Talk:ArmaLite AR-7

message: Does this expanded stuff still only count as a stub?  129.89.94.54 07:21, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: without more features, such as a chart, more sources, etc, it will be considered a stub. I will be adding those features soon. CynicalMe 04:17, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Thanks!  It needed the reformatting, too.  I slightly modified references to the AR-5, I have no evidence the AR-7 was designed for a military aircrew survival weapon, rather than as a novelty for the civilian market.  Tychocat 07:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Still a stub?

message: After some further research, it looks like there was a variant produced under Armalite license by the  Bricklee Trading Company and purchased by the Israeli military. It became the  "Israeli Pilot's Survival Rifle" (citation in article) CynicalMe 18:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction. As I wrote in the article, these were not produced by BTC, but rather re-imported by them. CynicalMe 03:46, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Israeli Use

message: Australian military is supposed to have used a silenced version of the Armalite .22 under designation of SAR7. Like the use by the Israeli forces, the numbers were small and were for highly specialized use. Similarly the U.S. military used small numbers of Winchester 1894 and Remington Model 8 rifles for guard purposes, nonstandard guns which appear to have been surplus from the federal prison system. Since these primarily civilian guns were not formally adopted for standard issue, it is questionable whether they should be included under miltary history.Naaman Brown (talk) 14:00, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Australian Use

message: If you read the first few paragraphs you'll see that the fact that this weapon can be broken down to 4 component parts is repeated from one paragraph to the next but with different wording.
:*noted and edited. Naaman Brown (talk) 19:34, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Redundant Info

message: The SMLE bolt-action rfile was not the basis of the "Star Wars" stormtrooper blasters, the weapon used as the basis of the prop was the Sterling SMG 9-mm. L2A3.  See http://uniquecanes.com/new/item_replicas_starwars_stormtrooperE11.php for details.  Also, again, citations and references for everything added, please.  Tychocat 12:37, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you had read the comment more closely, you'd have notice that it claimed the cutdown SMLE were the basis for the blaster used by the Jawa.  In addition, the Sterling SMG was correctly identified as the Stormtrooper blaster.  --D.E. Watters 15:24, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is correct, but I'm not sure we need the references to other weapons in the AR-7 article.CynicalMe 22:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Apologies to Dan for my hasty reading of his original addition.  I have a lot of respect for the work you put into your website, and would not mean to demean the effort or expertise it represents.  I still would have removed the SMLE reference just because it was a bit afield, but obviously should have read it twice before acting.  Sorry.  Tychocat 06:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, User:24.45.183.219 was responsible for that addition, not me. --D.E. Watters 15:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that IP-user added the paragraph on starwars guns, then I moved it to the pop culture section.CynicalMe 17:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Grovel, grovel.  Tychocat 11:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Documentation

message: This was my fault, I should have earlier caught and corrected the unverified and undocumented statements in this paragraph.  Done.  Tychocat 11:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: AR-7 Criticisms

message: The section on aftermarket modifications includes detailed instructions on such topics as adding a sling. The instruction are detailed enough to include parts and catalog numbers. This should be edited down in such a way as to not read like a instruction manual while preserving any encyclopedic content. F-451 (talk) 04:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried to fix it, although it could still use some work, and it needs some citations. One part I removed entirely was already located in the next section up, and I've reworded the parts that seemed especially like a how-to guide.--LWF (talk) 04:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Thanks. And on the subject of more work, the section is starting to look rather sparse on information without all the extra fluff, perhaps now it should be retagged as needing expert attention? Any thoughts? F-451 (talk) 04:49, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to section 

message: Barrel length for National Firearms Act NFA purposes is measured from the muzzle to the face of the breech, with the action closed in firing position. Shorter than 16 inches is a short barreled rifle (SBR) requiring federal registration under NFA. The AR-7 is right at the legal limit. With many barrels for the AR7 rifle, the barrel is short of 16 inches by some fraction of the thickness of the rim of a .22 cartridge when the outside of the barrel is measured. As far as ATF has been concerned, a factory made AR7 rifle barrel is legally 16 inches, since measurement from muzzle to boltface is nominally 16 inches. If the muzzle is damaged, the crown can be repaired only by counterboring the muzzle. Naaman Brown (talk) 19:33, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  barrel length  

message: With the Armalite AR-7 Explorer rifle, the bolt can be removed from the action by pulling out the bolt handle since the bolt has a full length slot for the ejector and can be removed from the action after the handle is removed.
With the Charter Arms Explorer II pistol, the bolt does not have a full length slot for the extractor, and removal of the bolt requires removal of the left stock panel, the action plate and the ejector, then you pull out the bolt handle and remove the bolt forward.
There are other, minor variations in the various iterations of the AR-7. I think it would make too much detail for a general interest article. Naaman Brown (talk) 14:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  (In)Significant Differences in Production 

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message: Will someone add that in the 1964 James Bond film, From Russia With Love, Bond is issued an AR-7 by Q-branch with his special brief case that has the exploding tear gas cartridge, and hidden compartments for ammunition and gold sovereigns? Bond uses the weapon to shoot the rival Bulgarian spy who attacked the attacked the gypsey band working for Karim Bey (actually Bond passes the rifle to Karim Bey who shoots the Bulgarian while he was trying to climb down a wall).  Gregory Y (talk) 03:49, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular Culture