What I like about the drum is that it allows you to use more worn darts that have softer foam. This is because they won’t get crushed in the magazine, and instead are in their little individual plastic slots. If you use the stiffer foam darts from Worker or Sabre, this isn’t a super big deal. But if you don’t have a lot of money to spend on darts and don’t want to lose your “good ones”, you can blast away your used DZ rubies and embers at close to 200fps without worrying as much about jams, squibs, etc. The main downside for me is if I ended up loading 3 drums, I don’t have gear that would hold them, since it’s all built for talon magazines.
That's a really good point! Picking up spent ammo can be a dice roll sometimes or even using club darts. As far as running extra drums on your gear that can be tough, I would say look for a dump pouch that isn't too deep and run one on each hip from your belt.
The target strike points are inconsequential as you either lower the front sight or raise the rear sight. The grouping is more important as a function of consistent accuracy
I'm confused on your comment, don't the target strike points make up the grouping? That's how I've always measured precision. I leave accuracy out of my reviews because that would require zeroing in the sight for each dart manufacturer. I find it's more beneficial for my audience if I use the same sight, aim dead center, and stay consistent on the distance to target between every review. But by all means, if you have a suggestion, I'm happy to hear it.
Thanks for the shout-out and going in-depth about magazine compatibility. I was hoping to use the Stryker 2.0 for Nerf wars because of the ease of reloading the drum mid game, but it shoots too hard for the 150 FPS cap at the local game. That plus having to have the elbow up while priming makes the drum a less attractive option. The spring is a different size than the Nexus Pro X so the NPX downgrade spring from Dart Zone won't work here.
@@backyardfoam Oops I wrote my above comment before watching the end of your video, where you address the spring sizes. I don't understand the different springs either! I'm an engineer and I immediately assumed they would design around ease of sourcing parts and cross-compatibility between products. Having a different, incompatible spring between each blaster boggles my mind. Especially since the apparent size and function of the NPX and Stryker 2.0 are so similar, they should have the same spring. I spent some time looking at Out of Darts to see if there was a similar sized spring and there is not. This one is longer than every other spring that OOD sells. It's also a smaller diameter than K25 and K26 springs. Whenever Captain Xavier does his "can it take a K25" video on this one the answer is NO.
Hey, thanks for the feedback and support. I made a decision in my reviews to try and keep things as close to stock as possible. The moment I start opening things up it starts to become more of an upgrade video. And thus I keep those types conversation in my upgrade videos. Otherwise my reviews start hitting 1 hour plus mark and that becomes an editing nightmare. I'm working on an upgrade video for the Stryker 2.0 now. Lots of good info to cover so definitely stay tuned!
Do you mean something like a drum that has a Talon mag attachment point at the top? Something similar to the Mythical Drum magazine? If so, I can definitely see Dart Zone putting some R&D into a product like that.
@@backyardfoam a standaard drum, like they exist for long darts, nerf or buzzbee. It mighty not be for ultra competitie nerfers, but I still enjoy them in my nexus pro or thunderbolt for long darts.
That was a great, comprehensive look at the stryker 2.0. Thank you!
Very welcome
Quality content yet again...
I greatly appreciate your support. I absolutely love making these videos!
@@backyardfoam The seagull vs unicorn comparison was amazing.
Great review man
Hey thanks!
What I like about the drum is that it allows you to use more worn darts that have softer foam. This is because they won’t get crushed in the magazine, and instead are in their little individual plastic slots. If you use the stiffer foam darts from Worker or Sabre, this isn’t a super big deal. But if you don’t have a lot of money to spend on darts and don’t want to lose your “good ones”, you can blast away your used DZ rubies and embers at close to 200fps without worrying as much about jams, squibs, etc. The main downside for me is if I ended up loading 3 drums, I don’t have gear that would hold them, since it’s all built for talon magazines.
That's a really good point! Picking up spent ammo can be a dice roll sometimes or even using club darts. As far as running extra drums on your gear that can be tough, I would say look for a dump pouch that isn't too deep and run one on each hip from your belt.
The target strike points are inconsequential as you either lower the front sight or raise the rear sight. The grouping is more important as a function of consistent accuracy
I'm confused on your comment, don't the target strike points make up the grouping? That's how I've always measured precision. I leave accuracy out of my reviews because that would require zeroing in the sight for each dart manufacturer.
I find it's more beneficial for my audience if I use the same sight, aim dead center, and stay consistent on the distance to target between every review.
But by all means, if you have a suggestion, I'm happy to hear it.
Thanks for the shout-out and going in-depth about magazine compatibility. I was hoping to use the Stryker 2.0 for Nerf wars because of the ease of reloading the drum mid game, but it shoots too hard for the 150 FPS cap at the local game. That plus having to have the elbow up while priming makes the drum a less attractive option. The spring is a different size than the Nexus Pro X so the NPX downgrade spring from Dart Zone won't work here.
I might have a solution for the NPX spring program....more to come! Thanks for the support
@@backyardfoam Oops I wrote my above comment before watching the end of your video, where you address the spring sizes. I don't understand the different springs either! I'm an engineer and I immediately assumed they would design around ease of sourcing parts and cross-compatibility between products. Having a different, incompatible spring between each blaster boggles my mind. Especially since the apparent size and function of the NPX and Stryker 2.0 are so similar, they should have the same spring. I spent some time looking at Out of Darts to see if there was a similar sized spring and there is not. This one is longer than every other spring that OOD sells. It's also a smaller diameter than K25 and K26 springs. Whenever Captain Xavier does his "can it take a K25" video on this one the answer is NO.
Dart zone just released a spring set for the stryker. Goes down to about 150 i think.
@@computersandkeyboards I just ordered a set!
Will the worker 15 curve magazine with blaster too
Unfortunately I don't have one to test. Sorry about that.
Why can't you see if there's a removal cap in the back? Just look, it's right next to you
Hey, thanks for the feedback and support. I made a decision in my reviews to try and keep things as close to stock as possible. The moment I start opening things up it starts to become more of an upgrade video. And thus I keep those types conversation in my upgrade videos. Otherwise my reviews start hitting 1 hour plus mark and that becomes an editing nightmare.
I'm working on an upgrade video for the Stryker 2.0 now. Lots of good info to cover so definitely stay tuned!
I don't get wht they did not go for a short dart drummag.
Do you mean something like a drum that has a Talon mag attachment point at the top? Something similar to the Mythical Drum magazine?
If so, I can definitely see Dart Zone putting some R&D into a product like that.
@@backyardfoam a standaard drum, like they exist for long darts, nerf or buzzbee. It mighty not be for ultra competitie nerfers, but I still enjoy them in my nexus pro or thunderbolt for long darts.