Ghost Delta Wolf replacement

[Corvid_Hunter]

Last year I wanted to buy a .22cal rifle and was looking at the 28" barrelled Ghost and the Delta Wolf. The Delta Wolf was on for a good price so (against my better judgment) I ordered the Delta Wolf. Things did not go well from day one and the end result was that I was going to get a new replacement from the factory. There was no ETA on it's arrival and I had waited what I thought was too long so I asked Travis at AGS to give me the Ghost and make up the difference with some ammo. It arrived today and I'm a very happy man. I have some parts for the Delta Wolf that I hope will bolt right on and I'll be good to go after mounting a scope and tuning the rifle. I couldn't wait to test the velocity that it's set at so I checked the barrel to make sure it was free of obstructions and set up my chronograph. First test was with the 33gr H&N Precision slugs. Reg set to about 130bar.

Min - 732 fps
PW 5 - 822 fps
PW 10 - 880 fps
PW 15 922 fps
PW Max - 929 fps

JSB 25.34gr shallow skirt Redesigned

Min - 918 fps

I only tested the pellets at Min as this looks like it could be a good tune right out of the box and I need to top up the tank. I'm going to order better gauges as I find these ones hard to read. Here's a pic with it's .25cal older brother.

The data test sheet is from 2024 so I'm hoping this one has one of the barrels that shoots both pellets and slugs well.

 

[Corvid_Hunter]

Got the grip changed, barrel block and scope installed. I had ordered a race rail a while back and will set up one of these rifles for that scope also. A compact arca rail and new gauges should be here in a week or so. Hopefully I can get out this weekend to zero the scope and see what kind of groups I can get at 50 yards to give me an idea of what this one is like.

 

[Danman]

Last year I wanted to buy a .22cal rifle and was looking at the 28" barrelled Ghost and the Delta Wolf. The Delta Wolf was on for a good price so (against my better judgment) I ordered the Delta Wolf. Things did not go well from day one and the end result was that I was going to get a new replacement from the factory. There was no ETA on it's arrival and I had waited what I thought was too long so I asked Travis at AGS to give me the Ghost and make up the difference with some ammo. It arrived today and I'm a very happy man. I have some parts for the Delta Wolf that I hope will bolt right on and I'll be good to go after mounting a scope and tuning the rifle. I couldn't wait to test the velocity that it's set at so I checked the barrel to make sure it was free of obstructions and set up my chronograph. First test was with the 33gr H&N Precision slugs. Reg set to about 130bar.

Min - 732 fps
PW 5 - 822 fps
PW 10 - 880 fps
PW 15 922 fps
PW Max - 929 fps

JSB 25.34gr shallow skirt Redesigned

Min - 918 fps

I only tested the pellets at Min as this looks like it could be a good tune right out of the box and I need to top up the tank. I'm going to order better gauges as I find these ones hard to read. Here's a pic with it's .25cal older brother.

The data test sheet is from 2024 so I'm hoping this one has one of the barrels that shoots both pellets and slugs well.

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Nice setup! Not sure what your end goal is for ammo usage, but if mainly Mrds & running that 580cc bottle you should get tons of shots per fill.
If you ever pull the barrel, push a pellet through maybe and see if barrel is choked..... ill be watching your future posts closely!

 

[Corvid_Hunter]

Thanks. I did pull the barrel and give it a cleaning. It was incredibly dirty. When I finally got it clean I pushed through some pellets and had a weird experience. After the throat there is about 1/3 of the barrel that the caused the pellet to actually squeal as I pushed it through. Then it got really easy and then a small choke. I'm somewhat concerned that this might not be a good barrel, but time will tell if it is or not.

Pellet before cleaning. Scratch marks from the lands.



After cleaning, less marks.