So... today was the infamous day that I got together with my bud Brian and we had our friendly comparison.
We shot each bow at several ranges using the Stryker carbon crossbow bolts. We started by really putitng the Darton through its paces at several different ranges. The first red dot was good out to thrity two yards. Brian spent more time shooting the Darton than he did his Desert Stryker.
Bottom Line. We both like dthe Impact trigger BETTER than the trigger on his DStryker. THough for the record his first DStryker had a much nicer trigger than his current one. The trigger on this DStryker rattles a great deal. Score one for Darton.
Quietness: The Stryker had more of a thap sound while the Impact was more like a whip crack. both were quiet but I had to concede that the DS was slightly quieter.
VIbration on shot. Draw. Both were incredibly steady and rock solid.
Accuracy. Brian is a beter shot so he took both through their paces. At twenty yards both were dead on. Ditto at thirty yards. At 45 yards both were still on target but mine seemed to pull a bit to the right about one inch. Brian said that I needed to adjust the windage on my scope. We did and the Impact was back on center again.
70 yards; here's where the Impact IMO was the victor. We could get better groupings at this distance with the Impact. Brian was duly impressed and I was stunned at how well this Crossbow was performing.
Weight/balance. I reluctantly have to give this to the Stryker by a small edge. IT was tough becasue the Stryker could be adjusted where the Impact cannot. However the center balancing on the Impact was quite decent. However, score for the DS.
Speed. IMPACT... no question. We both agreed that the Darton was faster, much to both of our amazements.
So what's the bottom line? The Impact is one hell of a crossbow and so is the Desert Stryker. I enjoyed the Impact and again was amazed at how well this weapon performed. I honestly anticipated coming in second in every category.
Now here's someting we detected onthe Impact that has me bummed. I noticed that the left rail on my Impact, under the string at rest, does NOT touch the string but the rail on the right hand side does make string contact ever so slightly. Brian, being a Carpenter by trace had a straight edge and we detected a slight bend in the front three to four inches of the Impact's flight deck. I was heartbroken... my bow has a bent fight rail. It didn't seem to effect the bows performance though but I don't know if this is harmful and will damage the crossbow or it's something I can ignore. The arrows don't seem to be totally seated.
Mike, please weigh in. If it's a serious problem I guess I'm gonna have to send it out for repair and eat the cost. All of a sudden the crossbow wasn't such a bargain. E-bay buyer beware.
Overall though the bow seemed to perform despite the defect. For $350.00 I got a bargain. If it costs me $300 to fix the problem I'm still ahead of the game.
We shot each bow at several ranges using the Stryker carbon crossbow bolts. We started by really putitng the Darton through its paces at several different ranges. The first red dot was good out to thrity two yards. Brian spent more time shooting the Darton than he did his Desert Stryker.
Bottom Line. We both like dthe Impact trigger BETTER than the trigger on his DStryker. THough for the record his first DStryker had a much nicer trigger than his current one. The trigger on this DStryker rattles a great deal. Score one for Darton.
Quietness: The Stryker had more of a thap sound while the Impact was more like a whip crack. both were quiet but I had to concede that the DS was slightly quieter.
VIbration on shot. Draw. Both were incredibly steady and rock solid.
Accuracy. Brian is a beter shot so he took both through their paces. At twenty yards both were dead on. Ditto at thirty yards. At 45 yards both were still on target but mine seemed to pull a bit to the right about one inch. Brian said that I needed to adjust the windage on my scope. We did and the Impact was back on center again.
70 yards; here's where the Impact IMO was the victor. We could get better groupings at this distance with the Impact. Brian was duly impressed and I was stunned at how well this Crossbow was performing.
Weight/balance. I reluctantly have to give this to the Stryker by a small edge. IT was tough becasue the Stryker could be adjusted where the Impact cannot. However the center balancing on the Impact was quite decent. However, score for the DS.
Speed. IMPACT... no question. We both agreed that the Darton was faster, much to both of our amazements.
So what's the bottom line? The Impact is one hell of a crossbow and so is the Desert Stryker. I enjoyed the Impact and again was amazed at how well this weapon performed. I honestly anticipated coming in second in every category.
Now here's someting we detected onthe Impact that has me bummed. I noticed that the left rail on my Impact, under the string at rest, does NOT touch the string but the rail on the right hand side does make string contact ever so slightly. Brian, being a Carpenter by trace had a straight edge and we detected a slight bend in the front three to four inches of the Impact's flight deck. I was heartbroken... my bow has a bent fight rail. It didn't seem to effect the bows performance though but I don't know if this is harmful and will damage the crossbow or it's something I can ignore. The arrows don't seem to be totally seated.
Mike, please weigh in. If it's a serious problem I guess I'm gonna have to send it out for repair and eat the cost. All of a sudden the crossbow wasn't such a bargain. E-bay buyer beware.
Overall though the bow seemed to perform despite the defect. For $350.00 I got a bargain. If it costs me $300 to fix the problem I'm still ahead of the game.
