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This is a review of the Shot 805 series 4 21g steel tip darts. I think these are very similar in shape to the 910 soft tips I reviewed before: https://www.dartsnutz.net/showthread.php?tid=3317 I got 2 180's with them on the VSPhoenix machine and this steel tip version has a similarly nice shape.
They are 80% tungsten and are also available in 23g and retail around £22 with free Worldwide delivery from Dartswarehouse.com, link is here: https://www.dartswarehouse.com/darts/805-4-series.html
CONTENTS AND PACKAGING:
The box is in the usual slimline packaging with a slide out tray except this tray has some extra compartments and is provided with 2 sets of stems in inbetween size and a set of yellow transparent flights:
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As you can see the darts have a very nice pyramid grip to the rear half and a micro style grip on the front. The micro grip is not quite as grippy as other micro style as it is a kind of flat version so probably a medium level of grip but the rear pyramid grip is very grippy and a high level grip.
DIMENSIONS:
Length:
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Width:
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Detailed dimensions:
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WEIGHT:
Barrels were fairly closely matched, two were just two hundredths of a gram difference and the third was nine hundredths of a gram heavier than the lightest:
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Weight of the full set up as supplied:
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BALANCE:
With nothing attached the barrels are front weighted:
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With the supplied set up it moves more central:
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Balance with my own medium, short and extra short nylon stems and standard flights:
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MY GRIP WITH THESE DARTS:
I initially gripped a lot closer to the nose but found this to be the sweet spot for me, jus a little further up the barrel:
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Darts landed quite steeply angled:
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Conclusion:
For a front gripper like me these darts are very nicely balanced, they had a nice steady arc through the air and were comfy to throw at the front.
The micro grip on the front was a bit flat though and occasionally felt a touch slippy. The same cant be said for the rear half of the barrel which has a very impressive pyramid grip, this is a great grip and has a lot of assurance for positive control. I think if your a rear gripper that likes a front weighted dart then it will be perfect.
I found that dart worked well with my front grip but I think I would prefer that pyramid grip to have continued a little further down the barrel.
The only other thing I would possibly change for me personally is a slightly shorter point, again that is something personal to me and does not detract from the dart.
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SUMMARY RATINGS:
Looks: 7 (fine)
Grip: 8.5 for the pyramid grip (on a 1 to 10 Scale, 10 been severe grip)
Weight match: 7.5 (fairly close)
Quality: 8 (nice quality)
Value: 8.5 (good value)
Suitability for me: 7.5 (front balance was nice)
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