TB> SG> I used to have an AR-7 manufactured during the past decade by a 
company
  > SG> called Survival Arms out of Cocoa, Florida. I don't know about those
  > SG> other companies (other than Charter Arms).
TB>My new barrel and two magazines from Henry Repeating Arms arrived today.
TB>I was a little confused about what I was getting.  I thought it was 
supposed
  >to be the whole barrel assembly with the barrel nut and
  >front sight. Instead I got only the barrel itself.  Another
  >surprise, the barrel was silver!  It looked like the silver
  >color was spray-painted on.  As I had been told, the barrel
  >has a steel liner surrounded by hard plastic.
        Did they say what kind of plastic? That could be critical. If
it's like most thermoplastics, keep it away from Methylethylketone (MEK)
because it will dissolve it.
        I'm not sure that I like the part about the barrel being a steel
liner with a plastic jacket,.........
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