With Instructables you can share what you make with the world, and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts. Manufactured by Armalite before the rights were sold to first Charter Arms and then to Survival Arms and finally to Henry Repeating Arms, the AR-7 is a take All the components of the AR-7 fit neatly in the butt stock when the weapon is taken apart.

The stock itself is filled with styrofoam so it will With the left side of the receiver facing upwards: Remove the receiver cover screw and receiver cover Hold the magazine release spring in place and remove the magizine For cleaning I have two micro fiber towels, one for wiping excess Break Free from the weapon and one for general cleaning with Break Free.

To re-assembly the weapon: Don't be the guy who shoots himself or worse someone else, because you loaded a weapon for I have enjoyed the AR-7 for many years, I have taken it one on nearly every deployment I have ever been on and have found it to be The Care and Feeding of your AR15 by tomsweet M4 Carbine by dphill Field Stripping an M4 Carbine by rf Zombie Survival Kit Guide by Evan Ceman.

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The Care and Feeding of the Armalite AR-7 Manufactured by Armalite before the rights were sold to first Charter Arms and then to Survival Arms and finally to Henry Repeating Arms, the AR-7 is a take The AR-7 All the components of the AR-7 fit neatly in the butt stock when the weapon is taken apart. Take Down With the left side of the receiver facing upwards: Cleaning the Weapon For cleaning I have two micro fiber towels, one for wiping excess Break Free from the weapon and one for general cleaning with Break Free.

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Weapon Assembly To re-assembly the weapon: Conclusion I have enjoyed the AR-7 for many years, I have taken it one on nearly every deployment I have ever been on and have found it to be Manufactured by Armalite before the rights were sold to first Charter Arms and then to Survival Arms and finally to Henry Repeating Arms, the AR-7 is a take down survival rifle that fires.

Originally designed as a replacement for the AR-5 and M-6 survival rifles used by the USAF the AR-7 was never placed into widespread issue due to the large numbers of AR-5 and M-6 rifles in the inventory. The AR-7, it was decided, would be marketed to civilians instead.

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As you can see, it too has seen some wear and tear over the years and does need to have the stock replaced which is on order and it could stand a coat of paint which it will be getting once the new stock comes in.

The original owners manual that came with the AR-7 was vauge on the proper care of the weapon. It lacked any good, detail photos or illustartions on how to take the internal parts out to facilitate removal of the bolt for claening.

I hope that this Instructable corrects that problem. The stock itself is filled with styrofoam so it will float if dropped in the water. The main parts of the AR-7 are the receiver, barrel, magazine, stock, and butt plate. The rifle fires the. This particular AR-7 fires without any problems with CCI Stingers and Remington high velocity hollow points.

Any other bards of ammo tend to cause jams after rounds, as do any brand of flat nosed bullet. Remove the receiver cover screw and receiver cover Hold the magazine release spring in place and remove the magizine release Carefully remove the magazine release spring Remove the magazine release pivot pin Remove the ejector Lift up gently on the hammer spring and remove the small pin at the rear of the trigger Henry ar-7 magazine problems the trigger pivot pin Remove the trigger Remove the hammer Once all of the parts are removed from the receiver flip it over and: A properly sized cleaning rod, bore brush, patch tip, and.

THe screw drivers are for removal of the receiver cover screw and to aid in moving the hammer spring. After the receiver is stripped I start by attaching the.

With a rotating motion run the "mop" into the receiver making sure to scrub the entire length of the receiver tube. Next use one of the towels to wipe any excess Break Free from the receiver.

Remove the "mop" and attach the other length of cleaning rod and the bore brush. Using the straw on the Break Free can spray a small ammount of Break Free into the barrel and run the bore brush through the barrel.

I prefer to run the brush from the muzzle end down through the chamber, others may advise you to run the brush from the chamber trhough to to muzzle. Eitehr way you prefer is fine. Once I have run the brush through the barrel I remove the brush from the cleaning rod, pull the rod out of the barrel, spray some more Break Free into the barrel and repeat the whole process at least three 3 times or more depending on how dirty the barrel is.

Next remove the bore brush and attach the patch tip binary options scam or truth add a cleaning patch. Spary a small amount of Break Free on the patch and run it through the barrle in the same direction you ran the bore brush Once you have run the patch down the barrle relationship between call option price and strike price it and pull the rod out.

I reapeat this step at least three times with a "wet" patch. If you find you have run a bunch of patches down the ge stock price morningstar and none of them are clean repeat the steps with the bore brush and "wet" patches as often as necessary to get clean patches to pass through the barrel.

Using one of your rags and some Break Free, wipe down the bolt, recoil springs, and recoil spring guide. You can use Q-Tips to get into those hard to reach areas on the bolt. Make sure you wipe down the bolt face and get it clean. Don't be the guy who shoots himself or worse someone else, because you loaded a weapon for a function check!

Pull the bolt to the rear and release it. Place the weapon on safe, point it in a SAFE direction and try to pull the trigger. Take the weapon off of safe, still pointing in a safe direction, and pull the trigger, you should hear the hammer fall.

Keeping the trigger pulled all the way back, with your other hand pull the charging handle to the rear all the way and release it. Release the trigger, you should hear a metalic "click" or "thunk" sound.

Pull the trigger to the rear again and you should hear the hammer fall again. If you don't hear a sound when you pull the trigger after cocking the weapon, the weapon doesn't cock, the hammer falls while the weapon is on safe, or you can't get the trigger to reset after the first time the hammer falls the weapon has failed the function check and you must make sure the barrel is on tightly and that all of the internal parts are in properly.

I have enjoyed the AR-7 for many years, I have taken it one on nearly every deployment I have ever been on and have found it to be a great "back up for my back up".

I have used it to take everything from rabbit to squirrel to small birds in a survival situation, and have found that at close ranges it will take out a dog if need be.

The sight system a small appature peep sight does take some practice in order to hit your target with any degree of accuracy but it is functional.

Over all the AR-7 is a handly, light weaight rifle that makes a great addition to any B. As always I look forward to reading your comments and suggestions.

Now, my Survival Arms AR-7 never has failures. Here's a scanned copy of the owner's manual, which is quite a bit better than some of the older models and has some better pictures. I don't know if parts are interchangeable, but Henry does offer parts availablility. Thank you for this great instructable. I was trying to put mine back together following youtube videos, but couldn't see anything with the bad lighting, bad camera angles and the guy's hands in the shot at all times.

Over time the lips will spread and cause F2Fs. Re-bend back to original specs. My Armalite shoots ANY 22lr. I really like this since there is not a lot out there for this weapon.

Now for the bad news, where is the instructions for replacing the bolt and parts with it? Not griping but just noticed they were not there.

Thanks for the comment! I corrected the Ible with the correct bolt replacement steps. Huh, I kinda want one now. They are a blast to shoot! Nice, I will get one! Thank you for this info, and thank you for your service! If there is any survival related Instructable you'd like to see let me know, if I can make it happen I will!

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