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[–] watch_listed 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Federally, to be a rifle, it must have at least a 16" barrel and have a minimum length of 26"overall.

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[–] Trasheconomy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

At what point would it be a pistol? Just not a 16 inch barrel?

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[–] watch_listed 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Once it has a shoulder stock, it is a rifle forever and ever, so that particular firearm is a rifle from the factory. If you go below those measurements, it becomes a short barreled rifle and subject to the National Firearms Act of 1934.

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[–] Trasheconomy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Cool, thanks for the info!

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[–] robot7247 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Some anecdotes on the AR7 -

When made by Charter Arms they had issues; firing pin breakage from poor heat treatment. Certainly Henry has fixed that by now.

Charter made a pistol version also. Soon after you had to provide a copy of your sales receipt of the pistol version to buy a "spare" barrel & grip from them. Many rifle owners got their order in before however.

They float. If the butt cap is in place on the stock and you drop it into the lake it won't sink.

Amount of accessories in the 80s was staggering. Collapsible stocks, extended mags, etc. Have not checked, may still be the same.

Designed by Eugene Stoner and its precursor (AR-5) was built by Armalite for the USAF -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmaLite_AR-7

Used by Bond, James Bond -

https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/iSUR050VECM/hqdefault.jpg

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[–] Trasheconomy [S] ago 

Damn! That one bond’s using is really slick!

I got the Henry one so I hope I won’t have that workmanship problems like the charter arms ones.

I’m pretty happy with it so far except for a couple things. First, the trigger wobbles side to side which I find rather chinsy. I get it “it’s just a survival rifle” but I dunno just kinda put me off. And second, the trigger mechanism is HORRENDOUS to put back together. There are so many loose pins and things that can go flying and all, it’s a real nightmare and I do not intend to regularly open it up.

That being said, I’m intrigued by the accessories and happy I have a little 22 plinker now with a fun quirk to it overall too!

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[–] robot7247 ago  (edited ago)

First, the trigger wobbles side to side

The few times I've shot one (Charter Arms version) it did that too. Looking at the pic below, you might be able to tighten that up with stainless steel shim washers over the main trigger pivot pin -

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/AR7_Internal_Parts.jpg

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[–] Wowbagger 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Neat little gun. If you shop around you can find larger capacity magazines than the puny 7 round thing it came with. Dunno about making a stock for it, it's already a fairly specialized gun.

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[–] VandalayIndustries 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Sounds fun man!

Waiting delivery on a Lynx semi auto shotgun. Will be ordering two twenty round drums as well.

First weekend i have i plan on going through 500 shells. Paper plates wont stand a chance. Shit, gonna need a fuckton of those too.

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[–] KILLtheRATS 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Get an auto adjusting plug and some drum mags. What did you give for it?

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[–] VandalayIndustries ago  (edited ago)

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[–] Trasheconomy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Damn, that’s a lotta dough for ammo! What’d you just get your trump bucks or something? Haha

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[–] VandalayIndustries ago 

Nah, wont get that for a few more weeks based on what i made last year.

The paper filers (as i am.) get paper checks delivered, those who made least get first, etc. they are running 5 million checks a week. Based on that, the government estimates i get mine in about three weeks.

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[–] Rellik88 ago  (edited ago)

Want one so bad! Nice

Also the gun fits into the stock. Why would you want a different one?

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[–] Trasheconomy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Just as a fun project, I’d definitely still keep it in the original stock most of the time.