Marry your favorite girl
or play Gundam for 20min
What will you choose?
My favorite girl?
The girl like Chingmy Yau
Chingmy Yau is so nice, of course
I want to play Gundam!
Caliburn, the dominant weapon in nerf
we've played the molded version from Worker
The performance is pretty outstanding
it is the real top level of the nerf blaster, of course
However, the outer style of the basic version of Caliburn
many players cannot accept it honestly
It's like... looks so strange and primitive
especially those three naked rods at the front
looks too ugly to be a nice gun
Therefore, based on Caliburn's core internals
lots of designers from the Open Source Community have made some optimized mod for it
Leon who had designed a four-barrel machine gun
he made a mode for Caliburn
which called "Striker L2", here it is
Look at this outer build
if you have some concentrations from the 2-D world
then you should understand why it called "Striker"
Grey and white as the main color for the body
with the front and rear orange part and the red hidden barrel
Low saturation color looks superior
The hollows and futuristic straight-line finish on each part
including the re-designed outer style
you can see its kinship with Gundam's robot design
what a cool chill Japanese sci-fi style
Three naked rods at the front of the basic version Caliburn
looks so awkward
Leon's Striker unified the front part and outer decoration of cylinder
the buttstock guard which looks so stupid is also removed
with the full-length upper rail on this blaster
it looks way better
The electromagnetic railgun style muzzle device
it provides an entire face-lifting to the origin Caliburn which only focus on its insane cylinder design
This is the most beautiful design of Caliburn mod I've ever seen
so I just bought it when the first time I see it
and didn't see that 50% discount for the second one
It will be so shameful for this beauty if you do not mount an optic
this Sig R7 matches perfectly with its futuristic style
You can also mount a vertical grip under the pumping handguard
to make pumping easier
The entire external part of this blaster is 3D printed
Based on its surface texture
you can see that the precision of the printing isn't quite well
the surface finish is a bit rough
the pile texture is very apparent
which is the common issue of 3D printing
However, it is totally usable for this size of parts
I can accept it without using the magnifier
The weight goes over 2kg
the thickness of the material is also qualified
so don't worry about its durability
This Striker continues the cylinder design of Caliburn
but optimizes the overall structure tremendously
refurbishing many structural parts
the amount of all parts is just 1/2 of the original Caliburn
it improves the convenience of maintenance
Six screw bars fixed by the receiver from the previous version
have been replaced by one-piece three stainless steel
Thus, the receiver will not take any strength as a structural part
just as a part that supports the mag well and feeding chamber
And all other parts are assembled based on the frame of these three bars
very solid
You can see four screws to connect the lower and upper receiver
Leon 02 markings on both sides
The piston is also printed
Double o-ring design, the air seal should be great
The magazine is using Worker's Dragon Claw short dart mag
Translucent case and straight style look decent with the blaster
17 rounds capacity
a little wobbly when inserting in
The grip here is made by three pieces
The trigger lever is inside
it's also the outer case of the cylinder
The exposed translucent cylinder is a classic feature of Caliburn
you can see the orange piston and spring inside
Two huge printed stock is used to fix the steel bar
"Striker" marking is on it, as well
the spring guide is combined with the buttstock
So you only need to unscrew the buttstock and then you can change the spring
The charging handguard is also re-designed
the lower two bars are the track
and there is rail on the handguard
looks much better
Furthermore, the contact surface between the handguard and bars
it has ball bearings for support
very smooth when pulling it
Railgun style muzzle brake is also used as barrel stabilizer
two screws on the side to lock it in place
The quick-change design allows you to change the barrel directly after unscrewing the muzzle
Well, it's so tight
you can take it out by force, anyway
The red aluminum barrel is another key feature of Striker L2
It has inner and outer two layers
Printed inner wall
it contains the rifled tube
so you don't need an extra rifled barrel
it will provide stabilized rotary trajectory straight out of the box
Leon gives me two different lengths of barrel
The longer barrel will provide a better trajectory
but I still prefer the original short design
Don't tell me the trajectory or the shooting performance
good looking is the king, always
With the optic, Striker L2 is about 2.5kg
it is pretty heavy for a nerf blaster
But the ergonomic is great
because it re-designed Caliburn's structure
The pistol grip is moved forward
so the buttstock is longer now
Also, the pumping action reduces approximately 5cm
so it doesn't need a super long arm now
Therefore, the overall feel of holding, and the feel of shoulder
as well as the way you give strength when pumping the handguard is decently optimized
I don't know if the bar under the buttstock on the original version is a reinforced part
but I didn't find any instability when Striker canceled this design
Since it uses the full-length steel bar through the entire blaster
so the durability isn't a problem at all
Just like the original version Caliburn
Striker L2 also requires you to pump first and then insert the mag
you need to push the handguard all the way forward before firing, in order to get the perfect air seal
The optimized trigger group is still a bit stiff to pull
but it's much better than Worker's ver.3 Caliburn
just need a tiny extra force
The air-seal out of the box is perfect
Average velocity 53m/s when using Worker's short dart
and relatively low deviation
With the longer barrel, the accuracy isn't worse than Caliburn with a well-tuned rifled barrel
and with the lighter trigger force, you could definitely get more precision shots
Just one small problem
the mag will always accidentally fall out when you're shooting
I guess it is because the spring for the mag release is too weak
a little vibration when shooting will loosen the lever
I am so admiring those fellows who know design and printing
make their own mod for Caliburn
For me, a noob who knows nothing about software programming and can't afford a 3D printer
so I could only wait for the third party to deliver it directly into my mouth
even so, I still can't stand those plain dishes
and want some fancy design
To be simple, an ugly toad wants some swan meats
And this Leon Striker L2 pretty much fulfilled my desire
this outer design just caught my G-spot
Compared to the original Caliburn and you can see
Leon didn't just change the skin for it
The optimization on both external and internal are the core feature of Striker L2
All in all, there is still an argument of printed part and molded part
I think if this blaster could be hot sold
then it is possible to have a molded version, isn't it?