Springfield M6 Scout - .22LR/.410 combo
Posted on 06/28/2012 1:59:11 PM PDT by OL Hickory
When disassembled, the pieces fit inside the impact-resistant, waterproof stock, which will float should it take a trip overboard. Assembly is as easy as attaching the receiver to the stock, inserting the barrel and screwing on the barrel nut. In just a few seconds, without the need for any tools, the Henry U.S. Survival AR-7 is ready for action.
(Excerpt) Read more at henryrepeating.com ...
Yeah, it was fun to throw it in a canoe or a back back and get out away from anything and try to shoot cans with it.
The kids enjoyed it too. They got a lot more fun out of the *crack* and the puff of dust than I got "oh craps" because the can was unscathed after a mag and a half.
"C'mon, quit fussing with the sights and let me just shoot it!"
I think the new Ruger 10/22 take-down model is a better choice. The AR-7 is interesting, but lacks the Ruger’s deep aftermarket support.
Getting tired of eating a particular diet, beat hell out of eating, ..NOTHING.
Springfield M6 Scout - .22LR/.410 combo
He popped the co-pilot/passenger who dropped the grenade taking out the helicopter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oD3vvgb3vk
I picked up a Ruger 10/22 recently along with twenty 30 round magazines.
I had been considering picking up a couple new versions, newly made AR-7s. But I’d probably rather if I had to get a 10/22 for not much more, if more at all. It can’t break down (the new breakdown versions are more than I’d spend) but for the accuracy, customization ability and larger mags I’d rather have that.
I believe that this may the the perfect FReeper rifle. Nowhere else have I heard of so many firearms lost via accidental sinking. Finally a solution!
“....so inaccurate it defied the laws of physics.”
LOL. Same as mine. Traded it off for a Remington hunting knife.
Watched the video at the site linked and it looks like the gun jammed a couple times. It may have just be the way they edited it but it would have been more effective if they had shown it firing a complete magazine. I think I’ll stick with my 10/22.
yup... i bought a SS one brandy new in 2000 for $185 now that they don't make them anymore you can't touch a used one for under $700!!!
Down South, we like a varied diet. And if you have a cane pole and a hook or enough power to bring down a wild hog...you can eat, well, high on the hog!
A .22 LR isn't enough to kill a wild hog unless you hit him just right.
I’d like a 10/22 too. (Say that three times, fast!)
If I thought there’d be water involved I’d spring for the stainless version in the nylon(?) stock.
There are more than one manufacturer of the AR-7.
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Right you are. I bought mine around 1981. It’s very accurate and I’ve never had a problem with it. It was made by Charter Arms and is an AR-7 Explorer. Unlike the chrome or stainless model Bond used to shoot down the chopper, mine is all black, with a rough matte finish on the barrel. At a gun show I bought two 30-round magazines, so I keep one in the gun and one in my pocket and store the small magazine in the stock, giving me 67 rounds.
Nice little survival item, if a bit inaccurate.
One piece of EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!! advice: Do NOT rack the slide while the receiver is unattached to the barrel!!!
The bolt handle CAN and often WILL come out in your hand, releasing the bolt and recoil springs to fly out the front, while the recoil spring retainer buries itself DEEP in the receiver and becomes amazingly difficult to extract.
If this happens outdoors, the bolt and recoil springs may be impossible to find, while the recoil spring retainer becomes impossible to extract from deep - and I do mean DEEP - in the receiver.
Save yourself an incredible headache and mind this bit of very sound advice.
Painful experience talking here.
I have one of the original Armalites.
Can’t say I lost my guns in a boating accident... It floats!!
The AR-7 has more versions than 'Yesterday' had covers.
And just like covers, some bands did better than others.
Pay attention to serial numbers and manufacturers. Don't blame St. Eugene's design.
And yes... I'm the guy that posts the Stoner and Browning posts in January and November.
/johnny
Why an AR-7 when you can have the most dependable .22lr rife ever built in breakdown form? I am about to pick up one of these next week:
http://www.ruger.com/products/1022Takedown/models.html
/johnny
I have been trying to think of a gun I bought back around 1979 at a Woolco store. It was $18 brand new, yes that price is right.
It was a little bit similar to a gun called the “Bronco” but was more cheaply made. Actually tho the gun was a piece of crap, the design was interesting and I believe if made of better materials and perhaps better workmanship it would have been a good rifle.
As it was, it still functioned OK and was not completely worthless. It was literally made of wire only slightly larger than a coat hanger. You twisted the action and barrel apart and manually pressed the extractor. It was held in battery only by a steel ball bearing which fit into a hole in a slight extension under the barrel. the fact that it was not very secure was not much of a problem as the strength was straight back not side by sde which you turned it to place a .22 cartridge into the chamer or empty the chamber.
I still think it was a good idea if it had just been of better quality. It still could have been cheap to make yet be a perfectly good gun.
Anybody remember it
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