Shot 916 20g soft tip darts review

[Getagrip]

Got these from Dartswarehouse.com its a new model just recently come out, they cost £35 with free Worldwide delivery: CLICK HERE

They are a total weight (with points, stems and flights) of 20g and 90% tungsten, fitted with L-Style Lip points. They come in a slim line box with Shot stems and flights that are pre slotted and supplied with rings:

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The flights and stems look great with the translucent colour and suit the barrels well:

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The barrels have a shark style grip at the front and a smooth centre then the rear is a sharply defined thin ring grip:

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The shafts are a little like the L-Style shafts in that they have very tiny wings to help protect the front edge of the flights:

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It is a 2ba thread on each end of the barrel, so I guess its possible to reverse the barrel round if you wanted:

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Balance point of barrel and point:

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Balance point with supplied set up:

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Balance point with medium, short and extra short stems:

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I tested the weight of each dart with the full set up and they are very closely match weighted:

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Then I weighed all 3 barrels with nothing attached, all weights were as described on the box so perfect really:

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Barrel Length:

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Barrel Width:

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Detailed dimensions:

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My grip with these darts:

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I would say the front of these darts is a high level grip and the rear is borderline between medium and high. The darts are obviously a lot lighter than my usually 23 or 24 gram with them been soft tips but I felt fine with them. I don't normally get along with such an aggressive grip but it seemed well suited to me on these darts and I think the grip helped with the forward thrust of the dart and made it feel easier to throw. There is some darts that when you throw them there is something enjoyable about playing with them, I felt like that with these darts, they were nice to throw and seemed to suit my forward grip. The Lip points on the darts perform well but I did accidently stand on one and broke it when I dropped the dart on the floor. Luckily I had a replacement but I had a few bounceouts from the throws I had and the points never broke even hitting a hard floor.

I enjoyed throwing these and was pleasantly surprised with their performance, they look great and are very well machined.

A great soft tip dart that will suit front or rear grippers who like some bite in their dart. A very nice 9 out of 10! Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.

[bullseye69]

I really like these and your review was stellar! I think these are the Darts I'm going with. Style, Grip, Shape, and weight all suit me and the Price is far better than anything else I have been looking to buy.

[bullseye69]

was curious if you tried to reverse the barrel and check the balance and try throwing them???

[bullseye69]

https://www.dartswarehouse.com/shop/Dart...art-2.html

Actually just seen these. Think Im gonna wait for these to stock. these fit my style perfectly weight shape length width.

[jamie373]

https://www.dartswarehouse.com/shop/Dart...art-2.html

Actually just seen these. Think Im gonna wait for these to stock. these fit my style perfectly weight shape length width.

look like less grippy MvG's , any sign of yours yet?

[bullseye69]

I was thinking the exact same thing Jamie. and no not yet.
awaiting:
Wolframs from Grip
Sky Pro 2's from Park Ranger
MVG 21g's from you
MVG 25g's from Pure Darts

[jamie373]

you're postman is gonna hate you having to carry all that tungsten about ! grip's postman now has a hunchback and a permanent limp

[Tormentor]

Great review again Darren! These companies should be paying you for doing these reviews! Your really helping them sell darts.

[Getagrip]

Thanks Shawn lol!

I should imagine if you reverse the barrel round the balance would change, I will do it and post a pic later.

[JohnK]

Great review as always, Grip!

So good, in fact, that I couldn't help myself and placed an order for these this morning! Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.

[Getagrip]

LOL Cheers John!

[Getagrip]

I have had a few sets of darts lately, but I cant resist picking these up and throwing them. Not sure what it is but I just like throwing them. Yesterday I put some L-Style Hard Lip points on and it felt even better because I rest my finger on the point and the Hard Lip points are kind of non slippy as they are made from carbon so my grip felt even more secure with the dart. Was only playing for about 35 mins as I dare not over play because of me wrist but was starting to get more accurate with these.

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[Catch22]

Grip, those stock shafts/stems look like L-Style Laro, hence the tiny fins.

[Getagrip]

Grip, those stock shafts/stems look like L-Style Laro, hence the tiny fins.

Yeah I think your right, I checked with some I have and they look the same, I was not sure as I read on the site I think that the supplied stems were Shot stems which mixed me up, but it turns out some of the info was printed wrong. Never mind Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.

[Getagrip]

This is what it says on the site:

Pack contents: 1 set of 90% tungsten match weighed ±0.05gm barrels with L-style Lippoint tips and Shot! shafts and flights.