ref AR-7 comments -
TB>It's obviously not a heavy duty design.  Even so, mine has held up pretty 
wel
TB>-- aside from wear and tear that I've inflicted on it myself.
TB> EP> So, you can expect the barrel to go away pretty fast
TB> EP> (or did you mean damage from impact, etc.,)?
TB>Mine was damaged when I got a steel brush stuck in the bore.  By the time 

TB>got it out, the whole bore had been pretty thoroughly scoured.
TB> EP> I've never had a feeding problem; although I suspect they'd be
TB> EP> a bit more reliable with non-truncated bullets. Ernie P.
TB>NEVER had a feeding problem??  Wow.  Mine used to typically jam two or 
three
TB>times per 8-shot magazine.  I've tried to fix the problem: I filed small 
feed
TB>ramps into the bottom *and* the top of the chamber mouth.  I set aside one
TB>magazine that was questionable, and I got some Remington Thunderbolt ammo,
TB>which seems to have a nicely shaped bullet.  After all this, I've got down 
to
TB>only one jam per two or three clips fired.  Although, it still puts a 
asty
TB>ding into many of the bullets when chambering them.
TB> Tony Belding 
TB> http://hamilton.htcomp.net/tbelding/
I have an AR-7 mfg by Armalite which I acquired new in 58 I have always
enjoued shooting the little thing. I have had bouts of feed promlems that
seemed to be related to it's current state of cleanlines and the ammo that
I might be trying to use. Mine seemed to prefer hollow-point federals and
probably has had more of thsoe used in it..
The alluminum barralel with steel linar was a put-off when I first bought
the gun but I have had a lot of service from mine. I hope your experince
with the newer arms is postive as my opinion of the origianl..I like it!
TB>--- Spot 1.3a #535
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