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Rebel
Posts : 2502 Join date : 2012-02-05 Age : 50 Location : UK
| Subject: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:34 am | |
| I have always fancied grabbing a set of Pure's since I first saw them, the idea of a 'pure' dart, whereby the barrel and the point were made from one single billet of tungsten appealed to me being a huge fan of the Target Storm points and after seeing Colin Lloyd throwing them recently the urge became too much. So after a small win on the horses at the weekend I decided to splash out just under £40 for a set, in 23g, from Puredarts.co.uk. The package arrived this morning and I was eager to see what was inside, no surprises, the standard Target packaging, this time with Colin Lloyd on the front, a nice sharp black design with the weight (23g) and a close up of the 'pure' point showing its micro ring grip: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Inside, again the standard Target packaging, the foam insert with the darts held within, 3 black shafts and 2 sets of silver mirrored Target flights (one standar, one pear) plus a sharpening stone and instructions on how to look after the points: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I don't mind the fact that most Target darts don't come with a case, most darts that do I usually give the cases or wallets away anyway or just use them to store unused darts, so the foam packaging is ideally for storing darts. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]So the darts themselves, awesome little things, quite a small darts for 23g, measures about 46mm so somewhat shorter than the Lewis darts that I use but they fly really well, they have a nice balance and I have to say, as always, very well made darts from Target: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The grip is superb, considering it is just standard ring grip the edges are very sharp, I would give them at least a 4/5 for grip, they really do stick to the fingers when throwing: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]So there they are, Target Pure's (Design 1) as used by Colin Lloyd, a unique design and really well made. Plenty of grip and a nice balance so I would give them a 5/5. They are quite expensive at around £40 but the quality and the detail is what you pay for. I will not be switching from my Lewis' just yet but I just had to give the Pure's a try and I am glad I did, money well spent.
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Rebel
Posts : 2502 Join date : 2012-02-05 Age : 50 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:37 am | |
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TheFox180
Posts : 1368 Join date : 2012-05-17 Age : 35 Location : Nuneaton
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:38 am | |
| Look nice reb, couple of the points look fatter than the other though |
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Rebel
Posts : 2502 Join date : 2012-02-05 Age : 50 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:50 am | |
| I see what you mean, made me go check but they are all the same, must have been my photography or the lighting (Im no David Bailey ). |
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Del
Posts : 66 Join date : 2012-09-22
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:05 am | |
| I had a set of these and boy do they grip the board the bloody things where hard to pull out some times , but they where nice wee darts |
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getagrip
Posts : 8793 Join date : 2012-01-09 Age : 54 Location : North Yorkshire
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:41 am | |
| Nice Job Greg, they are nice looking darts, its just the fat stubby points that never appealed to me. Think they are the better of the designs though. +1 mate |
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Rebel
Posts : 2502 Join date : 2012-02-05 Age : 50 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:12 am | |
| Cheers Grip, yeah first time I saw them I thought 'nah, ugly points', than I looked at the price and thought 'nah, too dear' then after seeing them several times I just had to give them a try, glad I did |
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Jimbo21
Posts : 1706 Join date : 2012-08-10 Age : 59 Location : Adelaide
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:35 am | |
| How far do you bury the points into the board Reb? Those points look about the same length as my conversion points. |
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Rebel
Posts : 2502 Join date : 2012-02-05 Age : 50 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:59 am | |
| I would say 80-90% of the point sticks in the board, they do leave small holes when you remove them but those soon close up. |
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TheFox180
Posts : 1368 Join date : 2012-05-17 Age : 35 Location : Nuneaton
| Subject: Re: 23g Colin Lloyd Target Pure Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:49 am | |
| Loving these so far, very grippy at the back. It's entirely possible these could be replacing my mcdines. Must stick to one set!! |
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