Ruger Blackhawk Elite Reviews

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This air rifle is a piece of Chinese junk. At first impression, it seemed well made, and easy to cock. The accuracy was marginal at best, even with the included Chinese-made optics. However, after just over 1000 shots, the mainspring broke, and the cheap die-cast pot metal trigger group broke apart. I believe that Ruger should be embarrassed to have their name on it! Perhaps if it were made in the USA it would be a better product, but I would strongly advise anyone who will be shooting more that at a bare minimum, avoid this air rifle.

So far everything only shot it maybe 40-50 times

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Great gunfir the money ! Very accurate I put the scope on tighten everything down shot 3 shots less than 1/4 " group at 25 yards never touched the scope

Very realistic looking, extremely powerful, and low price for the good quality.

None, just too awesome to change!

It has a pretty good amount of recoil, so it isn't recommended for first-time shooters of air gins. Also, it is extremely powerful! So, please be careful when shooting this airgun.

had a heck of a time getting zeroed in due to wrong pellet selection after much trial and error my rifle shoots best with Kodiak match extra heavy 10.65 grain

Get a better scope

Rifle doesn't like pellets under 10 grains and Thanks to all who post it has helped me a bunch for the money don't no how you could do better

Looks , price , performance

trigger , scope and rings .

I helped a friend set it up not my gun . This air gun had so much oil in it . It was dieseling for 5 shots , sounded like a 22 lr going off . For another 20 shots smoke was coming out of it . After that it settled down . The trigger was around 8lbs . We adjusted it down to 4 lbs . After the first stage the trigger would creep 1/2 in. before it went off . We were shooting at 50yrds . bench rest and grouped 3" to 4" in . Better pellets might shrink the group size . I think it needs to be broken in and dry patches run through to get the oil out of the barrel . Not too bad for the money .

I like the Power of it, the accuracy of the scope and the weight balance, the style and look of it.

The lack of power in-between shots. And for it to make less noise.

That's all!

Great for target shooting, or for spoofing rodents off your land. With the scope you have 100% accuracy.

This is a very heavy Air Rifle, I wouldn't recommend it to someone that has disabilities with lifting.

It's alot of fun!

This is the first "break barrel" rifle I have owned, bought it a couple weeks ago to shoot some starlings that pester our other birds and feeders at our farm house and for some target shooting from our huge deck. I like the weight and feel of this rifle along with the power to reach out beyond 20 yards. The scope hasn't moved on me at all, despite what other reviews say. Once sighted in we can hit a 3 by 3 inch target at 30 yards and more.

The scope could be a bit better but works great for backyard shooting. For the price of this rifle, ($99) I think it's a great buy. A lot of fun for me and the wife to target shoot with

Take the time to sight in the scope, took me about 30 shots. Just as good as one of the $200/$250 rifles

I love the grip , once I got use to it going back to a standard stalk was uncomfortable . Accuracy, I have dropped about 12 jack rabbits in the last two weeks at about 60-65 even 70 yards 4four of which were head shots and they seem to pass straight through using big fives hollow point 7.9 grain ,deadly accurate .

Scope has to be readjusted once a week . Pain in the rear .

I would put the safety in front of trigger , I loose precious time with it being under barrel.

Accuracy. Power and penetration.

More weight in the rear of the gun for better balance. Lighter trigger pull. Front of the scope needs to tighten better as it comes lose.

I would recommend the daisy flat head rounds as a great ammo for power and accuracy. Using the flat head round it will go threw a tin soup can both sides at 20 yds. or one side at 50 yds. The 50 yds. shot had to raise about 2" up and 6" to the side for 10-15 mph wind and bullet drop. The target was a small tomato sauce can about 2-3" in size. I would recommend oiling it every so many 100 rounds to keep the piston and seals good and never leaving it cocked for pro longed periods of time as it is hard on the spring. I would avoid using the daisy penetrating rounds due to inaccuracy of about 6" or better diameter for spread at 20 yards. The main reason I use the daisy rounds is the cost but mainly the availability in local stores.

The price is good for what you get. Once you get a good scope, scope rings, and the right pellet for your rifle it can be a really good gun. The accuracy is very good for the price point.

The scope and scope rings are not that great. Single screws are used for the rings and the mounts to the barrel, this caused me nothing but problems until I purchased a UTG compensation mount and some weaver rings for the scope mount.

My gun is very accurate with JSB Match Diabolo Exact .177 Cal, 8.4 grains. I have tried Crosman .177 heavy 10.5 grain and I did not have as much luck. Have loctite handy to keep all of the screws in place, if you have any accuracy issues stop and check ALL of the screws to make sure that they have not backed out.

Not much.

Consistency in manufacturing this product.

This is the second one I have purchased (see my other review). This one didn't have the smooth trigger or the accuracy of the first one. Couldn't shoot a group smaller than 1 1/2 inches at 20 yards off a bench. Piece of junk, sent it back.

I bought one of these and at first was highly impressed. Mine was very powerful. I had to use 8.3 gr. or heavier pellets to keep it from breaking the sound barrier. It was also very accurate right out of the box, ½ inch groups at 20 yards off a bench. I thought “this is the best air rifle I had ever purchased”. It had a beautiful trigger on it with only about 2- 2 ½ pounds of pull and very smooth.

After about 40 shots the piston seal must have torn because there was a significant loss of power, the accuracy was gone too. A few more shots and the piston started honking. I added a couple drops of chamber oil and the honking went away for a little while, and then returned. I added chamber oil a second time, same results. The accuracy never did come back.

I suggest oiling the chamber before using it just in case it arrives dry. I also had to tighten the pivot and all other screws. I didn’t care for the balance of this rifle (too front heavy) or the style of the stock. But would highly recommend the purchase of this, it is well made and has so many positives going for it. I can overlook a torn seal (covered by warranty). For the price you get a lot.

light weight stock

scope

another fun one to shoot out of the box with scope installed it took about 5 min and i was shooting pieces of clay pigeons, better accuracy than the air hawk. will add a vortek tune kit later on.

Very good gun out of the box, need to finish breaking it in. Very accurate and powerful gun for under 100 bucks.

The scope although good is not sufficient for me, I replaced with a 3x9 off of my old 22. Make sure all the screws are tight, and that the break seal was flat out of the box.

Great gun needs a little work out of the box but after that it's a great 100 gun.

took it out of the box put it together and zeroed it in and it has been a lot of fun

not much for the money it a great value. i would sugest it to my friends, great buy.

you need to lock tight the back screw by the trigger or it will never stay zeroed in....

Very ergonomic, balanced, smooth cocking and shooting. Was seriously surprised at the quality, best I've seen in this price. Accurate enough for squirrels and cans to 35/40 yards with the 4x scope

Needs a 3x9, the scope provided is excellent, but you want reach out to the guns potential with a 4x

Not pellet fussy, in pretty much zeroed for three different pellets right now, they each group about a half inch standing at 10 meters, either stacked with occasional fliers or round quarter inch from the rest depending on the pellet but totally predictable repeatable, I love this gun, 100%