I'm kind of curious about this rifle,I had one back in the 70s when they were made by Charter Arms.The one I had would not shoot a full clip without jamming,regardless of ammo brand..the ejector mechanism looked like it was hacksawed out of an aluminum pot.Is Henry Arms making them better?I'd like to have another one but I don't want the kind of problems I had before.
I've had one of the oginal silver AR-7's for some time now but have never found a good use for it other than its compact storage. I found it in one of the gun stores I frequent for 100.00 bucks or so. I have shot it several times and did not have any fail to feeds or fail to ejects. The sights suck and their not very accurate but there is a sight called AR7.com that sells accessories like heavy barrels and different types of fixed stocks that may help turn it into a shooter but if I have to spend the extra money to do that I might as well have just bought a real rifle. For me I bought it for truck / 4 wheeler gun that I would not be to concerned with it it was stolen but could be used to take out the occassional tree rat or tin can.
Here is an earlier thread on the Henry Survival Rifle. http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/firearms/8484-henry-u-s-survival-rifle.html Turns out, to do a forum search here, it's better to use Google.
i had one and sold it the peep sight is so hard to sight because of the thickness of the stock.dont get me wrong i like peep sights but this is very hard to sight for that reason.so i think it is crap.lol