Anyone have an AR-7?

[BOBALOO]

I have a Charter Arms. It won't feed anything. Someday I'll work on it.

[junior40er]

I want either a Henry AR-7 or a 10/22 (i like idea of more compact ar7) and also a rossi wizard that shoots 20 gauge and .243 on a different barrel.

[ScatterShot]

I have a Charter Arms. It won't feed anything. Someday I'll work on it.

I also have a Charter Arms. I had the same issue, tried all kinds of ammo and it was a jam-o-matic. I finally found the ammo it loves. Thunderbolts. True story. No FTF or FTE at all. I just had it out yesterday and shot 4 clips of TBs and it was flawless. I also figured out it helps feeding issues if you put a small wedge between the clip and trigger guard.

[Lurch762]

I have an original NIB Armalite with the camo stock. Can't tell you how it shoots because it's never been shot. There is another one in the safe, I think it's a Charter Arms but it belongs to my brother.

[pilote]

i have the henry ar7 and have been very happy with it...it's primarily my camping rimfire but i do bring it to the range occasionally...iffy on loads that are known as dirty because the breech fouls up REAL fast and that's when the jams happen (federal bulk, all remmingtons); ok but not 100% jam free on the soft lead nose (blazer bulk)...great with the clean burning minimags and fantastic with hyper velocity (stingers, velocitors, agilia hyper max)

the peeps who piss on it are those who insist on using it as an everyday plinker (it's not and was never made for that purpose), insist on using only the cheapest (dirtiest) ammo they can/want to afford, and 10/22/marlin pappose fanboys (who would rather carry their heavy riifles on a hike to a backcounty lake instead of a 2.5lbs ar7 in a backpack...be my guest)

[Steve1968LS2]

I have an older Henry one.. I keep it in a dry sack locked up in my truck as an emergency "broken down in the middle of nowhere" gun..

Very simple gun, fairly accurate once you figure out the POA. Light as a feather.. if you keep in mind what it was designed for then it's a great gun.

[Gem1950]

Had one and sold it. It is kind of a curiosity and maybe something to have in one's collection and be able to say you have one. It might be useful as what it was designed for - A light weight .22lr that can be stowed away in an aircraft for emergency use, or a backpacking tool for someone who does not want to carry something more substantial.

[joefrank64k]

I have an older Henry one.. I keep it in a dry sack locked up in my truck as an emergency "broken down in the middle of nowhere" gun..

Very simple gun, fairly accurate once you figure out the POA. Light as a feather.. if you keep in mind what it was designed for then it's a great gun.

Bingo!!!

[Jimi Jah]

What do the new Henry AR-7's go for and does anyone in California sell them?

I saw a video on them and they were also designed by Stoner for the pilots that flew in Namm. It just seems like a great gun for it's size.

[BroncoBob]

Saw one today at Elite Armory in Castro Valley while doing PPT.

[shovelon]

I have one. Wanted one forever in fact.

Got the Henry version a couple of years ago from a LGS, and worked perfect for the first thousand rounds. Got jammed, took it to the LGS, and they showed me how to pull the side/trigger group plate off and saw the bolt spring guide lost a corner and fell into the trigger group. They promptly had Henry send one out. Fast forward a couple of thousand rounds, and same thing happened except the spring guide split down the middle. Called Henry myself and who picks up the phone? Anthony Imperato. Says they had a batch of overcured guides and would send me a couple of the recent ones. Thanked me for being a loyal Henry customer and got them within a couple of days. Been fine ever since and have a spare.

The trick to taking the side plate off is to dry fire without snap cap spent shell as to not dent the barrel face, take sideplate screw out, and giggle the plate off while pushing the group pin and trigger to keep them in place. Plate lifts off with all components intact and cleaning can commence. Without releasing the firing pin by dryfiring, the springs are loaded, the center pin cocks over and is tough to jiggle plate off and hold the trigger in the right location.

A little firing pin dent appeared on the barrel breech/face/whatever after too many dry fires. I put a little dab of weld with my tig and then filed it flush as well as trued the barrel opening with a needle file. Perfect. I told myself I could killerize this gun and it has done well by me and still going strong.

I also bought a 10/22 takedown. Ugly bugger so I put wood on it, but I always look forward to the little AR-7. It's got a better sights than the 10/22, acurrate as heck, and has a nice kick with HV round nose. It is holding it's own after some 5K rounds. The poor 10/22 ended up with a scope along with it's wood.

[Decoligny]

I have a Henry U.S. Survival.

One thing to remember with these is the 26" minimum length requirement for rifles.

If you take the receiver and put the barrel on first, you have a functional firearm that is well below the minimum 26" length required by law.

So, attach the stock to the reciever before you put the barrel on, and remove the barrel before you remove the stock.

Wouldn't want an inadvertant felony conviction.

[majtom94]

Real wisdom there, don't get careless at the range and build it in the wrong pattern in Comiefornia.


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[Decoligny]

Resistant is a good description. If I were worried about forging across rivers I would like to put a couple wraps of electrical tape around the cap. But I would be very confident to leave the gun in the rain for awhile if it was packed up.

If however you are in a boat with the rifle assembled, and drop it, the heavy end will keep the stock sticking straight up out of the water.

[Oneaudiopro]

I have an original Armalite in brown camo............the rarest of all the camo patterns.