ArmaLite AR-7

Armalite AR-7 rifle - .22 LR

Henry US Survival Rifle with stainless steel finish and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope - .22 LR

The Armalite AR-7 is a semiautomatic .22 LR takedown rifle originally developed from the AR-5 for the USAF as a lightweight survival rifle. The receiver assembly and barrel can be contained in the buttstock and and it is one of the few firearms that will float if put in water, although it is not waterproof. The receiver and magazine are made from aluminum.

Armalite began production of the AR-7 in 1959 and sold the rights to Charter Arms in 1973. From 1973 to 1980, Charter Arms built the AR-7. After 1980, Charter Arms sold the rights to Henry Repeating Arms Company. Though Henry Repeating Arms currently owns the rights to the gun, other companies have built variations of the weapon under license. Survival Arms, Cocoa, FL built the rifle under license from 1990-1997. The name of the rifle was changed in 2009 to the Henry U.S. Survival Rifle. (The Henry version has a grooved receiver for Weaver Tip-off riflescope mounts. The Charter version had a separate riflescope base as an accessory. The original Armalite AR-7 was iron sights only.)

It is still in production and has been marketed as a survival/backpack gun due to its compact size when broken down and its light weight.

The AR-7 can be seen in the following films, television series, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Sean Connery	James Bond	From Russia With Love	With scope, erroneously described as using .25 ACP ammo	1963
Pedro Armendariz	Kerim Bey	From Russia With Love	With scope, erroneously described as using .25 ACP ammo	1963
Tania Mallet	Tilly Masterson	Goldfinger	With scope	1964
Dean Martin	Matt Helm	Murderers' Row	pistol configuration	1966
	Various guards	The Ambushers	Wooden stocks and handguard with front pistol grip	1967
	Two Vietcong in assault	The Green Berets	Wooden stocks and handguard with front pistol grip	1968
Charles Bronson	Jeff Heston	Violent City	with scope and suppresor	1970
George C. Scott	Dan Logan	Rage		1972
Gordon Mitchell	Moskovitz	Umbrella Coup (Le Coup du parapluie)	Custom short-barreled version	1980
George C. Scott	John Rainbird	Firestarter	Appears as a tranquilizer dart gun	1984
	Assassin	The Interpreter		2005
		Lord of War	U.S Henry Variant with stainless steel finish and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, seen on a wall	2005
Damian Lewis	Milo 'The Baker' Shakespeare	Assassin in Love	With scope and suppressor	2007

Television

Actor	Character	Show Title / Episode	Note	Air Date
Don Adams	Maxwell Smart	Get Smart	stocked like a "Tommy Gun" (commercial T62 variant)	1965 - 1970
David McCallum	ICE	Strike Force		1981
William Shatner	Denny Crane	Boston Legal		2004 - 2008
Unknown	Juvenile Delinquent	Magnum, P.I.		1980 - 1988

Anime

Film Title	Character	Notation	Date
Case Closed: The Private Eyes' Requiem	Assassin	w/ scope	2006