Brocock/BRK BRK Ghost long term

[Franklink]

I sent LW an email asking them if they build a 17" choked, I can only find the 24" on their site. I am a Gunsmith and build long range hunting rifles. I might be able to make these available, I have a CNC lathe guy that could pop these things right out.

Most LW blanks are 24" I think the standard process is for guys to cut x" off the breech end (to preserve the choke) id they're wanting a shorter barrel.

You'd likely sell some if you choose to make them.

 

[emack1984]

This is what I love to see. Fantastic gun and the reliability. How has the POI been on the gun the time you've owned it? Besides pulling gun the barrel and such have you ever had the POI be off? I'm assuming not as I know you don't play games with that also. I wish they had a TP adjuster like all the other BRKs. If so I'd have one probably. I'd have to sell my Evol Mini to do so but don't think I could do that.

Wats a tp adjuster?

 

[IKnowNutin]

Wats a tp adjuster?

Transfer Port adjustment. A knob with 3-5 positions on the right side of the receiver for adjusting how much of the air charge from the plenum is used to push the pellet.

 

[cavedweller]

Added another box of slugs to the empty pile this morning and decided to lay these out for a photo.

This is since Sept of 2022. It represents entire tins or boxes shot solely by the Ghost. Shots taken when experimenting with other possible pellets are not here.

There are...
4x500 of the FX .177/10.34
8x200 of the JSB .22/25.4 Monster RD
11x300 of the NSA .20/18.9 slugs
8x500 of the JSB .20/15.89
13x500 of the JSB .20/13.73
I'm totaling that out to 17,400. I'd guess that the testing of various other pellets and slugs would get it closer to 18,000.

I've enjoyed every shot.
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That’s the right way to get the lead out!

 

[cavedweller]

Yes, kinda.

The first valve leaked. I was told by the importer that they had a couple leaky valves from the first shipment. I messed up the second valve by monkeying with the valve stem return spring, so it leaked too. The third valve I left as OEM and it has been in the gun since....I dunno, maybe last year around this time? Which is also about when I got the .20 barrel. The vast majority of shots have been with the .20 and this current valve has been good for all that.

I did go into the regulator once, mostly curiosity. I flipped the delrin disc while in there. It didn't change anything about how the regulator performed. It was fine prior and fine after flipping the disc.

No orings have been replaced (other than those that are part of the valve assembly when the whole valve was replaced). Although I noticed that the shroud centering oring seems a bit stretched out the last time I pulled the shroud to do a deep clean on the barrel. That oring doesn't hold air, just centers the shroud.

The Ghost design has very few places to leak, the plenum through the chassis is just a long cylinder, roughly 7/8" in diameter. It COULD leak at the front of the plenum, where the gauges and fill port and regulator all intersect and supply/measure the air in the plenum. The other potential leak point is at the rear of the plenum, where the valve resides. The Ultra Valve in the Ghost is kinda like a faucet cartridge.....in the case of a leak, pull the old valve and put a new one in. Scope doesn't even have to be removed to access the valve.

After the first two valves, it's been a solid and dependable gun. I wouldn't have shot it as much as I have if I didn't enjoy it and trust it.

Edit: just thought to add that it has been shot in some pretty dusty and dirty environments. It has spent hours at the dairy, at my family's feedlots, in the prairie dog fields, and at dry and dusty field target matches. It has not been babied, I really should hit it with some compressed air. A close inspection shows dust buildup all in the cracks and crevices.

Every once in awhile that thread pops up “if you could only have one gun” of my 18 high end PCP’s it’s the ghost…: versatility!!
Form equals function; and this versatility made me sell several other guns including my Alpha-wolf and acquire all the barrel options for the Ghost.
I also struggled with a couple of leaks - one was ultra valve related and the other was a sneaky one hiding behind my air-bottle.
I was fortunate to have Derrick Wall do the trigger work. @zx10wall - completely transformed my relationship with the gun.
I actually bought a ghost because of your write ups.
I’ve never tried slugs…. One day…. Maybe

 

[cavedweller]

This is what I love to see. Fantastic gun and the reliability. How has the POI been on the gun the time you've owned it? Besides pulling gun the barrel and such have you ever had the POI be off? I'm assuming not as I know you don't play games with that also. I wish they had a TP adjuster like all the other BRKs. If so I'd have one probably. I'd have to sell my Evol Mini to do so but don't think I could do that.

Owning both types the ghost makes the TP unnecessary imo.