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

Charter Arms Explorer II - .22 LR

T-62 Civilian Defense Model - .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

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
From Russia With Love	Sean Connery	James Bond	With scope, erroneously described as using .25 ACP ammo	1963
	Pedro Armendariz	Kerim Bey	With scope, erroneously described as using .25 ACP ammo
Goldfinger	Tania Mallet	Tilly Masterson	With scope	1964
Murderers' Row	Dean Martin	Matt Helm	Hy Hunter Bolomauser	1966
	Karl Malden	Julian Wall	Hy Hunter Bolomauser
	Tom Reese	"Ironhead"	Hy Hunter Bolomauser
The Ambushers	Dean Martin	Matt Helm	T-62	1967
		Guards	T-62
The Green Berets		Two Vietcong in assault	T-62	1968
On Her Majesty's Secret Service			Seen in Bond's car	1969
Violent City	Charles Bronson	Jeff Heston	With scope and suppresor	1970
Rage	George C. Scott	Dan Logan		1972
The Killer Elite	Robert Duvall	Hansen		1975
Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38)	Ivan Rassimov	Marsigliese	With sniper scope and sound suppressor	1976
Umbrella Coup (Le Coup du parapluie)	Gordon Mitchell	Moskovitz	Custom short-barreled version	1980
Firestarter	George C. Scott	John Rainbird	Appears as a tranquilizer dart gun	1984
Hard Ticket to Hawaii	Harold Diamond	Jade	Two-toned with customized barrel cover, hand grip and synthetic stock	1987
	Ronn Moss	Rowdy Abilene
	Dona Speir	Donna
Night of the Sharks		A henchman		1988
Savage Beach	Eric Chen	Erik	Two-toned with customized barrel cover, hand grip and synthetic stock	1989
Savage Beach	Al Leong	Fu	Two-toned with customized barrel cover, hand grip and synthetic stock	1989
Spy Hard	Alexandra Paul	Woman in murphy bed	Charter Arms Explorer II	1996
The Interpreter		Assassin		2005
Lord of War			U.S Henry Variant with stainless steel finish and M68 Aimpoint red dot scope, seen on a wall	2005
Assassin in Love	Damian Lewis	Milo 'The Baker' Shakespeare	With scope and suppressor	2007

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Get Smart (TV Series)	Don Adams	Maxwell Smart	Stocked like a "Tommy Gun" (commercial T62 variant)	1965 - 1970
Strike Force	David McCallum	ICE		1981
Boston Legal	William Shatner	Denny Crane	"Hired Guns" (S01E10)	2004
Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 11	Rodney Philip Aiu	Assassin	"The Execution File" (S11E18)	1978-1979
Magnum, P.I.		Juvenile Delinquent		1980 - 1988
Sledge Hammer!	Adam Ant	"Lionel Dasham"	Suppressed; "Icebreaker" (S02E12)	1986-1988
JAG - Season 2	Nanci Chambers	Meghan O'Hara	"Washington Holiday" (S2E09)	1997
Law & Order: Criminal Intent		Assassin	Henry US Survival; "Assassin" (S7E14)	2008

Anime

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