Armalite AR7 survival rifle

[old-smithy]

My dad got one of these just before he left Nam but chickened out and left it behind, not sure which i regret most him leaving that or a real set of tiger stripes.

[Dragonflydf]

The full stock is my own creation. It is a M-1 Carbine stock with the AR-7 reciever and barrel fitted to it. It carries 2 spare mags that are inset into the stock and has a crossman red dot sight.

[ubu]

Actually, the Charter Arms was the worse one of all of them. I have several but Charter Arms had more problems feeding than any of the other producers. The ArmiLite was in my opinion the best! The Henry is now a very good one. the AR Industries had almost no problems the Survival Arms has not had problems. The Charter Arms had the most problems but produced the most guns. I own several of them and love them to death but they were without a doubt the worse produced of all the makers.
UBU

[willie8]

[kwill]

willie8,

Please post some close-ups of the receiver markings. Is that the Israeli version?

Thanks,
Kevin Williams

[willie8]

Yes, from the information I have - it is Israeli - used by their pilots.
Another variant was made by Armalite and sold to the Israeli Military for use as pilot/aircrew survival weapons [1]. The Israelis further modified these rifles, adding the telescoping stock, a pistol grip from a FAL-type rifle, shortening the barrel (to 13.5 inches), and adding a front sight based on the K98k Mauser.

After Israeli service, some of these rifle were re-imported into the U.S. by Bricklee Trading Company (the barrels are marked with the BTC identification) for sale on the civilian market, and command a premium among collectors. In order to comply with US Federal law, a 3 inch muzzle brake had to be permanently attached in order to meet the minimum 16 inch barrel requirement.