There are ways to improve it...

by Paul , Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 20:51 (766 days ago) @ Hoot

One easy way would be to contact Mike at http://flyingdragonairrifles.org/ and getting one of his triggers with the two screw modification. Or you could find a tutorial on the 'net (I could help you look if you're interested) on doing it yourself. That'd give you a better trigger. I'm trying to remember if the Ruger Airhawk was oversprung, I KNOW the Crosman Optimus I briefly had was. I've found these relatively cheap rifles to be a lot of fun to play with. The US versions need a spring compressor for disassembly, but an appropriately sized bar or pipe clamp can get the job done.

Here's a forum thread on the trigger mod...

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thespringerlounge/th208-trigger-t2059.html

And here's the write up I did on my old project AirHawk

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thespringerlounge/ruger-airhawk-in-hand-12-fpe-build-co...

Sold the rifle to a young man interested in Field Target, but then Covid hit and that was that. As I recall, that rifle was only putting out 12 FPE - an 8.44 grain pellet at around 800 FPS, no where near the 1,000 FPS they advertise. But that's "par for the course". Hatsan is the only company that I've noticed comes close to posting real life velocities for their rifles.