Tungsten Steel Tip Dart Weight
The steel tip tungsten heavy darts have been around
for a very long time now and come in a few different types. The oldest style of
steel tip tungsten heavy dart produced these days is the wooden widdy dart that
has a inch wooden barrel and steel tips built into the barrel. It would surely
be a minor miracle to score a 180 with steel tip tungsten heavy alloy darts.
The other more common dart is the standard steel tip
tungsten heavy alloy dart with the tip built into the metal barrel. The barrel
can be made of brass or tungsten. The main difference between the two metals is
that tungsten is twice the density of brass so that a steel tip tungsten heavy
alloy dart can be made the diameter of a brass dart for the same weight. This
means that you can more easily fit three darts into the treble 20 with steel
tip tungsten heavy alloy dart than brass darts.
The steel tip tungsten heavy alloy dart weight comes
in all varieties, especially when it comes to the grip. The grip can be smooth
with just the grooves in the barrel to give the grip, or knurled with a more
aggressive diamond pattern marked into the barrel for extra grip and the new
edge grip.
Tungsten is a brittle and dense material. Because of
its brittleness another alloy is added to it to avoid breakage, the most common
is nickel. The higher the percentage of tungsten, the density increases in the
barrel. Thereby you can have a smaller barrel (than brass or nickel-silver)
even with the same or greater weight. The higher the percentage of tungsten,
the cost of the dart usually goes up. This is because Tungsten is a harder
material to machine. The hardness of a steel tip tungsten heavy alloy
dart weight allows it to retain its grooves and knurl longer than a Nickel
Silver or Brass dart. Tungsten weight is a preferred choice for more serious
darters because you can group your steel tip tungsten heavy alloy darts tighter
with a smaller barrel.
