[petrol]

Hi, I just took mine to the range for the first time yesterday. I was pretty happy with the accuracy (it's more accurate than I am at the moment).
But it did jam almost every round.
I did clean the barrel with a bore snake first, should I have used a rod and patches?
The ammo was also cheap Winchester HV xprt.
so while I could deal with the jams, the little handle on the slide (sorry, I'm kind of new to guns, and not sure of the correct name) is too small to grip properly and I now have a huge blister on my forefinger.
so I guess the point is, should I be using better / more expensive ammo?
make some kind of attachment to help the slide mechanism? or just deal with it and man up.

thank you.

[andrew cochran]

That little handle should slide out on the slide.

[Metronome]

Aww man, I was just handling one of the Henry AR-7's today and contemplating a mad dash purchase! The fact that the sales person was a rather cute young woman didn't hurt either. Now you had to bring this thread up =)

I have seen older ones, but have never been able to fire one. From what I remember, the one I played with was either heavily abused, or cheaply made (I am willing to bet both). Handling the one today made me feel much more comfortable with the idea. I thought the stock looked a little chunky, but it was actually kinda nice, and putting your left hand under the magazine was natural feeling. The magazines release was easy and the action was smooth enough. I thought the collapsing bolt handle would bother me, but it was pretty ignorable.

I am going to visit one more time before I drag out the plastic, I have had a rimfire fever lately (I blame the lack of proper centerfire availability).

[petrol]

Thank you andrew,
when i got home this afternoon I was messing about with a piece of wire to make the mechanism a little more comfortable and out pops the little handle. now I just hope I didn't damage anything fireing it with the handle in.
While I'm no expert, i'm pretty happy with it. I just wanted a rifle I could fire at my local indoor range and maybe stick in my B.O.B.
I'm definitely going back to the range again tmrw.

[22-rimfire]

The only time I would be interested in the AR-7 (no matter what make), would be as a survival gun. I generally feel they are pretty close to a piece of junk. I would probably choose to carry a longer heavier 22 for survival purposes if it ever came to that. I'd take a regular Henry lever gun any day over it. Better yet, Marlin 39A.

[JMcDonald]

Quote:       Originally Posted by nathangdad

If it is survival the goal is to have food in your stomach. In that sense I feel there are many better choices for a survival gun - a good .223 with a scope for smaller game or a good .243 with a scope for game up to antelope or deer size.

Squirrels and rabbits will be FAR FAR more abundant than deer in almost any area. And to shoot a deer in a survival situation would just waste a lot of meat unless the person has lots of time (and no dangers, including bears or bobcats or whatever) to prep and smoke all the meat.

And I wouldnt imagine a .223 would leave much left of squirrels or rabbits, not to mention the .243!


For ulta light-weight backpacking it would really be hard to beat this.