Full set up 12 year old.

danois

My 12 year old is costing me a fortune renting all the gear when he goes airsoft with his mates. His birthday is coming up so I want to buy him everything he needs to get going. I dont know exactly what he needs apart from mask, vest, boots, gun. Hopefully someone here will be selling all he needs. Thanks

Lemming

danois wrote: »

My 12 year old is costing me a fortune renting all the gear when he goes airsoft with his mates. His birthday is coming up so I want to buy him everything he needs to get going. I dont know exactly what he needs apart from mask, vest, boots, gun. Hopefully someone here will be selling all he needs. Thanks

Some of the shops might be willing to do a package deal on most of that so give the likes of SE-Airsoft, Eirsoft, Hobby Airsoft, etc. a call and see what they say. There's a full list of retailers over on the Airsoft Retailers thread for a more exhaustive list of Irish retailers.

For a brief check-list of everything that you'll need to cover;

• Gun (of your son's particular preference, be it an AEG, bolt-action, etc. although i would recommend an AEG starting out)
• Magazines *
• Battery (sometimes come with gun, not always .. check)
• Battery charger (sometimes come with gun, not always .. check)
• Mask
• Ammunition, i.e. BBs - standard is 0.2g weight (just in case you pick up some god-awful yellow 0.14g pieces of crap by mistake), although 0.23g & 0.25g will do just fine as well.

Optional

• Camouflage clothing
• Vest
• Water bladder (i.e. a Camelbak); you'll thank yourself for buying this when in the heat of summer your son doesn't come back to you collapsed from dehydration.

The boots you might need to sort separately, but a pair of Magnum classic boots should do ok I guess without spending silly money. if you're up around Dublin, I recall Army Bargains on Little Mary Street selling them but can't remember prices. You can order them from UK-Tactical who have them listed at GBP£50 at the moment.




* Depending on what type of magazine (hi-capacity, mid/lo-capacity) the amount would vary, but bare bones; a couple of high-capacity magazines will do just fine.

The difference between hi/mid/lo capacity magazines is that high-capacity hold lots of BBs (300-500 depending), they are manually wound by the player over the duration of use. They also have the "smartie tube" rattle thing going on when you run because all of the BBs rattle.

Mid cap magazines hold roughly 80-120 rounds a piece and are fed by spring so no smartie rattle or manual winding. Low cap are more akin to real life capacity so 30 - 50 rounds.

RebelSniper

Does he have his own gun yet?

whydave

you could try here for combats.

David

danois

No so far has nothing i didnt want to fork out a fortune if he was going to lose intrest looks like hes hooked tho so i will have to get him gear

reaper501

hay i have a shot gun if ur interested it would be better then forking over nerly 100 quid for a pistol

chewythefirst

i think you would be smart to take the first guy suggestions all made seance and a shot gun is not a good gun for a beginner. id look through this site to see if you can pick up some deals or maybe visit some shops to get an idea of how much all the gear is.:)

this is good shop
http://www.sgairsoft.biz/siteapps/25121/htdocs/

this is were i got my gear
http://www.hobbyairsoft.ie/

RebelSniper

Of course be simple with his first gun, M4's and G36's are popular and well priced, For clothing HobbyAirsoft.ie is best of all, For the Guns you should take a look at AirsoftEire (www.airsofteire.com) or Quality Airsoft Supplies (www.qualityairsoftsupplies.com/)

sharpy2010

hey i just kitted out my 9 year old off ebay with a helmet DPM(camo) T-shirt Dpm(camo) Pants, camo cream, plastic helmet with DPM (camo) cover for it plus a DPM tactical vest which hold 4 mags plus various smaller pouches all for 60 bought him boots in dunnes for 5 then all you need is a gun.
I just typed in kids camo on ebay and he has a few packages made up to
hope this helps seeing as he may lose interest and you may lose a small fortune

F.U.B.A.R

I have a Glock 17 gas blow back pistol for €80 in great condition its €120 new in M.I.A

Airsofter01

danois wrote: »

My 12 year old is costing me a fortune renting all the gear when he goes airsoft with his mates. His birthday is coming up so I want to buy him everything he needs to get going. I dont know exactly what he needs apart from mask, vest, boots, gun. Hopefully someone here will be selling all he needs. Thanks

I have brand new goggles & a nearly new gun sling if you want. All for 20 EUR.

RebelSniper

Dont get a pistol as his first gun, Its terrible and will guarentee a bad time.

cfuserkildare

A Spetznatz for €150 new, Flektarn uniform will cost from €10 in rathcoole, helmet from €18, no point spending much on boots as he still has a lot of growing to do so Dr. Martins would do. Good gloves maybe €20. Taurus 24/7 for €95 non blow back means co2 bulbs last longer.

Must ask one question though,
Where is a 12 year old permitted to play?

danois

Thanks for all the advice guys.

I went to the local aisoft shop and bought him a gun pellets cambat trousers jacket a black vest thingy with loads of pockets a full head mask/helmet and it cost me €300.

Not sure if it was an amazing deal but thanks to the advice on here I figured at least they were new and I had some comeback.

I didnt get him a gun sling airsofter01 so I might get back to you about that.

thanks again

F.U.B.A.R

danois wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice guys.

I went to the local aisoft shop and bought him a gun pellets cambat trousers jacket a black vest thingy with loads of pockets a full head mask/helmet and it cost me €300.

Not sure if it was an amazing deal but thanks to the advice on here I figured at least they were new and I had some comeback.

I didnt get him a gun sling airsofter01 so I might get back to you about that.

thanks again

€300 for that soumds great and Iam withdrawing the glock 17 as its sold

danois

cfuserkildare wrote: »

A Spetznatz for €150 new, Flektarn uniform will cost from €10 in rathcoole, helmet from €18, no point spending much on boots as he still has a lot of growing to do so Dr. Martins would do. Good gloves maybe €20. Taurus 24/7 for €95 non blow back means co2 bulbs last longer.

Must ask one question though,
Where is a 12 year old permitted to play?

He used to play in bray but that seems to be closed so now he goes to ashford somewhere.