Armalite AR-7 rifle
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As this thread suggests i thought id dedicate this to this cool spy type weapon! Can anyone get a top view shot of the rifle, front view of the stock and dead on front shot of the compartment area. Cheers!
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Hi!
I know that Ed owns a rare one "Costa Mesa", so i suggest
you contact Ed the Spyboy, if he could take some pics for you
All the best,
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What is this metal thing, sticking out from the stock!
Found these pics, hope it helps.
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The part sticking out of the stock in your picture is the magazine....
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If you look again, it's actually the locking screw that attaches the lock to the stock for want of a better phrase. The receiver slots into the stock and is then locked in place by this screw which runs through the pistol grip.
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I agree, ask Ed if you need more pictures.
He's a really nice guy.
When I asked about the Connery pictures with the LP-53 he was kind enough to supply me with a whole bunch of those!
At the base of the grip there is a screw that holds the receiver into the stock. You place the receiver into the stock and then hand-tighten this screw to fasten the receiver to the stock when assembling the rifle.
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http://usera.imagecave.com/Dalkowski110/AR-7complete.jpg
(If you zoomed in, you'd see that something was obviously faired over on the receiver, despite the "krinkle" finish...and no, the magazine is not losing its bluing; that's a really poor camera flash)
http://usera.imagecave.com/Dalkowski110/AR-7parts.JPG
(The individual components...if you were able to zoom in on the buttpad, it would look like again, something was faired over.)
http://usera.imagecave.com/Dalkowski110/AR-7stowed.JPG
(And stowed...)
Nice plinker at the range, although unless you use .22 Stinger or other hyper-velocity ammo, it will jam. The other problem is that you have to detail-clean the receiver every 200 or so rounds. And no, it is NOT an easy gun to put back together. Accurate out to about 25 yards, or even 50 if there's no wind.
Very cool indeed, I have enjoyed viewing some of the pics on this gun!
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Hmmm. I've never had that problem with either one on mine. Just a regular cleaning on the barrel and such. I have taken both of them apart before and agree, it is not an easy one to put back together.
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the bottom line is you need to remember, this is a bail-out gun, designed back in the 60's, not a benchrest sniper esque rifle with a match walther barrel.
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plinker sounded better...
just if anyone's interested in buying a modern ar-7, be warned, they now come with a plastic barrel, seriously. i enquired about buying a replacement steel one, but thats classed as a firearm in its own right, and thus more paperwork and grovelling to the law, hence i've never bothered.
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Who made yours? Your rifle looks like the kind that came from the factory of AR-7 Industries, an IL-based company that was bought up by the modern ArmaLite (not to be confused with the original Armalite). They generally did a better job of chamfering the feed ramp than anyone else save Armalite themselves. Of course, if you know a really good gunsmith as I do, I just had him copy the original Costa Mesa feed ramp. But it still won't cycle all the time without AT LEAST CCI Mini-Mags.
"they now come with a plastic barrel, seriously"
Sort of. The barrel insert, which attaches directly to the breech, and is what you screw on, is still steel. Believe it or not, it really doesn't matter IF you get a good barrel. The only advantage the all-steel barrels have is that they're less prone to bending.
WOW - very nice!!!