Ruger air hawk

[atchman2]

As funny as it may seem the ONLY pellet that shoots decently through my Air Hawk are Daisy pellets from Walmart.  Now they also shoot pretty well through my Gamo Whisper.  The Whisper likes Crossman Pointed pellets for some reason.  Every gun is different.  All of my Techforce guns shoot best with RWS German Pellets.  My 350 will shoot pretty much anything well, but you have to sight it in again for each kind of pellet.  Currently it is shooting Crossman Premier Hollow Points.

[michael90t]

those daisy premium wadcutters from wally world is what we shoot out of my boys B-3 and they will print tiny little groups... better then what I can shoot at 15 yards with iron sights anyway's.... heck the videos I posted of me and my boy shooting at some paintballs are the daisy pellets.... and hitting paintballs with iron sights at 15(really 17...) yards 3 out of 4 times is pretty accurate if you ask me.... plenty accurate enough for even serious plinking or small game at shorter ranges..

[tjk]

You know, when I want to do a little sniper/"speed" plinking from the kitchen window, I use the Daisy wads in my B-28A. My trap is +30 yards away and I can pick a spot on a tin can and hit that mark most of the time. It took me a while to figure this out, but your better AR's can shoot more types of pellets than the economy made shooters (Crosman and Gamo spring guns). Just not as pellet picky.
Congrads on the Ruger!! tjk
PS Cheap pellets can be a blessing on the old wallet.

[Schmidty25]

I also own a ruger airhawk It shoots the best with Crossman Field points and then second best with Crossman hollow points.  I get dime sized groups at 25 yards with the ruger.  Typically all springers are hold sensitive you have to get used to shooting them.  Just keep putting rounds through it and it'll get more accurate with time.  find which pellets your gun likes.

[Schmidty25]

wow I bought a tin of the daisy pellets and I shot them with my crossman 1377c  and I had pellets practically coming sideways out of the barrel!!!  never shot them again!

[fnash]

You are right about that. I have several costly air guns that will shoot different pellets equally. Don't seem to matter on the shape or weight the   POI is the same. Right now I have eight different .22 pellets and my Diana 350 will shoot all but one of them on the mark. Makes it a joy to shoot....

[michael90t]

tell you another cheap pellet I have had good luck with is the beeman coated hollow points..... they are alittle light at 7.2 grains(maybe its 7.4....) soprobably not be a good choice for the magnums but for the low to mid power range they seem great! and they are the same price as the 7.8 grain daisys lol sub 4 bucks for 500!

[jebbab]

That's my game plan for now, keep shooting it. I'm going to make one of those silent traps, the one with the duct seal putty. That's a neat idea. Thanks guys for all your input, sarcastic or not.    ;-)   Jim

[pgsmith]

jebbab - 4/30/2010  9:28 PM

That's my game plan for now, keep shooting it. I'm going to make one of those silent traps, the one with the duct seal putty. That's a neat idea. Thanks guys for all your input, sarcastic or not.    ;-)   Jim

I made one of the duct seal traps, works great have a 10 yard range in the basement with a Airhawk and a Big Cat. One layer of duct seal was all I needed, one tip for you I cut an old baking pan to fit in the box and placed the duct seal into that. That way it is easy to remove and pick pellets out of it and it gives you a steel backing.

[jebbab]

Hi PG, well I made one. I did change up a couple of things. First I used a 3/4 ply for the back. Next I cheated and used plumbers putty on the first lift. about one inch thick, It was a little cheaper then the duct seal. Second lift was the duct seal 12 one pound bars. Ya I made it a little bigger. She's a little heavy, but you wont knock it over easy either. It's working great so far. Plus I don't have my neighbors looking for pellet dents in their cars. I have one that must think that I'm using his car for a back stop. Every other shot into the metal trap he would walk over to his car and look it over. I've assured him over and over that I'm not hitting his car. Now? he doesn't hear that PING, so all it well. He just looks at me like I'm a eight year old trapped in a fifty year old's body!  Ha,  He's right!   Jim