Gear

Carry a shaft extractor, a small multi-tool and spare O-rings, plus a point sharpener if you play steel tip. Together they fix the problems that most often end a night early.

• Broken shaft or tip stuck in the barrel: The Extractor backs it out without stripping the threads.
• Loose shafts and bent shaft fingers: the keyring Dart Mate Tool tightens shafts and tips and reshapes the fingers.
• Rattling joints: a set of 2BA O-rings.
• Burred steel points: a point sharpener.

An O-ring stops a loose shaft, and a ring on the shaft stops a loose flight.

• Shaft backing out of the barrel: slip a 2BA O-ring over the threads. On L-Style shafts, use the one-time L-Shaft Tightener Gomu.
• Flights sliding out of nylon shafts: Grip Rings clamp the prongs tight.
• Flights loosening on slotted shafts: Metal Slot Lock Rings lock flight and shaft together.
• Robin-hooding on nylon shafts: Champagne Rings cap the flight cavity, so a following dart is less likely to split the shaft.

A flight punch cuts a slot into your flights so a stem ring can lock them onto the shaft. It is the fix for flights that keep popping out of plastic or nylon shafts.

The Viper Dart Flight Hole Punch Tool is made of heavy duty steel and resin, is small enough to chain onto your case, and includes 3 sets of stem rings (9 total). Each punched slot takes a stem ring that holds the flight in place. Shafts and flights are not included.

Match rings to the system you use: Shell Lock Rings fit only nylon shafts punched with a Shell Lock Punch, not Champagne or Slot Lock cavities.

Chalk and rosin dry your fingertips and add friction. Wax and paste add tack instead. Pick based on whether your hands get wet or just feel slick.

• Chalk Bag: draws sweat off your fingers between turns.
• Rosin Bag: a quick tap of rosin powder for more hold on the barrel.
• Wax: a solid tablet that adds tack without powder dust.
• Mor-Grip: a rosin-based paste that stays tacky through long sessions. A small amount covers a full match.

Keep a Laserdarts Microfiber Towel in your case to wipe hands and barrels.

They can. A point cone slides up the point and seats against the front of the barrel, closing the step where a following dart tends to catch and deflect.

The Trident-180 Dart Point Cones weigh 0.008 grams, so they will not change your dart's balance. They work on steel or soft tip points that the cone slides onto snugly, and each pack has 4 sets (12 cones) in black, grey, red or white.

Cones do not cure every bounce-out. A burred steel point causes them too, so keep points smooth with a point sharpener.

Each of these three extractors removes a broken shaft or a stuck soft tip point from the barrel without stripping the threads, so choose by how you want to carry it.

• The Extractor: a compact handheld tool that fits in a case pocket.
• Trinidad Shaft Extractor Carabiner: clips onto your case or bag so it is always within reach.
• L-Style Bull Shaft & Tip Extractor: doubles as a small storage container for spare soft tips, in six color combinations.

Pliers are the quickest way to ruin a barrel's threads. If the threads are already damaged, see the next question.

You can often re-cut the threads instead of replacing the barrel. Run a 2BA Thread Tap into the point or shaft cavity to clear out debris and cut clean threads. A tap handle holds it steady so it goes in straight. Turn it slowly and keep it centered. The tap is sized for 2BA only, so it will not repair a ¼ in cavity. If a Laserdarts barrel has cracked or broken, check the lifetime barrel guarantee first.

Gear is a parent collection, so it is often quicker to open the section you need:

• Game Room: chalk and dry-erase scoreboards, tournament bracket pads
• Award Pins: Ton 80, Hat Trick, Cricket marks and more
• Apparel: Laserdarts and Horizon Darts tees, polos and caps
• Air Darts: the Air Dart Gun and its parts
• Practice Aids: instruction books
• Disc Golf: a portable basket and LED disc lights