Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20160502014611

You know how I said the Stryfe was the Nerf equivalent of an Uzi ? Well that got me to thinking about taking off the stock, replacing the drum with a clip, and wielding it as a machine pistol. And I gotta say, I kind of like it. I found a cheap professional red dot sight and threw it on the Stryfe the other week. Even in the pistol configuration it's still helpful for sighting. Plus, it looks boss on top of the Stryfe. If you've got a spare $9 bucks, it's a must-do.

I think I've mentioned that this particular Stryfe has Worker flywheels. I can't stress enough what a difference these make in the performance of the blaster. They're concave, and have teeth. So instead of skidding along the top and bottom of the dart, it grabs the dart all the way around, bites into it, and flings it out. There's no dart burn of these flywheels, and no scorch marks on the darts. So for that fact alone I really like these flywheels. They're also more consistent, which means you have more control, and dare I say it, better accuracy.

There's also less recovery time on the motors, so the rate of fire is consistently excellent, much better than my Demo with faster motors. The other benefit is that it fires many types of darts that other flywheelers hate. With the exception of certain dome headed darts, everything else works great.

So I guess the lesson learned here is that the Stryfe has more than one personality. It's a great high-cap assault weapon, as well as a nifty close-combat machine pistol. I'll bet with a banana clip it looks ever more menacing.

Nerfin' on baby, Nerfin' on. (said with an Austin Powers accent) 