Quote from: "fathamburger"

Well I've drooled over Irene too

but I still have one requirement to satisfy. The damn guns must be functional and not just for show, otherwise everything's an APC

If you have ever been to or seen a John Lu event you would know the answer to this statement    
Trust me your requirement would be meet. Dave could call one of those the "Debarker"  

You have any videos of these in action? I have a bunch of irene videos and apart from seeing the flares, I've never see any vehicle mounted weapons do anything

http://www.jungle-island.com/images/tanks/default.htm

DAYAMN. Full Auto paintball might be a bit much, but Im drooling at the thought of refitting the guns on all those for airsoft and using them as Assault vehicles

There's also Airsoft Warehouse which I think is up in scottsdale, right across from Jungletoy Scottsdale, but forget I said that.

Reading previous threads it seems like I'm invoking the name of It Who Should Not Be Named around here

Looked up paintball places in the phonebook, pitiful 4 locations. I'll be giving each a call tomorrow to see if they can host, or at least suggest other locations

Bruise factory Paintball 480-218-0088
801 S Power Rd Mesa

The Front - 480 830 7868
6025 E Mckellips Rd Mesa

Gametastic - 480 899 6280
610 N Alma School Rd Chandler

Paintball by Mesa Motorsport 480 924 5200
7147 E Main St Mesa

LOL is that what newbies mostly do? buy crap guns and go to a real game expecting to compete and get owned? not me. I bought both of these actually as disposables for the learning experience.  I'd like to keep my 50 dollar AUG as a backup SMG type if possible, but come real game time I thnk I'd probably have to spring for a quality MP5 anyway.

My first step is small, finding a place to shoot, seeing if I even have time to get out to real games regularly, find enough people to play with etc to make the investment. Once I think I'll be making a full commitment, its full tac gear time, and go for replacing my whole set up I was specifically looking for something low FPS, small ft for my first handgun. Don't want to welt anyone yet, I've seen a video where some guy gets smacked at 5-10 ft at 250+ FPS and even thats not pretty.

This is getting off topic, I'm still looking for locations!. Specifically to fire my AUG next week.

I'm in Tempe, (close to baseline and hardy) and am looking for a recommendation as to a safe private place to shoot, preferably commonly used so locals and authorities at least know of it as a common "practice range" or whatever. At this point I'm a dabbler, so please help me do this right

I've searched quite a bit, "newbie" , "where to shoot", "shooting range". I'm surprised this hasn't popped up, recommending what someone should do after they get their gun (besides safety precautions). I'm not going to be running outside at all until I've checked and confirmed a safe place.Ideally I'd like to test hitting power, safe ranges, accuracy, different strengths of targets (planning on cans and bottles (empty and full), pillows, cardboard etc). A full blown firing range is overkill imo, I'd like to set my own targets and bring my own ammo etc, just need the space.

Its not a matter of waiting for a game or anything, i'd like to know some basics of how to handle my weapon before I even take that step.

Anyhow this is what I've ordered for my newb equipment

http://www.airsoft128.com/xcart/custome ... t=0&page=1 - 10 dollar 100 FPS pistol. Was looking for the weakest gun to practice indoors with that I could still use as a functional sidearm. I'll be sticking with this until I find a place I can shoot outdoors.

http://www.hotspotairsoft.com/hsastore/ ... cts_id/473 - CSI AUG, my true newbie weapon once I find somewhere to practice with it