Just got my .30 cal BRK Ghost in and wow what a piece of craftsmanship. Big thanks to Derrick Wall (zx10wall) for getting her all ready before shipment with the trigger job (changing the spring, calibrating the settings, testing it). He then tuned the gun for my ammo of choice which is the 56 grain Zan pellets, and he even did a 30 yard and 50 yard testing for accuracy, and sent me the actual target papers that were shot and a full printout of the chrono readings. After all that, he installed a 700cc tank, and did all the tests all over again. Now that's how you send a gun to a customer.
Also wanna thank franklink and pesty3782 for advising me on what to do and who I needed to hook up with. Thanks guys.
Now how do I feel?......absolutely impressed! The first thing you notice with this gun is the engineering. So much high end machining and metal for an airgun???.....I asked myself why take it this far?.... but after I started to shoot it I realized the answer.... and that is to give you the upmost confidence that this gun will never change on you, never go moody, never do something strange that you can't figure out, never have the dreaded POI shifting, and always be what you need when you need it. That's how you feel when you hold it. It feels like a $2,000 gun. It feels like it will never let you down.
How does it shoot?......amazing. Wherever I put my crosshairs, I could have confidence it was going right there. Did a 1/3 inch group at 50 yards and thought I was special, lol (I'm not, it's the gun). I'm tuned to shoot 56 grain Zans at 875fps. My moderator is making that 885fps, but it's hole in hole at that speed too, so I'm not gonna drop the wheel down. My reg is around 150 bar, power wheel at 18, and pumping out 98 foot pounds of energy very comfortably. The gun doesn't feel tense or strained at all. So I can tell for sure she's capable of 110 foot pounds easy, but I don't need that much power, as I only want to shoot the Zans.
I did some testing with several moderators such as 0DB, Donny, and some others. Surprising as the best accuracy came from the small moderators such as the Tatsu and 110c. And they are very quiet as well (for me). I was very shocked at 100 foot pounds of air energy being suppressed so much by small mods. And both look equally good to me so it's hard to pick which one I'll run. I'll put both pics down below at bottom of this post.
Speaking of tanks, I have a 700cc bottle and as you can tell from the pics below the "fattest" moderator you can do is the size of the Tatsu. Of course you can go as long as you want, but width will be your limiting factor (unless you can create an adapter extension on the muzzle). Actually I like the look of the Tatsu over the 0DB, so I'm glad it shot better (I'll put both pics up). I think it has something to do with that fatness kind of matching the bottle a little better for overall design flow.
At near 100 foot pounds of energy, I'm getting 50-60 shots a fill. That's pretty great...because you have to remember I'm turning the power up for much bigger pellets. Most people are gonna shoot the 44's at 75 foot pounds, so that would be a ton of shots for me if I did that, lol. I wouldn't be surprised if it was near double, haha.
Scope I'm using the Athlon Midas Tac HD and boy did I pick right on that one. Good glass, good weight, and exceptional turret control.
I bought the Midwestern Elite High Capacity mag and I love it!. Fill 2 of these up (44 shots in .30 cal), and I'm ready to shoot the entire tank. The lower cals get more shots per mag btw.
So many people told me not to skimp on the bipod, and I'm so glad I didn't. The AccuTac bipod is niiiiiccceee. I just couldn't see how a $300 bipod could be worth that price.... yep, I was wrong, lol. It even made my wife eyes buck when she played with it. (Yeah I could word that better, but I won't, lol).
I love the way the gun feels when I shoot off hand. The weight is from the middle to rear which allows me to hold the gun easily with the extended arm. This is why i love bullpups so much. I do understand some people saying it's a little heavy, but I get why....the tradeoff in the quality of build is worth the extra pound over its competitors.
The trigger squeezes so nice and easy. Derrick has it set at an 8oz second stage and the gun does not have much recoil, so you feel real good about not "throwing the shot". Overall I'm impressed with the way it shoots and handles in my hands and on the bench.
The only gripe I have about anything is BRK sending that female fill connect that I can't use, lol. I got ready to fill my gun back up and couldn't, and boy was I sitting there looking like a big dummy. It never dawned on me to check to see if I had what I needed to fill the gun, lol. So should this be a gripe, or is this just my fault? Lol, I don't know, but I bought an Air Venturi adapter and hopefully that'll get me back going (I'll post both pics right below this paragraph)...
^^^^This is the connect it came with. I have nothing to hook that up with to my compressors, lol.
^^^^This is what I'm hoping with fix that problem. Should be in tomorrow.
Well back to the gun..... here are the pics I mentioned with two moderators showing the difference in looks with the 700cc bottle.
All in all I think she looks great. The 700cc bottle is not instrusive to the look at all on the HP models. It actually looks clean to me especially in person.
This is a solid gun. You will not go wrong here. This is one of those guns that may not be for everyone, but no one will say you made the wrong decision in buying it. And that's saying something.
Well thanks for reading my thread, and be safe everyone.
