$40 gun at the pawn shop today...

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - $40 gun at the pawn shop today...

Posted: 9/2/2004 7:51:12 PM EDT

I dont have a pic or the actual name, although I believe it was a auto ordinance contraption, it was chambered in .22 LR and looked like a spinoff of a chinese broomhandle gun, really ugly. Anybody got a idea what Im talking about and if it would be worth buying to shoot cans and squirrels in the backyard?

Posted: 9/2/2004 8:07:22 PM EDT

[#1]

ANY working gun is worth 40$

Posted: 9/2/2004 9:25:23 PM EDT

[#2]

You spend $40, you get $40.

I like my hands to not be horribly mangled, so I would put a big HELL NO sticker on that one.

instead of shooting cans with the gun, how about shooting the gun with other guns? It is about all its worth.

Posted: 9/2/2004 9:26:22 PM EDT

[#3]

... right on man, I once did a 4473 for a $9 revolver

Posted: 9/3/2004 12:43:34 AM EDT

[#4]

Charter arms explorer ?...a pistol version of their AR-7 rifle that when broken down, the parts fit into the stock and could float.
I think they had 8 round mags with some aftermarket mags holding more.
Discontinued for years, they do turn up and are not very expensive.
$40 sounds good.

Posted: 9/3/2004 1:03:55 AM EDT

[#5]

Id probaly buy it, its only $40

Posted: 9/3/2004 12:41:14 PM EDT

[#6]

Here it is in all its glory, $40 of Charter Arms engineering. Supposedly it has feed problems, I checked the mags and the boltface, everything lines up, so Im probably gonna send it in to the factory if I cant get it to work tomorrow.

Posted: 9/3/2004 12:52:44 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Here it is in all its glory, $40 of Charter Arms engineering. Supposedly it has feed problems, I checked the mags and the boltface, everything lines up, so Im probably gonna send it in to the factory if I cant get it to work tomorrow.

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Dude. If anything, dress it up to look like Han Solo's blaster.

I would have bought it for $40.

Posted: 9/3/2004 6:07:39 PM EDT

[#8]

Haha, I remember seeing one like that online last night when I was looking up the gun.

Posted: 9/3/2004 6:21:51 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Here it is in all its glory, $40 of Charter Arms engineering. Supposedly it has feed problems, I checked the mags and the boltface, everything lines up, so Im probably gonna send it in to the factory if I cant get it to work tomorrow.

memimage.cardomain.net/member_img_a/337515_77_full.jpg

I had one of those when I was young. (16ish) was lots o fun for plinking.

I guess today I would be arrested, my parents jailed, house burned down and dog shot for that.

Posted: 9/3/2004 7:17:44 PM EDT

[#10]

It probably needs the AR-7 tune-up. Lightly chamfer the lower edge of the chamber. Just enough to break the edge. They usually jam the bullet nose on that edge.

Bob

Posted: 9/3/2004 7:45:34 PM EDT

[#11]

Whoa. FUGLY.

Posted: 9/3/2004 8:03:05 PM EDT

[#12]

Something deep inside of me wants a good whorehouse gun. Either a Raven .25 or a cheap .32 revolver, nickel plated with mother of pearl grips, of course.

Posted: 9/3/2004 8:21:53 PM EDT

[#13]

I used to shoot the rifle version when I was a kid. It did have feeding problems over time but it was a good gun.

Posted: 9/3/2004 10:16:49 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
It probably needs the AR-7 tune-up. Lightly chamfer the lower edge of the chamber. Just enough to break the edge. They usually jam the bullet nose on that edge.

Bob

I read about that, Im gonna take a jeweler file and some 1000 grit sand paper to it in the morning and see if I cant make it work right. Ill post if everything goes as planned. I found some 25 round mags for it but they want over $125 for them, thats more than three times what I paid for the gun.

Posted: 9/4/2004 6:02:19 PM EDT

[#15]

I used to have one at one time. I liked it. At the time you could get Ramline 25 rd. mags for AR-7s and I'd load a few of them up and just blast away. It may not seem like much now, but back then, that was LIVING!!

Bob

Posted: 9/4/2004 6:20:32 PM EDT

[#16]

Any chance you still have some of those 25 rounders laying around?

Posted: 9/5/2004 8:35:14 AM EDT

[#17]

Most of those Charter Arms survival rifles only work w/ really hot 22 ammo. That cheap dirty stuff just doesn't do it. I've seen enough customers bring em back to the gunshop to know this.

Posted: 9/5/2004 12:21:05 PM EDT

[#18]

I guess that would make subsonic out of the question.

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