The Red Dragon T-800 has a very modern, engineered look to it, and that suits the name perfectly. In your review, Max immediately picked up on the “futuristic” feel, and Red Dragon leans into that too, describing the dart as built for “raw power and surgical precision” with a bolt grip and sleek PVD-coated parallel barrel.
The barrel design is more interesting than it first looks. Up front there’s a tapered nose with a fine, almost micro-style grip that gives just a bit of control without becoming too sharp. The main section is where the so-called bolt grip comes in — a twin-ring style grip with partial lateral grooves that do not run fully through the rings.
On the board, the dart performed well. Max shifted his grip slightly forward so he could really feel the bolt grip, and that paid off. He ended up finishing the practice routine in eight darts and came away happy with how the barrel flew. He said it felt smooth through the air, nicely centre balanced, and easy enough to release cleanly. He also felt it suited front and mid throwers especially well, while rear grippers would notice that the back section had a different, slightly less assertive feel.
Red Dragon lists the T-800 at £74.00 direct, which is a bit higher than the £64.90 mentioned in the review and may reflect a later price change. With that said, you are getting a 90% tungsten barrel, Nitrotech stems, Hardcore flights, and quite a bit of machining and finishing, so it still sits in a premium-but-not-crazy bracket.
