKiLLz]

Dm4.

J/k.

[Vendetta]

I think spyder is the way to go.

[Creative Mayhem]

I think spyder is the way to go.

I would suggest a mag. Why? Not because this is a mag forum... but for a few main reasons..

1) As Vanced has noted, you can't get a grip/frame combo as small as the mag

2) The ease of use that goes along with the mag is great for kids.

3) The sheer reliability of the mag CANNOT be beat. They are virtually indestructable.


I have had my minimag for almost 12yrs now, and I have never had any issues, and its been used by many kids as a loaner, never did it break down, never did it let the kids down(providing they don't shoot all their paint right away as many kids do ) IMHO you really can't get ans easier gun for the use of youngsters. The cost may be a little more, but you can prolly find a good classic for ~$250

[kauai_paintball]

I agree, give him a mag. Not only will he not be asking for a better gun in 3 weeks, he will probably never need another gun, and he dosent need to be a genius of mechanically inclined to fix it, IF it breaks. A guy I know dragged his through a mud puddle(not reccomended) and picked it up and it still shot fine. the standard carbon fiber frame is pretty thin, and he could get his hand around it better, and when he outgrows it, you got the hair trigger out by then or the intelli.