Newbie Gun

[paintballer20]

My first gun as a noob was a brass eagle Stingray 2, it cost about 80$ for my package deal that had everything I needed, but it broke in 4 months, so if he says he's not sure if this is something he wants to keep doing I would go with that just to get him use to the game, and to see if he continues, or a Tipp, can't go wrong with a Tipp fun a beginner, very reliable, I loved mine as my second gun after my stingray broke, and you can just upgradeing them, so that could turn out to be a gun he wants to stay with and just add stuff onto it with his money instead of buying a new gun, and then there an automag, wich is just as good if not better than a tippman but I think personally, a tippman would be a better gun to go with, for a noob, if he wants to persue the sport of paintball.

that would be my 3 cents (yes thats right I said 3)

[Thermus]

Just wanted to say, Spyder mop the floor with Tippmanns. I've owned both. Spyders are are easier to take apart and clean, shoot faster, abd look better.

[scrumpy]

Ok, he still has to go and figure out if he even wants a gun, but aside from that... I'm pretty sure now that I'll advise against a mag at first, so as to let him get a gun he can learn the ropes with. The TES is sounding pretty sweet, but we'll see how much money he has for it, if it's not very much I'll probably show him a spyder package or something similar. Thanks for all of the suggestions guys.

[Stealthgerbil]

You should ask him what his price range is, and let him play speedball and woodsball to find out which style he likes more. Then get him a marker based on those choices.
For speed ball
A Spyder Imagine, a PE 16oz or 68/3000 tank (dpending on his price range), and a 12v Revy /w Xboard, and a CP one-piece
For Woodsball
A Tippmann A-5, same tank and barrel as above.
As for a mask, he should get either a Proflex or a v-force morph, and a good 3+2 harness (that should let him play most postions).

[dwab3000]

the one is great...
get the one, it will last, has eyes...man its great

[the larch]

Let him borrow your back up until he has played enough not to waste his money and quit. Then, help him make an informed decision. It's like buying a car, there are about 3 gajillion choices and everyone has a different idea about what is cool. Also, I have found that HPA is alot easier to deal with overall than C02 as long as it is available.
I myself, was quite taken by a BK4 I shot last week.
My thoughts have always been that you should let relatives use your equipment if they want so that they can skip that whole "first gun" experience. Who knows, you might have someone to split paint cost with

[Enemy]

ok first gun i would definetly go with either piranah(sp?) or a tippman 98 custom.. the 98 is hard as a rock and weve used them as rentals for years never had any major problems and unlike the piranahs this work even when the internals are caked in slimy goo.. also the inevitable upgrade stage will come and the 98 has tons of ups out there.. also i see less busted 98s than spyders and the 98s ripp.. easy first mod would be double trigger. also the 98s teardown is more difficult but more involving than the spyders and that will help him learn the ropes of more complicated guns.. but when you get good at taking them apart they are easy and can be completly stripped faster than any spyder out there..my opinon best low end gun out there and ive used close to every low end gun you can imagine..mag would be great too but running on co2 is a hassle with mags so take that into consideration!!

[nate2k191]

first i would say get a used mag, because it would most likely be upgradedd already and mags rock, second i would say a spyde, becasue they are pretty good and reliable, easy to learn about and a spyder was my fist gun when i was poor, i didnt say tippman frankly because i have no experience with them, they may be better than a spyer or not, but all i know is that my spyder was a good guun and now my mag is a great gun.

[jetgirl]

Well, id say, take him to ur local and get him to play some games. As Ive had friends that were all pumped up to play paintball, played it, never played it since cos it wasn't their thing.

After a couple of games if he still wants to play, like introduce him to ur friends and show him what they use and explain the differences between each marker. And help him make an informed decision on what he wants, rather than doing what i did since i had no-one to help me. Base what I wanted by how they looked.

Aaron

Now that's good advice. Also, a good, comfortable mask of his own will make his day. If he likes the game, he'll probably go through several guns. I started with a pump Pirahna,then Carter Comp, won and gave away an NW '89, bought a Tippman Custom 98 RT, and now happily play with an Automag RT ULE Pro.

[paintballfreak90]

I say go with the mag. very easy to clean, easy to work and take apart, just one screw to take off and the bolt slides right out. it is a pretty basic gun. If he likes the sport a lot then there are tons of upgrades he can get for it to like a x-valve, warp feed, barrels, intelleframe, triggers and a hell of a lot more stuff. GO WITH THE MAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. for a mask get an invision, it will make his game a lot more enjoyable(no fog, and very comfy, i have one myself)