Henry AR-7 high round torture test?

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Is anyone aware of a high round test done on the Henry AR-7? Basically you fire as many rounds as you can before something either breaks or the gun no longer will function. I've seen this test completed on many firearms and am curious how the Henry AR-7 would hold up.
 
I got a good 40 rounds out of mine before it came apart.
More like a floating club than a survival rifle.
Plastic action spring guide = big disappointment.

Edit, my first 10/22 ate 20,000 before I started changing parts, however it never broke.
 
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It's designed as a survival gun. It would be able to kill a grouse or two. It is not meant to be used.
 
I have had my Charter AR7 since the early 80s, and still going strong. Shot 1000s of rounds thru it.

Now I did find an all steel barrel, slightly bevelled and polished the feed ramp, and replaced the stock springs with stiffer dual bolt springs. If I use hotter ammo it really runs great, however if I do not keep it clean it will gum up and then act up, but shooting a few hundred rounds then cleaning it, ensures it will cycle.

I throw it in my truck when going for short drives in the bush as it will at least have a better chance getting game if needed than a rock.

Kids also love shooting it as its so light.

One needs to remember the design intention and stop comparing it to 10/22s or Marlins which were designed to be much longer life shooters.
 
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When I first saw this thread I was thinking that the Henry AR-7 must not be the same quality as the Charter Arms AR-7. Charter Arms manufactured the AR-7 from 1973 to 1990, I think I got mine second hand in 1988. I have never had an issue with it. It runs better with hotter ammunition and needs to be cleaned every few hundred rounds, but so do the other semi auto .22s I own. Mine has spent a lot of time in the bush both in the truck and back packing.

Did some quick reading and several articles claim the Henry is an improvement over the Charter Arms. The AR-7 has some limitations, the sights are crude, I find the large butt and receiver being off centre a bit strange, but for it's designed roll I think it is a pretty good little firearm.
 
I have a stoppage every 25-50 rounds.


But for the most part it works great.

Keeping in mind that I am sure it would run better with non-bulk ammo.
 
No joke, I used to visit this really old man who had a gun collection and he told me as a young guy he managed to drop a large moose close to him in the bush with a 22 short to the face. I think the eye. I wouldn't try it but pretty nuts anyhow
 
biggest grizzly taken in Alberta for many years was done by a Indian Girl down by Slave Lake who dropped it with one shot from a 22 short behind the ear as it walked by her.
it can be done.

that said i dont wanna be the person to test it!
 
Bella Twin, an Indian girl, and her friend Dave Auger were hunting grouse near Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta. The only gun they had was Bella’s single-shot bolt-action .22 Rimfire rifle. They were walking a cutline that had been made for oil exploration when they saw a large grizzly following the same survey line toward them. If they ran, the bear would probably notice them and might chase, so they quietly sat down on a brush pile and hoped that the bear would pass by without trouble. But the bear came much too close, and when the big boar was only a few yards away, Bella Twin shot him in the side of the head with a .22 Long cartridge. The bear dropped, kicked and then lay still. Taking no chances, Bella went up close and fired all of the cartridges she had, seven or eight .22 Longs, into the bear’s head. That bear, killed in 1953, was the world-record grizzly for several years and is still high in the records today.

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Most of the torture tests I have seen on YouTube use a large number of magazines. If someone is willing to supply me with 20 to 30 magazines I'll try to melt one down.

Actually, I am really curious now. Wish I had enough spare cash to buy a new Henry AR-7 and do some testing to see how reliability is affected with different ammo and to see if any parts actually break.
 
My great Grandfather was Ojibway and had his trapline in the Longlac/Gearldton area. All he had was a single shot 22 that he used year around on everything from moose to geese, muskrat's and rabbit's to feed the family of 6.
I've been told by more then one uncle all he used were 22 short's because that's all he could afford.
 
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