16,170 air rifles can fire before the bolt is fully cocked

About 16,170 HatsanUSA Blitz and Blitz 777 air rifles are covered by a recall announced October 15, 2026, because the rifle can fire unexpectedly if the bolt is released before the rifle is fully cocked. The Consumer Product Safety Commission lists the action as recall number 27025, and the remedy is a free replacement trigger assembly. The agency says the company has received one report of an accidental misfire and that no injuries have been reported.

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The rifles are not ordinary pellet guns. They are gas-operated, select-fire models that run on a pressurized air tank, and they sold for between $800 and $1,100 apiece, which puts them at the expensive end of the airgun market. They were sold over a stretch of roughly six years, from February 2020 through March 2026, so the recall reaches rifles that owners have had for a long time as well as ones bought in recent months.

The bolt, the cocking cycle and the unexpected shot

In the words of the CPSC recall notice, the rifles “can fire unexpectedly if the bolt is released before the rifle is fully cocked.” That describes a rifle that can discharge at a moment when the action is not ready, and the sequence it names is specific: the bolt is released before the cocking stroke is complete. The agency classifies the result as a projectile hazard with a risk of serious injury or death.

The notice does not explain the internal parts at fault beyond naming the trigger assembly as the component being replaced, and it does not say how the rifles were tested. What it does establish is the condition that triggers the problem and the single incident the firm has heard about, which means the numbers are small even though the potential consequence is not.

Which Blitz models, calibers and sales channels

The recall covers all units sold of the Blitz and Blitz 777 in .22, .25 and .30 calibers. CPSC describes them as black, gas-operated, select-fire PCP rifles with a synthetic stock, a carbon fiber air tank under the barrel and a rotary magazine. They were sold from February 2020 through March 2026 at sporting goods stores and gun shops nationwide, on hatsanairgunsusa.com, and through the catalog retailers Utah Airguns, Airgun Depot and Pyramyd Air.

HatsanUSA, Inc., of Bentonville, Arkansas, imported the rifles, which were made in Turkey. The importer is the party responsible for carrying out the recall, and the commission’s figure of about 16,170 units is the count of rifles in the United States that fall within it. The machine-readable entry for the campaign sits in the commission’s recall database feed for October, where it appears with the October 15 date and the unit estimate.

A free trigger assembly, and what owners are told to do first

CPSC’s instruction is to stop using the rifle immediately and make sure it is unloaded. Owners then contact HatsanUSA, which will mail a replacement trigger assembly at no charge along with instructions. Owners who do not want to install the part themselves can request a prepaid label and ship the rifle to the company for inspection and replacement.

To confirm that a rifle is part of the campaign, the notice points to the serial number and manufacture date engraved on the right side of the receiver, above the bolt. The left side carries the Hatsan logo and the model name, either BLITZ or BLITZ 777. HatsanUSA can be reached at 877-750-3375 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday, or by email at [email protected], and the firm keeps a recall page for the two models on its own site.

Fast Track handling and where to look up other recalls

CPSC lists the recall as a Fast Track action. Under the commission’s Fast Track program, a company that reports a potential hazard agrees to stop sale and distribution immediately and to carry out a corrective action plan, such as a repair, replacement or refund, and it reviews a draft press release generated by the commission’s reporting system. The program is designed to remove hazardous products from the market quickly, with consumers offered a refund, repair or replacement through the recall.

Reports of unsafe products, and searches of past recalls, run through the commission’s SaferProducts site. The recall number, 27025, is what to quote when contacting the company or checking the listing.

The single misfire report is worth keeping in proportion. One incident and no injuries is a thin record against about 16,170 rifles, which is part of why the commission’s wording stresses the potential outcome, serious injury or death from a projectile, rather than a history of harm. The remedy targets the trigger assembly because that is the part the company will mail out and ask owners to install or return.

For an owner, the practical steps come down to three: unload the rifle, check the receiver for the serial number, and call or email HatsanUSA for the trigger assembly or the prepaid shipping label.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.

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