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Ghost BRK Ghost Review
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- #62
Cocking lever location input desired......(ie, talk me through this)
I single feed and I prefer to single feed. I am right handed. The review Ghost has had cocking lever on right side the whole time I've been enjoying the gun. The process sounds more cumbersome than it is....but basically I cock, load, shut lever, all done with right hand. Left hand supporting gun through all that, usually on the bottle.
During prairie dog outing I watched @Pesty3782 cock and shoot his Ghost Carbine with the lever on the left side. He used magazines, and I think there's no debate for a magazine user, left side is where it's at. Right hand can stay on grip the whole time, left hand cocks. Simple.
BUT it's a bit trickier for a single feed situation. I can get used to just about anything with enough repetition....is there any logical reason to swap the lever to left side for a right-handed single-feed guy? Any Ghost users out there doing it that way?
I single feed and I prefer to single feed. I am right handed. The review Ghost has had cocking lever on right side the whole time I've been enjoying the gun. The process sounds more cumbersome than it is....but basically I cock, load, shut lever, all done with right hand. Left hand supporting gun through all that, usually on the bottle.
During prairie dog outing I watched @Pesty3782 cock and shoot his Ghost Carbine with the lever on the left side. He used magazines, and I think there's no debate for a magazine user, left side is where it's at. Right hand can stay on grip the whole time, left hand cocks. Simple.
BUT it's a bit trickier for a single feed situation. I can get used to just about anything with enough repetition....is there any logical reason to swap the lever to left side for a right-handed single-feed guy? Any Ghost users out there doing it that way?
I am in preparation for pa cup gunslinger but i find it ok for ft too except my wheel gets in the way. I cock it with left hand then open the prs single shot loader with left and squeeze gut between thumb and forefinger while resting on bipod and against shoulder and grab a pellet from my pouch , loadand close then grab grip with right and close with left while reaching for styx. Hope that makes sense! Lol
Eric Brewer
HAM Sharp Shooter
Have any of you had to polish your barrel to improve the accuracy of your shots? I am shooting my Ghost .30 cal with the reg at 135. Hammer at 10 and I am getting 2" groups or larger using JSB 50.15 Grain pellets at 100 yards. Any suggestions??
- Original poster
- #65
Yes! The .177 Carbine barrel that it came with shot much better after some JB Bore Paste.
If your 2" groups at 100 yards are 10 shot groups, that's really not too bad for 100 yards with pellets, especially if there's any wind.
A pellet slinger that even averages MOA @100 yards is a more rare bird than many of the more..... optimistic gents on the forums are willing to admit to.
Soren Drost
HAM Expert
Yep !
I always clean and check my barrels for some tighter spots and give them a light polish 
- Original poster
- #67
Cabes new PR about an hr ago, lasered @ 84 yards, can't tell from the angle of the photo but it was right in the noggin.
I shot a handful too, 4-5 in the 95-110yd range, and maybe 8-10 in the 60-90yd window.
All with the .20/15.89 JSB. Minimal wind so used it instead of the slugs this time out. It was a bit of an eye opener to shoot in nearly zero wind. I couldn't help but mentally shake my head at how easy it was to drill em. Range em, either click or holdover, and SMACK!
The Ghost .20 seems nearly automatic. Crosshair in the right place (or turret adjusted for the distance) and the pellet/slug simply goes right where I want it to.
Amazing.
I shot a handful too, 4-5 in the 95-110yd range, and maybe 8-10 in the 60-90yd window.
All with the .20/15.89 JSB. Minimal wind so used it instead of the slugs this time out. It was a bit of an eye opener to shoot in nearly zero wind. I couldn't help but mentally shake my head at how easy it was to drill em. Range em, either click or holdover, and SMACK!
The Ghost .20 seems nearly automatic. Crosshair in the right place (or turret adjusted for the distance) and the pellet/slug simply goes right where I want it to.
Amazing.
- Original poster
- #69
Quite the shock when this one was born. Wife and I both have dark brown hair, and his two older siblings have light brown hair. Standard joke is that the red hair came from the fertility doctor, to the point that he tells people that himself now. He gets called "Little Red" so much that I'm not sure if he knows "Cabe" is what's actually on his birth certificate.
Both sons enjoy airgunning. Cabe and I went and shot pdogs earlier today before we picked up his older bro from school, and then Colben and I got after em in a different location this evening.
Not the Ghost but Colben was using a sub20fpe gun this evening, out of necessity for the location. His two furthest kills were 83 and 95 yards, and that's from shooting sticks!!!
Both of them surprise me pretty often with their shooting.
But yes, keeping all three of us equipped and pellets in-stock is a bit of a challenge. But it's a fun problem to have.
- Original poster
- #70
Spent some time trying to measure orings for the valve....
Keep in mind that I'm measuring used orings. I'm not positive these are the correct sizes, but I measured carefully as I could, and if I was was going to buy a bunch of orings to have on hand to reseal the valve, these are what I would order.
This is what I'm getting...
There are only 8 orings in the Ghosts valve.
Keep in mind that I'm measuring used orings. I'm not positive these are the correct sizes, but I measured carefully as I could, and if I was was going to buy a bunch of orings to have on hand to reseal the valve, these are what I would order.
This is what I'm getting...
There are only 8 orings in the Ghosts valve.
- (cross section x inner diameter)
- 1.9mm x 2.8mm (x2) white, and hard so likely cast polyurethane. Might get away with a 90D buna here as I'm not finding a cast urethane with these specs online. One of these is the buffer oring in the pocket at the end of the valve stem opposite the end that the hammer taps, The other lives in a groove on the same end of the valve stem.
- 1.9mm x 14.5mm (x3) black so probably buna. I'd guess in the 70D range for hardness. These are the three exterior orings that seal the valve to the monoblock/chassis.
- 1.5mm x 4mm (x1) black so probably buna. Seems to also be in the 70d range for hardness. This one lives in the other groove in the valve stem (end of stem closest to where hammer taps).
- 1.5mm x 9 mm (x1) black so probably buna, again seems to be 70D. This one is external, and lives on the rear portion of the valve on what I consider the valve stem guide.
- 1.5mm x 17mm (x1) black so probably buna, again seems to be a 70D. This one is also external. To me this one seems redundant but seems to be a seal for the threaded plug that holds in the valve.
- Original poster
- #71
Had some enjoyment with the Ghost yesterday at dusk
The hope was to get a couple prairie dogs in the 45 minute window I had before my daughter needed picked up from dance. This location is only about 2 miles from my house so the plan should have worked....except all the prairie dogs went to bed early. I saw exactly one, and he was booking it to his hole. So I got zero, but the 45 minutes wasn't a waste. Quite the opposite actually, because I got some long range shooting in with almost zero wind, and I got to experience that magical time we all know as dusk.
As for the shooting, the soil in my area is generally rather rocky. When the farmers plow, the rocks come to the top. And they make great targets. Hit the rock, no dust. Miss the rock, dust cloud. And usually you can see the impact on the rock. So I was lasering golf ball sized rocks out to 120 yards and connecting with ease, and softball sized rocks out to 190yards, and also connecting on them rather readily. I only took about 50 shots, all with the .20/18.9gr NSA slugs @ 870-875fps. The ease with which those slugs will connect on long range targets is almost unbelievable. I was the only one around, and giggling to myself in amazement. If there'd been anyone else around to see me giggling I'm sure they'd have questioned my sanity. But I was having fun and pretty happy with what the Ghost .20 was doing.
Aldo Leopold once said something along the lines of "some people can live without wild things, and some cannot." I am a cannot. My profession is one spent entirely indoors. And it almost drives me crazy. Not laughing at slugs hitting the intended target at 190yds crazy, but actually crazy. Getting to spend some time outdoors, experiencing nature and all that it is, simply soothes my soul. It makes everything in my world right again. Dusk did that for me yesterday. During the shooting I paused a couple times to marvel at the killdeer through the scope, darting this way and that, also enjoying the last of the days light. I was treated to the sound of the squabbling of wild ducks in the pond near me. The deep, rich smell of fresh cut alfalfa wafted around, to de-javu me straight to younger years and similar evenings spent marinating in the aroma of fresh cut hay. As I was wondering and reminiscing, generally enjoying myself, I missed that that moon was rising over all of this. As for the cliche of a picture being with a thousand words.....
And with some zoom...
Here is the peaceful little pond where the ducks had been. They vacated as I approached and the waters stilled as I sat there taking it all in.
I gathered up and headed out of the area, content in the shooting and the experience of dusk, only to make it a couple hundred yards back towards public roads...and see this sunset. Talk about a capstone to a great 45 minutes.
As I've contemplated on yesterday evening I've come to the realization that perhaps I enjoy airguns so much simply because they give me a reason to be outside and have the opportunity for experiences like the one I just floundered around at describing.
The hope was to get a couple prairie dogs in the 45 minute window I had before my daughter needed picked up from dance. This location is only about 2 miles from my house so the plan should have worked....except all the prairie dogs went to bed early. I saw exactly one, and he was booking it to his hole. So I got zero, but the 45 minutes wasn't a waste. Quite the opposite actually, because I got some long range shooting in with almost zero wind, and I got to experience that magical time we all know as dusk.
As for the shooting, the soil in my area is generally rather rocky. When the farmers plow, the rocks come to the top. And they make great targets. Hit the rock, no dust. Miss the rock, dust cloud. And usually you can see the impact on the rock. So I was lasering golf ball sized rocks out to 120 yards and connecting with ease, and softball sized rocks out to 190yards, and also connecting on them rather readily. I only took about 50 shots, all with the .20/18.9gr NSA slugs @ 870-875fps. The ease with which those slugs will connect on long range targets is almost unbelievable. I was the only one around, and giggling to myself in amazement. If there'd been anyone else around to see me giggling I'm sure they'd have questioned my sanity. But I was having fun and pretty happy with what the Ghost .20 was doing.
Aldo Leopold once said something along the lines of "some people can live without wild things, and some cannot." I am a cannot. My profession is one spent entirely indoors. And it almost drives me crazy. Not laughing at slugs hitting the intended target at 190yds crazy, but actually crazy. Getting to spend some time outdoors, experiencing nature and all that it is, simply soothes my soul. It makes everything in my world right again. Dusk did that for me yesterday. During the shooting I paused a couple times to marvel at the killdeer through the scope, darting this way and that, also enjoying the last of the days light. I was treated to the sound of the squabbling of wild ducks in the pond near me. The deep, rich smell of fresh cut alfalfa wafted around, to de-javu me straight to younger years and similar evenings spent marinating in the aroma of fresh cut hay. As I was wondering and reminiscing, generally enjoying myself, I missed that that moon was rising over all of this. As for the cliche of a picture being with a thousand words.....
And with some zoom...
Here is the peaceful little pond where the ducks had been. They vacated as I approached and the waters stilled as I sat there taking it all in.
I gathered up and headed out of the area, content in the shooting and the experience of dusk, only to make it a couple hundred yards back towards public roads...and see this sunset. Talk about a capstone to a great 45 minutes.
As I've contemplated on yesterday evening I've come to the realization that perhaps I enjoy airguns so much simply because they give me a reason to be outside and have the opportunity for experiences like the one I just floundered around at describing.
Soren Drost
HAM Expert
Not a bad way to spend a little time
Very nice scenery for sure - Beautiful
Very nice scenery for sure - Beautiful
- Original poster
- #74
Thank you.
Cole. Well said, airgun shooting takes me back to the days of beautiful brochures with father and son in the field. Dad with his Marksman model 70 and son with his Marksman plastic break barrel. Memories are what it is all about. Love the
Ginger’s
Rob
Ginger’s
Rob
- Original poster
- #76
Yesterday I shot for hrs, and it was glorious.
99% of the shooting was on paper @ 100 yards. The goal was to compare my three best options for long range: .22 MRD from a Veteran Long, .20/15.89 from the Ghost, and .20/18.9 from the Ghost.
I played with speeds from 870-960 with the .22 MRDs from the Vet.
The .20/15.89s were at 910-915.
The .20/18.9s NSA slugs were from 870-880.
The idea here was to see which combination is my best option for Xtreme Field Target. That means no sighters, no wind flags, first shot ALWAYS counts. As such, I used no wind flags and scored all shots taken.
I used EBR targets and scoring, plugged to .30. I shot all six targets on each paper, one card with each projectile. I then averaged the 5 shot groups from each projectile for all shots taken.
The .22/25.4 MRDs averaged 40.2, so figure 200ish for an entire "card."
The .20/15.89 averaged 41, so about 205 for an EBR card.
The .20/18.9 averaged 44, so in the 220 area.
And yes, those aren't great EBR scores, but I also scored every shot I took. With unlimited sighters that would probably be up another 15-20 points for each. In the airgun competitions I focus on, sighters aren't allowed, and that's how I wanted to do the assessment.
It was windy, but not unmanageable, during the time I was shooting NOAA recorded winds from 8-24mph at the weather station a few miles from my house.
Going from the pellets to the slugs felt like cheating.
Of the 18, 5 shot groups (90 shots) only one of them scored outside the 7 ring when using the slugs.
These two were the high point from the slugs, there were lots of 45, and 46s as well. Only the one group that had the 6 scored less than 40 ,(a 39 in this case) the rest of the 5 shot groups were 40+.
Looks like I'll be shooting .20/18.9grain NSA slugs from the Ghost at some Xtreme Field Target matches this winter
99% of the shooting was on paper @ 100 yards. The goal was to compare my three best options for long range: .22 MRD from a Veteran Long, .20/15.89 from the Ghost, and .20/18.9 from the Ghost.
I played with speeds from 870-960 with the .22 MRDs from the Vet.
The .20/15.89s were at 910-915.
The .20/18.9s NSA slugs were from 870-880.
The idea here was to see which combination is my best option for Xtreme Field Target. That means no sighters, no wind flags, first shot ALWAYS counts. As such, I used no wind flags and scored all shots taken.
I used EBR targets and scoring, plugged to .30. I shot all six targets on each paper, one card with each projectile. I then averaged the 5 shot groups from each projectile for all shots taken.
The .22/25.4 MRDs averaged 40.2, so figure 200ish for an entire "card."
The .20/15.89 averaged 41, so about 205 for an EBR card.
The .20/18.9 averaged 44, so in the 220 area.
And yes, those aren't great EBR scores, but I also scored every shot I took. With unlimited sighters that would probably be up another 15-20 points for each. In the airgun competitions I focus on, sighters aren't allowed, and that's how I wanted to do the assessment.
It was windy, but not unmanageable, during the time I was shooting NOAA recorded winds from 8-24mph at the weather station a few miles from my house.
Going from the pellets to the slugs felt like cheating.
Of the 18, 5 shot groups (90 shots) only one of them scored outside the 7 ring when using the slugs.
These two were the high point from the slugs, there were lots of 45, and 46s as well. Only the one group that had the 6 scored less than 40 ,(a 39 in this case) the rest of the 5 shot groups were 40+.
Looks like I'll be shooting .20/18.9grain NSA slugs from the Ghost at some Xtreme Field Target matches this winter
Love all the reports you give. They are a joy to read. This one was a pretty cool test as well.
Centercut
HAM Sniper
Cole, what BC are you getting for those .20 slugs? Great looking targets! In very windy conditions like that, 220 is a GREAT EBR score...
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