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This stuff is used in golf. I'm guessing it would work great with darts as well. You could always add a little bit to the stem side of the dart to add a gram or 2. Or in my case with the front loaded Hankey's that are drilled out over 30mm deep you could probably add 4 grams or more.
That would be awesome for people who didn't want to play with a 14 gram dart. Bump it to 17 or 18 grams I'm guessing.

This stuff would be way better than the add-a-grams for sure.

Interesting idea! Don't like those add a gram things lol

great idea +1 from me

GOOD IDEA

There would be quite a few barrels you could squeeze a G or 2 out of on the market.

Rage: yea the add agrams idea is there but brass!!! COME ON!!! I think the guy who brings these things out in tungsten and put a little thought into maximising the weight (the brass ones could be smaller if they wernt so hollow) wil do well.

how does it work though, does it stick?

Do you mean just pour some in? think lead would be heavier and can be molten so would stay in permanent.

getagrip wrote:

how does it work though, does it stick?

Do you mean just pour some in? think lead would be heavier and can be molten so would stay in permanent.

tungsten is heavier than lead

git

Ok fair enough, how does it stay in if it just in powder form? Mr Gul E Bell

DIRTY G wrote:

getagrip wrote:

how does it work though, does it stick?

Do you mean just pour some in? think lead would be heavier and can be molten so would stay in permanent.

tungsten is heavier than lead

He must not of seen the pic?

+1 for the laugh.

getagrip wrote:

Ok fair enough, how does it stay in if it just in powder form? Mr Gul E Bell

You okay today Grip?

The powder stays in when you screw in the stem.

DIRTY G wrote:

GOOD IDEA

There would be quite a few barrels you could squeeze a G or 2 out of on the market.

Rage: yea the add agrams idea is there but brass!!! COME ON!!! I think the guy who brings these things out in tungsten and put a little thought into maximising the weight (the brass ones could be smaller if they wernt so hollow) wil do well.

Yeah exactly, if only they'd move with the times! Tungsten is the way forward!!!

Great idea, I have a tub of this in my fishing bag:

http://www.tedcarter.co.uk/kryston/kryston-heavy-metal-rig-putty

Would be better than add-a-gram's for sure.

Rebel wrote:

Great idea, I have a tub of this in my fishing bag:

http://www.tedcarter.co.uk/kryston/kryston-heavy-metal-rig-putty

Would be better than add-a-gram's for sure.

what do you use that for? Fly fishing I assume

Rebel wrote:

Great idea, I have a tub of this in my fishing bag:

http://www.tedcarter.co.uk/kryston/kryston-heavy-metal-rig-putty

Would be better than add-a-gram's for sure.

Gonna try it?

I used it for Carp fishing, just holds the line on the lake bed so fish don't get spooked by it.

It is surprisingly heavy for what it is.


As for whether I will try it, probably not as 23g is my weight, however in the future its a great option as I tried the add-a-grams before and found them to be useless.

^^^^^Interesting that would work good for our black bream over here. they are very finicky and best not to use a sinker cauz they mouth the bait.

http://www.fishing.com/ <---------

fishing with rebel and g . a new discovery channel show awaits

yeah seen the pic just never read it properly, so when you unscrew the stem the powder falls all over the place, bit messy really. I am such a nit picker lol!

getagrip wrote:

yeah seen the pic just never read it properly, so when you unscrew the stem the powder falls all over the place, bit messy really. I am such a nit picker lol!

You could always hold the dart upright instead of upsidedown.

Ya know, same way you might open a carton of milk.

jamie373 wrote:

fishing with rebel and g . a new discovery channel show awaits

Watch this space............

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Hahahaha, just found one of my attempts at web design:


http://tardyfishing.webs.com/


Surprised that hasn't been sent to the bowels of the world wide web by now - 6 years ago!

Rebel wrote:

I used it for Carp fishing, just holds the line on the lake bed so fish don't get spooked by it.

It is surprisingly heavy for what it is.


As for whether I will try it, probably not as 23g is my weight, however in the future its a great option as I tried the add-a-grams before and found them to be useless.

Yeah perhaps try it with an old set if you feel the need to experiment etc

Rebel wrote:

jamie373 wrote:

fishing with rebel and g . a new discovery channel show awaits

Watch this space............

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now we got the live bait we can start fishing

nice fish on tardy link


Gripo: dont cry over spilt milk now will ya.

I never cry, far too hard for that! ya git!

you hurt my feeling

Just for reference, Tungsten is not heavier than lead. W(tungsten) has a periodic table number of 74 and atomic weight of 180.xx where as Pb(Lead) has a periodic table number of 82 and atomic weight of 207.xx.

http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_metals.htm

http://www.e-tungsten.com/top_10_tungsten_reasons.html

Tungsten is more dense than lead though. So if you filled the barrel with lead it would

weigh less than the the tungsten filled barrel. Because of this tungsten is the far superior

metal to be used for this application. Atomic weight is not the only factor to be considered.

sod pouring molten lead into something the diameter of a dart anyway . besides the dangers it would also screw up the threads (pun intended )

Why not just get darts the weight you like - tungsten powder -I've heard it all!!