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HENRY U.S. SURVIVAL AR-7

One of the most iconic “survival rifles” or “prepper rifles” of the past 60 years has been given a face-lift and embedded into a survival kit of its own by Henry Repeating Arms. The rifle in question is the AR-7, and it’s currently manufactured as the Henry U.S. Survival AR-7.

You may have seen it in its original form in one of three James Bond movies — From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service — or heard about it from someone who owned one over the past six decades since its inception. That can be good or bad, depending upon the particular rifle in question. The latest version from Henry appears to have greatly improved upon the basic model.

History

Designed in the 1950s by Eugene Stoner of Armalite, the AR-7 Explorer was based heavily upon Stoner’s earlier design known as

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