AR-7

[Thompson-]

Tis the season and I am thinking of buying an AR-7 and I would like to here your opinions and reviews of the AR-7 and accessories. I am getting the new Henry version, the US Survival rifle.

[joefrank64k]

I have 2...an old Charter Arms and a new Henry.

These are neat guns. I love my Henry. It seems to work best with high-velocity ammo, though I rarely have trouble with standard-velocity (occasional FTF).

Another thing I learned, try to avoid putting pressure on the mags when firing. It's a natural place to hold the rifle, and you can use it for that, just don't put to much rearward pressure on them.

Great little guns with an interesting history...they even float!

[pilote]

you will find more negative reviews on the ar7 than positive, because most of those people buy it with idea it will be a cheap plinking rifle WHICH IT IS NOT.

it tends to falter on bulk ammo, which INFURIATES people who only want to use the cheapest ammo available. if this is you too, DON'T BUT ONE; you will not be happy.

having said all that, i love using my henry ar7. i understand its primary purpose and its quirks. and i only use cci high or hyper velocity ammo, and it rarely jams on me. in fact, the ar7 is sensational using hyper velocity ammo as it has pretty stout springs in it.

do your research on it; it has limitations...

[REPR]

you will find more negative reviews on the ar7 than positive, because most of those people buy it with idea it will be a cheap plinking rifle WHICH IT IS NOT.

it tends to falter on bulk ammo, which INFURIATES people who only want to use the cheapest ammo available. if this is you too, DON'T BUT ONE; you will not be happy.

having said all that, i love using my henry ar7. i understand its primary purpose and its quirks. and i only use cci high or hyper velocity ammo, and it rarely jams on me. in fact, the ar7 is sensational using hyper velocity ammo as it has pretty stout springs in it.

do your research on it; it has limitations...

This right here cprn and it will never jam. Since I started using cci mini-mags I've never had it jam once. As stated in quote, if you're buying it because you need a pack rifle or truck gun then it's good. If you're expecting to just shoot paper with it and want pin point shots then perhaps you should get something else. That said it's accuracy is fair and it's a nice package to hit the wilderness with. Just stick with a copper plated round nose and it will fire fine all day long.

[Caseless]

Tis the season and I am thinking of buying an AR-7 and I would like to here your opinions and reviews of the AR-7 and accessories. I am getting the new Henry version, the US Survival rifle.

The only cool accessory worth buying - 15 round mags, you cannot have in CA.
For some reason, I have more fun assembling and disassembling the Henry AR-7 than actually shooting it each time at the range. The heavy trigger makes it a 50-yd carbine at best.

Do you plan to shoot it a lot? Like >5,000 rounds a year. If so, you need a Marlin 70PSS Papoose, too.

[bohoki]

don't ,just don't the grass is not greener over here

surplrisingly my ar-7 works better using my 25 round ramline magazines