a little early birthday present for myself . 25g target adrian lewis zirconium darts fitted with silver storm points. very, very beautiful darts. i decided to switch things up with a heavier straight barrel dart, opposed to my regular 23g shortish tapered perfect storms. felt a little awkward at first, but after about 30 minutes i'm warming up to them.

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my camera was dying, so i'll try to take some better pictures after i find the charger. may be awhile boys haha.

Very nice Bacon! Probly next on my long list.

Very nice darts there mate , Keep us posted on how you get on with them

Would you believe that I had some of those LOL!

They are very nice too, just a bit long for me but since then I tried these Target Sprints which are long too but work well with short stems.

Nicely photographed Matt!

hmm, well after about an hour of using them, i'm sadly not really sold on them. they are a great looking dart, but for some reason whenever i throw them, they land at very odd angles, usually pointing downwards or to the left. i've tried short, tweenie, and medium stems all with different standard flights and i keep getting the same problem. ive also tried slowing my throw and working better on my release, but still 1 or 2 of the darts always lands flight down at about 50-55 degrees. i never had this issue with my 24g whitlocks or with my current 23g storms. my storms just land nicely in the board with the flight slightly pointing up. i'll head back to the drawing board in a few minutes and see if i can find the sweet spot.

CanadianBacon wrote:

hmm, well after about an hour of using them, i'm sadly not really sold on them. they are a great looking dart, but for some reason whenever i throw them, they land at very odd angles, usually pointing downwards or to the left. i've tried short, tweenie, and medium stems all with different standard flights and i keep getting the same problem. ive also tried slowing my throw and working better on my release, but still 1 or 2 of the darts always lands flight down at about 50-55 degrees. i never had this issue with my 24g whitlocks or with my current 23g storms. my storms just land nicely in the board with the flight slightly pointing up. i'll head back to the drawing board in a few minutes and see if i can find the sweet spot.

That sounds like the trouble I had with the Wade darts, weird!!

well i solved my own problem haha. i was gripping too far forward on the barrel, because i was used to my much shorter storms. i brought my grip back to the rear of the barrel where the microgrip and the shaft is. boom, day and night difference in the way the darts land in the board.


here's a 116 out i just shot with them to prove my point haha.

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Sweet Darts bro!!!!!! If you don't want them I will take them off your hands....lol!!

McInnis180 wrote:

Sweet Darts bro!!!!!! If you don't want them I will take them off your hands....lol!!

I second that

Its all in the Grip!!!

Now they are a nice looking dart - much better than the silica ones - I really need to decide whether to go for the 21g or 23g versions lol

naw they not for you, give them to me

mc1958 wrote:

Now they are a nice looking dart - much better than the silica ones - I really need to decide whether to go for the 21g or 23g versions lol

That's a matter of opinion 8) , I have both and prefer the Silica's, much harder wearing coat and less glare under the lights.
Don't get me wrong the golds are very nice but for me the Silica's win hands down, personal choice. :cheers:

great darts you got there mate. my cousin from aussieland will hopefully buy me a set of those when she will take a vacation here

i'm a big fan of the gold myself. only issue is, is that one of the darts is a tad darker on the gold scale (i think its the middle barrel in the picture, they're so shiny and with the flash its hard to tell). its kind of weird to see, i think i may do the whitlock thing with that barrel and throw it first haha. still getting used to the darts, but i'm going to stick with my old dependables (23g perfect storms) for my match darts for the rest of the season (~7 weeks).

Yikes!! I'm lucky to be playing in a beer league on and you're taking out ton plus finishes for fun
Next thing, we'll be seeing you at the Ally Pally!!