Henry U.S. Survival rifle

[SPARTEN117]

Henry U.S. Survival rifle i was thinking of geting one, but i have a few questions. 1. do they jam alot 2. after how meny rounds (roughly) do they start to have trouble (if any) 3. how accuret are they. thank you

[Nighthawk]

I have an older Charter arms AR-7 and a New Henry AR-7. Both are good rifles however I do prefer the old Charter Arms Model best. I have never had any feeding problems other than what you can expect from some .22 Rimfire ammo.Ive got a few extra Mags in the event I ever needed them, so far I havent needed to switch any Mags. As far as accuracy Ive never shot mine at any long range but 25 -50 yrds you can nail a pop can every time with it. HTH



Best!!:usa:

[TPW]

I would have to agree with Nighthawk. Remember, it's a survival rifle, not designed for tack driving. My buddie packs one all the time while hiking. Taking a squirrel or two seemed pretty easy at 25 to 30 yards.

[cw2go]

I have a Charter, and it was a jam-o-matic out of the box standard velocity ammunition -- it would not feed, extract, or eject reliably. The HV stuff is much better, but you need to chamfer and polish the sharp edge on the chamber to improve feeding. CCI Stingers are 100% reliable, and have more power, so I keep a box of Stinger's with it, but they are less accurate than standard HV. CCI's Mini Mags and SGB also work well.

Accuracy was better than expected for a screw-on barrel. PMC Zapper is my preferred load for accuracy most shooting, but I shoot the cheaper Blazer more often. Zapper will hit the small 6" x 8" metal plate at 100 yds with surprising consistency with the crude issue sights (operator error and stiff trigger pull accounting for most misses, no doubt). Most good ammo will hit hit a steel plate about the size of a standard piece of paper at 100 yds pretty much every time.

I have only tried one other hyper-velocity round, the Aquila Super Maximum 30gr -- only tried this once in the AR-7. Worse "groups" I've ever had, more of a pattern, some off the paper. Pressure was so high I was getting a face full of hot powder. Very dangerous -- avoid at all costs.

These are interesting rifles at dirt-cheap prices, so get one if you want one, but don't expect high quality for $130 - 150 bucks, and don't spend a lot more than that for one unless it is an early Armalite. I can't speak to the Henry quality, but the design is crude, and there are other takedowns if you want higher quality and don't need a package that floats.

-- cw

[GreasyStool]

Hey I thought it was just me! I shot some of these out of my Colt Ace. You could only shoot about two magazines out of the gun before they leaded it up so bad, you couldn't hit the ground with it! Out of the 10-22, they were erratic. I chrono'd them at from around 1700+ to over 2000+fps. I thought the chrono was messed up! :wacko: They do put big holes in Jacks, about silver dollar sized exit holes. I have a few boxes left that I wont shoot. :blink: