The Striker is a weapon featured in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. It functions as this game's equivalent of Max Payne's Jackhammer shotgun.
Overview[]
The Striker is a fully-automatic, drum-fed shotgun that fires out huge blasts, and has a wide spray range. It holds 10-rounds, which paired with its fire rate can take out groups of enemies very quickly. It reloads fairly quickly as it is fed by a detachable drum.
The Striker is easily the best shotgun in the game by combining the spread of the Sawed-Off and the consistency of the Pump-Action, but with a greatly increased fire rate. As with all shotguns, it is advisable to use it in close range. However, enemies armed with this same shotgun can pose a similar threat to the player.
The Striker is a late-game weapon, becoming available after Part III.
As with the Jackhammer in the first game, the Striker draws from its own ammo source that is seperate from the ammuniton for the Sawed-Off and Pump-Action shotguns.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Striker is based on the Sentinel Arms Striker-12, an American variant of the South African Armsel Striker shotgun.
- In reality, the Striker shotgun is fed by a revolving cylinder housed in a fixed drum that cannot be detached for reloading. Reloading the cylinder is done by individually replacing each cartridge at the drum's loading gate, and then winding the spring for the cylinder's rotation. The in-game detachable drum was likely done to balance its stats and speed up its reloading process.
- The Striker also cannot fire fully-automatically, as it is in essence, a double-action revolving shotgun.
- Its cylinder in reality can hold up to 12 rounds, though some U.S. states with restrictions on ammo capacity of firearms may lower this to 10 on some modified Strikers.
- The Striker-12 chambers 12 gauge shotgun shells, and would be able to load the same shotshells from the Sawed-Off and Pump-Action shotguns in reality.
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