Stryk B reviews?
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2CentTactical
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I haven't handled any that came into country however I did shoot one at media day. I was really happy with it. I was far faster and more confident with it then my glock. The bumps on the grip provided a ton of grip, low bore axis was fast for follow up shots. I certainly want one of these at some point.
Lungorthin
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- Calgary, AB
Is it not the same thing as the Arsenal Strike One with a new grip texture, trigger and angled slide cuts?
You really need to shoot one of these to understand why they are so highly rated.
I have a Strike One, I was lucky enough to have tried one out beforehand and was really impressed at the soft firing, low muzzel flip, accuracy of this pistol. Perfect for teaching the boys? Has ended up as almost my preferred pistol.
Only downside I have found to date is that in hot weather the trigger gets really hot after a couple of mags. To the stage that a glove or protective plaster is required. Designed for a Russian winter?
I cannot wait to try the new version, if it is an improvement on teh earlier versions then I'm in.
Candocad.
I have a Strike One, I was lucky enough to have tried one out beforehand and was really impressed at the soft firing, low muzzel flip, accuracy of this pistol. Perfect for teaching the boys? Has ended up as almost my preferred pistol.
Only downside I have found to date is that in hot weather the trigger gets really hot after a couple of mags. To the stage that a glove or protective plaster is required. Designed for a Russian winter?
I cannot wait to try the new version, if it is an improvement on teh earlier versions then I'm in.
Candocad.
I had a strike one and the downsides outweighed the pros for me....namely the giant grip, huge/heavy gun & long trigger pull. Low bore wasn't as significant feeling as I expected.
If the Stryk B has improved all of these flaws significantly and price isn't an issue it could be a polymer game changer.
If the Stryk B has improved all of these flaws significantly and price isn't an issue it could be a polymer game changer.
i just got one of the new ones, but haven't taken it to the range yet. I'm stuck working out of town. I will hopefully be able to fire a couple hundred rounds this weekend.
initial thoughts though:
the grip feels incredible. right above the trigger on the old one, the frame was very square. i filed mine down because of how it rubbed on my knuckle. the new one is beautifully tapered and so comfy! the beaver tail has a bit more downward lip on the end. the old one has it, but this one is a bit more predominant. it feels like you had clicks into the gun. lovely! the undercut on the trigger guard is way up there so you can really grip high up, and the trigger guard itself is massive. glove wearers won't have an issue at all! they added a little thumb grip section where the bump was.... i liked the bump. and the take down pin is a bit different. i need a tool, but i bite my nails. i might take care of that one day with a little filling cut around the pin to access it better.
the slide feels like its on glass. i couldn't believe how good the slide moves. can't wait to break it in
the mag release is a bit different than the original. it has a pin and a coil spring instead of the old spring plate. but the button looks to be the same and is reversible. one difference in the button that i noticed, and this is really small, there seem to be a little ledge right before the button tapers in the middle. the old one, if you pressed it just right, it could get stuck in the frame. it looks like this ledge will help that.
the sights are nice. the seem taller than typical glock sights, but not suppressor height.
the new recoil system is really slick and is very similar to the DMP recoil system that i put on my Strike One, which is really nice!
the trigger is really comfortable feeling. My strike one has the Arsenal Firearms competition trigger on it, and it is one hell of a trigger. the new one i was expecting to have the same guts, but it isn't quite there. it is still a very nice trigger, just not quite the reset i was thinking it would have. a big improvement over the original Strike One trigger and still a very nice trigger, i'm sure it will get even better after some rounds go through it.
as for the size, its not as compact as i first thought. its like the opposite of the glock 19x. the frame size is the same as a 19, and has a 10/15 mag, but the slide is the same length as the 17. still considerably smaller than the Strike One.
initial thoughts though:
the grip feels incredible. right above the trigger on the old one, the frame was very square. i filed mine down because of how it rubbed on my knuckle. the new one is beautifully tapered and so comfy! the beaver tail has a bit more downward lip on the end. the old one has it, but this one is a bit more predominant. it feels like you had clicks into the gun. lovely! the undercut on the trigger guard is way up there so you can really grip high up, and the trigger guard itself is massive. glove wearers won't have an issue at all! they added a little thumb grip section where the bump was.... i liked the bump. and the take down pin is a bit different. i need a tool, but i bite my nails. i might take care of that one day with a little filling cut around the pin to access it better.
the slide feels like its on glass. i couldn't believe how good the slide moves. can't wait to break it in
the mag release is a bit different than the original. it has a pin and a coil spring instead of the old spring plate. but the button looks to be the same and is reversible. one difference in the button that i noticed, and this is really small, there seem to be a little ledge right before the button tapers in the middle. the old one, if you pressed it just right, it could get stuck in the frame. it looks like this ledge will help that.
the sights are nice. the seem taller than typical glock sights, but not suppressor height.
the new recoil system is really slick and is very similar to the DMP recoil system that i put on my Strike One, which is really nice!
the trigger is really comfortable feeling. My strike one has the Arsenal Firearms competition trigger on it, and it is one hell of a trigger. the new one i was expecting to have the same guts, but it isn't quite there. it is still a very nice trigger, just not quite the reset i was thinking it would have. a big improvement over the original Strike One trigger and still a very nice trigger, i'm sure it will get even better after some rounds go through it.
as for the size, its not as compact as i first thought. its like the opposite of the glock 19x. the frame size is the same as a 19, and has a 10/15 mag, but the slide is the same length as the 17. still considerably smaller than the Strike One.
bilkathegerman
Regular
Ok so I am back from the range.
First the pistol looks really great, in reality the lines are gorgeous.
It s heavier than any of my other polymer pistols, feels more like a steel gun, slide to frame also feels more like a cz or a 1911. Size wise it s close to g19. Grip is awesome, very comfy, very high grip. Bore axis is, as you know, crasy low. Trigger geometry is great but lot s of grit. After the brake, which is clean and short, very little over travel though. The grit is starting to fade after quite a bit of dry firing. The sights are as good as they get: steel, fiber optic at the front.
The springs in the mags are insanely tough, I can t load 10 rounds even if my life depended on it. I can t, even with two hands, drop the slide with the slide release on an empty mag, just can't.
Mag release protrudes on the other side when pushed quite a bit, I don t plan on shooting zombies anytime soon but under stress with a tight high grip it it 100% possible that I could not drop the mag. Also there s a gap, maybe 3mm, between mag plate and the bottom of the grip, it annoys me.
Now at the range: failure to get to battery 8 times out of 10, had to jam the slide on wood almost every time.
Then it s a pleasure to shoot, I didn t notice the grittiness of the trigger so much in action. But I brought my h&k sfp9 along and the stryk b trigger is far from being as good as the H&K wonder. Very accurate though. Very low recoil, more like a steel gun, way less than a g19 IMO...
The failure to get to battery seemed to improve after the first 100 rounds, and it seemed to be less frequent for the two or three last rounds. It might be a mag spring issue, the rounds being stacked so tight that the slide going forward looses too much energy pushing the round. I am disappointed with that issue.
Overall if it were reliable it would be an awesome pistol, overpriced though in my opinion, with taxes and shipping I paid 1500$.
First the pistol looks really great, in reality the lines are gorgeous.
It s heavier than any of my other polymer pistols, feels more like a steel gun, slide to frame also feels more like a cz or a 1911. Size wise it s close to g19. Grip is awesome, very comfy, very high grip. Bore axis is, as you know, crasy low. Trigger geometry is great but lot s of grit. After the brake, which is clean and short, very little over travel though. The grit is starting to fade after quite a bit of dry firing. The sights are as good as they get: steel, fiber optic at the front.
The springs in the mags are insanely tough, I can t load 10 rounds even if my life depended on it. I can t, even with two hands, drop the slide with the slide release on an empty mag, just can't.
Mag release protrudes on the other side when pushed quite a bit, I don t plan on shooting zombies anytime soon but under stress with a tight high grip it it 100% possible that I could not drop the mag. Also there s a gap, maybe 3mm, between mag plate and the bottom of the grip, it annoys me.
Now at the range: failure to get to battery 8 times out of 10, had to jam the slide on wood almost every time.
Then it s a pleasure to shoot, I didn t notice the grittiness of the trigger so much in action. But I brought my h&k sfp9 along and the stryk b trigger is far from being as good as the H&K wonder. Very accurate though. Very low recoil, more like a steel gun, way less than a g19 IMO...
The failure to get to battery seemed to improve after the first 100 rounds, and it seemed to be less frequent for the two or three last rounds. It might be a mag spring issue, the rounds being stacked so tight that the slide going forward looses too much energy pushing the round. I am disappointed with that issue.
Overall if it were reliable it would be an awesome pistol, overpriced though in my opinion, with taxes and shipping I paid 1500$.
You got it right. It's a stupid mag spring limited for us with the extra coils. Makes it way too strong. The top round when feeding grinds the next one as the spring pushes it up really hard. Never happens with the original spring. It gets to 100% reliable feeding after a hundred or couple hundred rounds when the spring settles around the inserts inside. It also can be "adjusted". If you open the magazine you will see there are double stack inserts at the bottom. The whole spring is riding on top of these inserts. I widened the last coil and sort of wrapped it around the insert. It was a bit tricky to re-assemble the mag after the mod, took me few tries... After that no feeding problems.
Saying that, some magazines works fine from the first load.
Saying that, some magazines works fine from the first load.
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