My buddy bought his son and my two sons all Ruger Airhawks for Christmas. As a thank you to him, I spent about an hour and a half going through my regular routine of stripping stock and action screws of oil, reassembling with loctite blue and waiting 24 hrs to do any shooting. I didn't catch if yours was a combo with the "ruger" 4x30 mm scope or not, but the next morning I centered and installed their scopes according to each boy's eye relief preference when he would shoulder the rifle. That next night we eagerly began testing in my same buddies 12 meter basement range. Here's the short of what we came to regarding pellet selection and accuracy, and the snags along the way.
Good points, all the guns shot similarly enough to where we could eventually sight in with a single "favorite" pellet so we could buy several tins and have ammo to share without worrying about different weights, styles etc. for each gun. Out of the general variety we select from, including Crosman Premiums ( in pointed field/hunting, and hollow point hunters), Crosman Destroyers, and Crow magnum and Wadcutters, the overall winner in these rifles was tight between the Crosman Premium field pointed and the Premiers in hollowpoint. I went ahead and zeroed all three guns in the Premier Hollow points that we got at Dick's Sporting goods for about $6.99 per tin of 500. I was pleased that deiseling was mimimal from the start and after as little as 50 shots these guys were almost smoked out.My RWS Mendoza 600 is approaching the 750 mark and smoking like a man on death row before last rights! After 300 shots break-in, the guns have settled down to groups from the bench rest of 3/8" on average, and I can get below that if I take my time between shots. Now, my friends son as well as mine had the idea to take off the front sight to get rid of the little black "haze" that showed up on the bottom left corner of the 4x scope. The groups opened up to 1/2 to 3/4" immediately. Back on they went, and loctite blue to the sight screw while we were at it.
The "down" points. Thankfully not many. The scope in the "combo" unit we got has no Adj. Obj. lense, so you must either focus the ocular eyepiece to make a clear image of the reticle itself, or sacrifice that for a minimally decent clarity of the sight picture. I feel the scope is probably zeroed for 35 yds. corrective objective lense. The triggers adjustability actually works! So my friend brought his son's down to the least amount of pull, whereas I left my son's alone to allow for full break-in of the original setting before tinkering with it. We're going hunting with all three kids this coming Saturday Lord willing, so we can't wait to see how these Hawks will perform for the kids. Even though I have my small game license, and could take whatever rimfire or shotgun I have in my arsenel, I think my RWS 48 and Gamo 440 will be making the trip as my sidearms! God Bless, and safe hunting. Dutchspringer out!
