ABOUT US

In a workshop where legends are forged, nestled in the land beneath a long white cloud, our boffins, tinkerers and dartisans are hard at work dreaming up the world’s most ingenious darts. To inspire each player to write their own glorious saga, and unleash the mythical warrior, strategist or trailblazer within.

We’ve been obsessed with making exceptional darts loved by players since 1970. It’s all we do. And today every barrel is still 100% designed, prototyped and made right here in the Shot Darts factory in Katikati, New Zealand. We invite players of all levels to ‘So let go, leave the world behind and come find your tribe, with Shot’.

The Shot Darts Story

BLAST FROM THE PAST

The Shot darts timeline

John & Pat McCormick and their young family launch Puma Dart Products in our hometown of Katikati, New Zealand

1970

1970's

Our Puma Darts factory starts crafting coir paper dartboards – and the orders pile up

Go, go gadget – our shiny new bit of kit, an automatic lathe – starts turning out precision darts 

1976

1978

We outgrow our old factory and move into larger, purpose-built digs to keep up with production

A big decade for bristles, both in moustaches and dartboards

1980's

1980'S

We start working on a top secret project – development, testing and prototyping

The cat’s out of the bag – Puma Darts launches ‘The Bandit’, the world’s first bladed dartboard. Making bounce outs history (almost)

1991

1991

That same year, Puma Darts sponsors the New Zealand Women’s Team – all the way to a win – with our "state-of-the-art" darts!

Like father, like son – Peter joins dad John, and starts learning the ropes

1997

1997

Another big milestone – we invest in ten Traub machines that are shipped to Katikati from the Soviet Union  

We proudly sponsor our first big international tournament – the PDC Darts World Cup in South Africa

1999

2003

And then follow up four years later in France

A sad year. John, the captain of our team, passes on, and son Peter steps up to the Oche as our MD

2003

2009

Puma Darts launches a great new brand. And Shot! is a bullseye with players from pubs to pros

Nurturing the next generation – The Shot Young Guns Programme gets its start

2013

2016

We design and make a darts range that’s a collab with pro Michael van Gerwen, ACM Products and XQ Max Darts

The Shot brand gets an upgrade, and we celebrate by launching our epic Warrior and Tribal Weapon ranges

2017

2018

Our new pro duo, German darts aces Max Hopp and Martin Schindler sign with Shot Darts

With our high-tech titanium coating plant, Shot is the only manufacturer to make darts 100% in house   

2019

2020

We celebrate our 50th Anniversary – still proudly designing, developing and making, right here