Ruger Air Hawk Break Barrel

I ordered the .177 cal break barrel and it arrived on time and was neatly packed in the box and inside another box as well. The scope is packed in its own box with the mounting hardware. After I mounted the scope on it and shot it for the first time, the projectile hit about five inches high at 50 yards. The windage was right on. I adjusted the elevation to make the projectile hit lower and sighted it in at 50 yards. It seems like an ideal range for that rifle. The very first shot surprised me. It sounded just a little shy of a .22 cal rimfire and I could hear the pellet hit the target almost immediately after I pulled the trigger. I could tell it has power although the pellet only made a small indentation in the piece of compressed engineered wood I shot at (I think it used to be an old skateboard at one time). It's loud for a pellet rifle but I like that cause it gives a pretty good indication of how powerful it shoots just by the sound. It boasts 1000 fps using lead pellets and 1200 fps with alloy pellets (that's what I was using). And although I did not attempt to measure the accuracy of the speed, I believe it was over 1000 fps just by how fast the sound of the pellet hitting the board echoed back. It was almost immediate. It's not a wimpy rifle and it takes some strength to break the barrel. The only negative thing I could think of saying about the experience is how much time it takes to break the barrel and put the next projectile in the little hole and then but the barrel back in position to shoot again and take it off safety. For target practice, I could live with it, but if I was hunting small varmints, the time between shots could be an issue and could result in your prey getting away if you had to take more than one shot at it. But other than that, this rifle is perfect for having fun while shooting at cans or bottles and challenging your friends to a marksmanship competition and having fun doing it. I put a small amount of WD-40 into my can of pellets and it made a difference on how fast it shoots. I can literally hear the difference when I pull the trigger. I wish there was a quicker easier way to put a new pellet in the chamber cause I have fat clumsy fingers and poor eyesight. I still haven't found a quick sure fire method of loading a new round and I'm sure I am not using the most proficient or efficient method. The rifle is a little heavy but it looks gorgeous with the wood stock and it comes with a fairly decent scope. The iron sights have illumination and the trigger pull is not bad. This rifle looks like it will last a long time as long as it's maintained and kept clean. It would also have been nice to have sling mounts, but I can live without them.That's my honest opinion.Mike V., Albuquerque, NM

I did a lot of research before picking this gun, and I've waited for over a year before leaving a review.I bought this to specifically kill varmints in our backyard. We have (had) gophers and ground squirrels destroying everything, digging holes, etc. It looked like an episode of the meerkats out back with them all standing on their hind legs.Our house sits on approximately an acre+ of land. It is approximately 170' from my back door to our property line. I sniped a ground squirrel in the head at that distance (with a scope of course). The pellet then went through a wooden lath that the ground squirrel was standing in front of.If that doesn't sell you on the gun I don't know what will. It has the range, power, and accuracy needed to kill that small of a target at over 150'.I was also able to take down a cottontail rabbit with a headshot at 125'.(I'm not a marksman. I consider myself an OK/above average shot)Note that for accuracy you will need to invest in the right pellet. I started off with cheap ones and the casting process left a lip on about half of the pellets which wildly affected their flight patterns. Also, invest in a decent scope. I paired mine with this one, and it's been absolutely fantastic for the price.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007UT3OFC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1The rifle itself is heavy. I like the weight a lot. It makes steadying your shot easier (for me anyway). The break barrel has some decent resistance when cocking, so a small person or teen/child might struggle a bit with it. The gun was pretty loud at first but quieted down after a couple shots. It's not quiet by any means, but it did improve quite a bit from out of the box. It jumps a bit in your hand but there's very minimal kickback/forward from the spring. Again, I think this is aided by the weight.I've put a couple hundred shots through this thing now and all but eliminated our varmint problem. Should have kept a tally!Well worth your money. Satisfied customer!

The media could not be loaded. Thing fails to fire 4/5 times. When it does fire, it won't group within 2" at 20 yards while firing stationary from a rifle rest, which is in my opinion laughably unacceptable. In my picture you can see it is shipped in a massive box which it broke out of in shipment and in my video you can see the gun failing as it typically does.