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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => The Shop => : bigbluezuk January 05, 2009, 03:44:02 PM

: Ruger Air Hawk - Little Mods
: bigbluezuk January 05, 2009, 03:44:02 PM

Here are some pics of my Air Hawk after some tinkering.  I have seen many reviews of this gun that complain that the trigger is plastic!  Wrong! It is aluminum and polishes up quite nicely.  I also painted the S on the safety for better visibility and aesthetics (i think the RWS models are like this from the factory?).  I will also take pictures of the polished internal trigger components next time I take it apart.  

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Also, every single thread in this gun is nasty.  Its worth a few minutes to clean them
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: RE: Ruger Air Hawk - Little Mods
: matthew_H January 05, 2009, 03:58:55 PM

cool , i think the first batch of airhawks had plastic triggers . mine is metal . hey is that a factory scope stop ? mine dose not have one , i bought a gamo scope stop and it don't work for beans , i need to drill a stop pin hole i guess .

: Re: Ruger Air Hawk - Little Mods
: bigbluezuk January 05, 2009, 04:00:37 PM

Yah, it seems the early generations did not have a factory scope stop.  My SN is in the mid 20,000's.

: Re: Ruger Air Hawk - Little Mods
: matthew_H January 05, 2009, 04:05:01 PM

yeah my s/n is in the 800s .

: Re: Ruger Air Hawk - Little Mods
: bigbluezuk January 05, 2009, 04:06:22 PM

They must have decided real quick that the plastic trigger was a bad idea.  heh

: Re: Ruger Air Hawk - Little Mods
: matthew_H January 05, 2009, 04:10:29 PM

yup , mine is some sort of metal , not real sure what , most likely aluminum or zinc alloy .