What is his age and your budget?
I just spent about $150 each on 3 guns with batteries, 1 extra mag each, 8,000 bbs, and one charger to share, but it took a lot of looking around for deals.
There are name of some vendor in that thread that may be local to you, but none were close to me.
I ended up getting one off ebay and 2 from Airsoft GI.
Check before you order, some guns come with a battery and charger and some do not.
Also get a extra mag, bbs and goggles.
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Sponsors posted with I was posting.
If they don't have what you are looking for Airsoft GI has a "Shockers" page with special deals. http://www.airsoftgi.com/gishockers.php
Paintball command in Mandeville sells quality guns and they know their stuff, I've got two guns from them, a MP5 & M4 style, you have them that run off green gas or battery pack, I don't know much about green gas ones.
Also with you being in madisonville, check out gun fighter paintball right in mandeville, in the same shopping center that mandeville party center is in. They have been carrying alot of different airsoft guns for a few years now.