Subj : Re: Buy one, get one
To   : Weatherman
From : Moondog
Date : Sat Sep 26 2020 09:08 pm

  Re: Re: Buy one, get one
  By: Weatherman to Moondog on Sat Sep 26 2020 09:09 am

 >   >
 >  >  > I know what you mean.  I remember after "The Terminator" came out in
 > '84,
 >  >  > yo couldn't touch a phased plasma rifle in any wattage range for any
 >  >  > price.  To forever for them to come down to a reasonable price again..
 >  >  >                                                       Regards,
 >  >  >                                                 -==*>Weatherman<*==-
 > 
 >  > lol.  I wonder if the same could be said about the AR-7 rifle showing up 
 >  > three James Bond films (From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, and On Her
 >  > Majesty's Secret Service?)
 > 
 >  > ---
 > 
 > Well, if people were regularly shooting helicopters out of the sky with AR7'
 > then I'd imagine they'd have been flying off the shelves.  As it is, I doubt
 > they've ever been worth more than a couple of hundred dollars.  I know they
 > retail for more than that, but to me, I wouldn't pay more than two bills.
 > I've got two of them, in fact, one is a Charter Arms, the other is a more
 > current Henry model.  Paid $100 for the Charter, and $150 for the Henry.  I
 > find them to be very good backpacking, boating, camper guns, but I also have
 > Sub-2000 in 9mm (although I really would have preferred .40 SW) and I find
 > that the more I use that, the more I appreciate it for the roles listed abov
 > Of course, I could just keep one on the boat, keep one in the camper and use
 > one when hiking.  Aside from that, I usually have a pistol or revolver with 
 > as well so it's not as if I really NEED a small-caliber or pistol caliber
 > carbine with me....
 > 
 >                                                       Regards,
 >                                                 -==*>Weatherman<*==-
 > 
I also own two AR-7's.  One is a Survival Arms model from the mid 1990's and
the other was an early 2000's Henry with the 5/8" dovetail for rimfire
scopes.  The Survival Arms model is a tack driver for simple gun, and the
Henry needs a larger variety of ammo through it to find a sweet spot load. 
One nice thing about it is it eats the crappy Remington Thunderbolt ammo that
makes my Marlins and Rugers puke.  Downside they don't like the bulk box
Federal with truncated bullets.  Henry's lever guns are way more solid
designs with great finish on the wood and metal.

I have a Rossi gallery gun, a copy of a Winchester 62 (I think.) That's a fun
little pump, like you'd imagine at the old style carnivals shooting shorts
and cb caps.  I haven't tried shorts since the price for them is more than
for .22 LR.  They lengthened the loading elevator thing to make LR easier to
load, so it might not work well with shorts.  The wood looks like a dark Brazi
llian rosewood, however the sanding and finish job is horrible.


---
 þ Synchronet þ The Cave BBS - Since 1992 - cavebbs.homeip.net

.