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Originally Posted by k1dude
The AR-7 in all variants has been problematic, including the ones by Henry. Read the reviews. Handbuilt, if you've had that kind of performance, consider yourself very fortunate and hang on to that puppy.
Everyone was expecting great things from the new variant from Henry with the orange insert. But from reports, it's the same-o-lame-o.
The concept is a good one, the execution has been poor.
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You're kidding, right?
http://survivalcache.com/us-ar-7-survival-rifle-review/
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...urvival-rifle/
From the article above.
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Reliability 4-½ stars (out of 5)
The survival rifle functioned nearly flawlessly despite heavy rainfall which undoubtedly washed out all the lubrication carefully applied by its operator. Just be careful not to grip the magazine too tightly.
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http://www.majorpandemic.com/2011/12...le-review.html
The only bad thing about this rifle is the occasional light hammer strike, but I believe that
this is inherent to the design. The rifle is designed to have a polymer "barrel" and barrel steel liner inside of that, to save weight. That firing pin can start to really, REALLY screw up and mushroom that barrel liner if it is dry fired too many times. That's why the hammer is always low powered: it can't be too powerful as to start messing up the face of the barrel.
And it's not a big deal if you use fairly high quality ammo, because they normally have softer cases, and don't NEED a harder hammer strike. Remember: This is not a plinking rifle! It is a throw-it-in-your-trunk-or-backpack rifle! So the fact that it "requires" (without a mod) expensive ammuniton is of no consequence. If you want a plinking rifle buy a Ruger 10/22.
Also: High five. I learned a lot from this discussion