Henry AR-7

[8ball]

A friend of mine and I were wondering why the front sight on his new Henry Survival AR-7 are plain black instead of the orange older ones?... Opinions?

 

[Buck1950]

Inflation Cost Cutting ?

 

[8ball]

Inflation Cost Cutting ?

Covid issue lol

 

[Can-down]

Ninja addition....

I might have an orange one kicking around somewhere, and I also would not be surprised of Henry was happy to send your buddy one free if he wants one....

 

[8ball]

He did not received any reply from Henry...

 

[riversrest]

Just paint the sight (parts of it) with the color you want. I've used finger nail paint before. It's actually pretty tough.

I've bought orange and white, plus at halloween the kids came back with flourescent neon yellow/green nail paint. The oldest painted the tip of the front sight on a .22 with it. She says it's easier to see in lower light conditions. I don't argue that...

 

[Buck1950]

I have a 1960? Armalite AR-7 and I just put a dot of white paint on the tip of the front sight. If you're stuck on Orange, get some Day-glo orange paint?

 

[8ball]

Just received an orange front sight from Charley here on CGN and it is now already installed so... problem solved. Thanks!

 

[Calgarychef]

I had mine in the late 80’s it was black then. Maybe yours is that old?

 

[8ball]

I had mine in the late 80’s it was black then. Maybe yours is that old?

No, my friend's AR-7 is newly made.

 

[Can-down]

The dovetail on the Henry Survival rifles is not a typical 3/8" so it's not easy to just change the front sight out for a different style.... years ago I bought some dovetail files for another project and I ended up using files and a fine saw to re cut the plastic base on the henry and now I run a williams fiber optic front sight.