Thoughts on Lapco Grey Ghost?

[Fred]

If you can find a good condition old model, go for it.

New ones? For the money I wasnt impressed, try a Phantom for a lot less coin.

[Watcher]

Got my 2006 SC GG about a month ago. Since then played two full days with it. LOVE IT!!!
Compared to my old Phantom, it is a Corvette C6 compared to a Geo... No that is a bad comparison, the Geo gets better gas milage...

Anyway, I wrote up a comprehensive review on Model98.Org. You can read it here.

I was experiencing incredible effeciency and accracy from the gun, and it felt very balanced and light all day. I was never "aware" that I was holding a gun as i was playing, it felt like an extention of my arm.

VERY recommended as a high-end stock-class gun. Might not be such a good choice as a first stock gun, or especially a first pump gun, however. It can be a bit odd to work on for someone with no Nelson experience, and stock play is a huge challange for someone who has played semi all their life.


I'd get a nice open class pump gun, like an old Line SI Bushmaster, try out OC pump, then "graduate" to stock-class.

[Shirow]

Got my 2006 SC GG about a month ago. Since then played two full days with it. LOVE IT!!!
Compared to my old Phantom, it is a Corvette C6 compared to a Geo... No that is a bad comparison, the Geo gets better gas milage...

Anyway, I wrote up a comprehensive review on Model98.Org. You can read it here.

I was experiencing incredible effeciency and accracy from the gun, and it felt very balanced and light all day. I was never "aware" that I was holding a gun as i was playing, it felt like an extention of my arm.

VERY recommended as a high-end stock-class gun. Might not be such a good choice as a first stock gun, or especially a first pump gun, however. It can be a bit odd to work on for someone with no Nelson experience, and stock play is a huge challange for someone who has played semi all their life.


I'd get a nice open class pump gun, like an old Line SI Bushmaster, try out OC pump, then "graduate" to stock-class.

Well, the nice thing with the Lapco is you can easily make it OC as well..

[leloup]

I don't know the price on GG's, but I really like my phantom. I would even go as far as saying I like it more than my mag

Plyaing stockclass, or just pump in general is definitely a challenge. It changes up your game. I like it because I am more mobile, refilling the feed tube with 10 round tubes in the middle of a fire fight is fun (I think so anyway), and even using 12 grams can be fun. When ever I travel to Missouri to visit my inlaws, I take my phantom to play paintball with a friend I have back there. I don't have to worry about a tank, a large hopper, I roll light with the marker, mask and small belt like harness. All in all, I will most likely sell or trade off all my markers over time for new ones, except the phantom. It will be an heirloom to my children's children's children. But, I think there will be a mag in that will too.

[Shirow]

I don't know the price on GG's, but I really like my phantom. I would even go as far as saying I like it more than my mag

Plyaing stockclass, or just pump in general is definitely a challenge. It changes up your game. I like it because I am more mobile, refilling the feed tube with 10 round tubes in the middle of a fire fight is fun (I think so anyway), and even using 12 grams can be fun. When ever I travel to Missouri to visit my inlaws, I take my phantom to play paintball with a friend I have back there. I don't have to worry about a tank, a large hopper, I roll light with the marker, mask and small belt like harness. All in all, I will most likely sell or trade off all my markers over time for new ones, except the phantom. It will be an heirloom to my children's children's children. But, I think there will be a mag in that will too.

A complete stock class ghost is about $350 (feed tube, 12gram, stock, lapco barrel etc)

Bit more than a similarly configured Phantom but not a ton more.

[Watcher]

A complete stock class ghost is about $350 (feed tube, 12gram, stock, lapco barrel etc)

Bit more than a similarly configured Phantom but not a ton more.

$380 built directly from Lapco...

Figure about $75 more than a stock Phantom, but seeing as it has all of the internal upgrades, a fine barrel, the detent, a slider frame, and a T-stock it is actually kind of a bargain.

[PvtDBJackson]

Grey Ghost might cost more than a similarly equipped Phantom, but the difference is night and day. The Ghost is just in every way better. Pump stroke is smoother. Pump doesn't twist and turn. The trigger is much better. The trigger frame is better (the Phantom 45 is all wrong). It is just so worth the extra money. I love mine. I am so glad I got it because it makes my friend's Phantom feel like a mass-produced piece of junk.

[Watcher]

I am so glad I got it because it makes my friend's Phantom feel like a mass-produced piece of junk.

I wouldn't go that far, the Phantom is a very well built gun with a very dedicated following (much like Automags). Also, with the right internals the Phantoms can be very effecient guns, and they are lighter than the Ghost.

However, the Phantom feels very... unrefined compared to the Ghost. It is like, if the Phantom was a half-blocked Orracle with a nice pump kit and the Ghost was a CCM T2...


One thing the Phantom does have over the Ghost, is stainless thread inserts. Recently my Ghost's feed-block stripped the threads right out of my body... Lapco told me they'd pick up the tab on fixing it, but if it had the stainless insert it probably never would have happened.