Something happened last July — the neurons fired and despite not having thought about paintball for 10+ years, I decided it was time to start it back up. I joined a few Facebook groups, re-joined MCB, and the rest is history. Photo below is the current collection with each marker and sometimes even accessories having a rhyme, reason, or connection to my 15 year old self (hakko red dot on the longbow, being a sucker for Dye UL barrels, etc). I’ve re-learned many lessons over the last year and already bought some stuff only to re-sell it because it wasn’t scratching the itch. I’ve completely tore apart mags (only to have to send them in to Bearded Works) and reminded myself how damn frustrating this stuff can be when you can’t figure out where/why the thing is broke. I still have a few more I’d like to hunt down and build up, but man has it proven tough to find a lot of the things that were so common place 15 years ago. The soft goods collection, not pictured, is my younger self’s dream, mainly all Special Ops gear (and still always on the hunt). Funny enough, I still haven’t played yet, but shoot in the backyard with my boys almost every weekend. We’ll be heading up north this summer for a month where I plan on bringing everything and letting the kids and cousins go crazy.
Did I overdo it a little? 100%. Something about nostalgia, simpler times, and finding a way to get my kids introduced into something that I was so all in with many years ago.
Did I overdo it a little? 100%. Something about nostalgia, simpler times, and finding a way to get my kids introduced into something that I was so all in with many years ago.
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