I have been throwing HammerHead GTs for over 35 years, and this particular model for over 20. I have tried several times to switch away from them due to their few drawbacks, but I keep coming back because I just can't find a dart that I can throw as accurately. If you're coming from another set and have a feel for what weight darts you like, be aware that the weight of GTs is for the entire dart. My 23g GT3 black weighs almost exactly 23g with a Target conversion point and Dimplex Marathon flight. That's a lighter point and a relatively light flight, but "standard" 23g darts are 23g for just the barrel/point. A typical shaft/flight combination adds another 1.5-2 grams to the weight of the complete dart. These will compare to throwing anybody else's 21-22 gram dart. What:s great about them? The shape fits my throw perfectly, the coating adds a bit of grip without sticking to my fingers, and they accept standard 2BA conversion points. What is bad about them? They are expensive, the coating wears off when the darts bang into each other (over the course of hundreds of hours) , and the shafts use a 4BA threaded bolt that pretty much limits you to Bottelsen standard offerings. I've won a lot of games with these darts and do recommend them, but they aren't perfect. The rest of this review is more details about each of these points, so feel free to stop reading here if you're not really interested.... On the "great" side, the shape and coating work together to create a front-loaded dart that releases very cleanly and consistently. When I throw this dart, my grip is super light. The change in finger pressure to release the dart is so small that the release is the same every time, resulting in a very repeatable throw. The darts are fatter in front, combined with a little grip from the coating, so there's no rings that are grabbing my finger to knock the dart off line. Sadly, as I mentioned, the coating does wear over the course of hundreds of hours . My old set looks silver except for maybe the back half inch of the barrel, and the feel is less consistent, especially when the seasons change and fingers dry out a bit. Plan on buying a new set every 500-750 hours of shooting if you like the coating as much as I do. Conversion point options are also great. When these things were introduced, dartboards had round wires and staples that held them in place. Movable points gave a great advantage in the way they released on wire hits, allowing the momentum of the dart to continue into the board. While some such boards still exist, almost every competition board has skinny wires and no staples. The frequency of bounce-outs because of hitting wires is greatly reduced, and so is the advantage provided by a movable point. There are good quality 2BA conversion points out there that have a little texture on the points to hold the board, vary in weight to allow fine-tuning of the balance of the dart, and come in a longer length if that appeals to you. On the negative side, there are a lot of nice darts for $30-60, so $100 or more is a premium price. I've bought at least five sets of GTs over the years, so I find them worth paying for. That's your call. The other negative is that they don't currently allow you to take advantage of the modern rigid flight offerings. You are restricted to a handful of aluminum shaft options that are most of $10 a set. I really wish there was a shaft offering that would accept a Fit Flight or L-Style. Those require a different proprietary 2BA shaft or standard nylon shaft. If you are going to use a foldable flight, the aluminum shafts are pretty durable. While I have a couple spare sets, It's been a very long time since I had a problem bad enough to force me to replace one. The Harrows Fixit tool has done a great job bending things back into shape and resetting the gaps.
