Posted on 11/05/2013 5:01:40 AM PST by Jed Eckert
Some things you keep handy just in case something unexpected happens. What if multiple friends show up unexpectedly for a spontaneous pool party at your house? You don’t want to break out the china, crystal, or silver. Just give them the tools to not look like a bunch of drunken Neanderthals squatting over the kill: Dixie cups, paper plates, napkins, and plastic flatware. Give them items that are useful, cheap, disposable, lightweight, and don’t take up much room.
That is a simple analogy for a short term, simple survival kit.
The Henry U.S. Survival kit is a good example of this. It is made by Best Glide ASE for many government agencies law enforcement and military. The items are good quality, made in the USA, and are U.S.Military and NATO approved. This kit contains almost every tool that will be useful when you dump your boat in the rapids or your pack mule runs away. The only items missing are food and water. The tools for getting and carrying these are in the kit...........
(Excerpt) Read more at alloutdoor.com ...
“Spontaneous Pool Party”
love it - sounds much nicer than FSA Looter
Does the Henry Survival Kit include a Henry Survival Rifle (nee AR-7)?
Very clever and practical little kit. Wouldn’t be a bad idea to keep a spare one in the car, too. I always keep a pack of emergency supplies in the trunk during winter months (on top of the normal first aid kit, etc.), in case I should break down or get stranded during really bad weather. I’ve never had to use any of it yet, but I look at it as an insurance policy of sorts. This Henry Arms kit could come in handy, too.
**later**
Yeah.
Now—where can you BUY THE .22 AMMO?????
Yeah.
Now—where can you BUY THE .22 AMMO?????
It shot straight and in the 2250 or so rounds I put through it, it never jammed, mis-fed, stove-piped or otherwise malfunctioned. I think Henry are doing a fine job making them. I would like to get an original Armalite, though, just for the historical factor.
I think production was taken over by one or more other firms between Armalite and Henry. These were reportedly not very good rifles. Although I have no personal experience with them, I've never heard anyone say anything particularly good about them. I did once hear the term "total piece of crap" used to describe one particular Charter Arms version of the weapon.
Since any pre-made survival kit contains 20% of stuff you wouldn’t buy if it was up to you, you’re better off creating your own survival kit and putting the items into a container that will hold it all.
They had other 22LR deals on more 'upscale' 22 ammo at increasingly higher prices, but there's are about the lowest prices I've seen anywhere in a long time. And it is allegedly available.
They were advertising it as “In Stock”. I ordered a couple thousand rounds two days ago. It has not arrived yet, so it remains to be seen whether it was really in stock.
I'll let ya’ll know if/when it gets here
Sorry, that should have been “250 rounds”...
My Henry worked fine out of the box. It was even ‘pre-sighted-in’ (accurately) at 50 yards. I like[d] it. I may even buy a couple more so I can have one in each vehicle.
...THEIRS are about the lowest prices...
I need to do a better job of proof-reading!
**was lost in a single tragic boating accident on the Chesapeake Bay,**
So you lost all your other guns, but the AR-7 floats!
Regrettably, the stock had a small, previously unnoticed, crack...
Good to hear. I have yet to see a bad review on the Henry version. Sounds like they brought up it to the standards of the original Armalite.
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