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Do you have a gun that's a little out of the norm or you think it might be rare? How about that old clunker in the back of your safe? Maybe others haven't seen one like it or have seen it in a magazine and just not known anybody that had one to ask what they thought about it. If so, this thread's for you to show it off.
I'll start.
This is the blurb from Wikipedia:
Charter Arms Explorer II pistol-
Explorer II was a pistol version of the AR-7.[9] It resembled a Broomhandle Mauser. The receiver had a built-in pistol grip with no provision for the rifle stock (the internal parts are interchangeable between rifle and pistol). The rear sight of the pistol was an open notch adjustable for windage and elevation. The Explorer II front sight was integral with the barrel shell and was not adjustable. The magazine well in front of the trigger guard would accept any magazine designed for the rifle. A spare 8 round magazine could be carried inside the grip. The most common barrel was eight inches. Optional barrel lengths included six and ten inches.
Legal note
Due to the U.S. 1934 NFA regulations setting minimum rifle barrel length at 16 inches, Charter Arms made the barrels of the Explorer I rifle and Explorer II pistol non-interchangeable to prevent users from installing the pistol barrel on the rifle. The AR-7 barrel has an alignment lug that mates a notch in the receiver. The rifle receiver notch and barrel lug are on top; the pistol notch and lug are broader and on the bottom. If a Charter Arms factory-made pistol barrel were installed on a rifle, the extractor on the bolt would be opposite the extractor slot in the barrel, preventing the bolt from closing (plus the front sight would be upside down). Modifying the pistol barrel to fit the rifle, or modifying the rifle receiver to accept the pistol barrel, would legally be "making a short barrel rifle" requiring federal registration on an ATF Form 1 with payment of a $200.00 tax.
Picked this up in a package deal. I figure I gave ≊ $35. for it. I had never seen one before, that I could remember, so why not. The price was right.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1PvuQmCy-8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1PvuQmCy-8[/ame]
I'll start.
This is the blurb from Wikipedia:
Charter Arms Explorer II pistol-
Explorer II was a pistol version of the AR-7.[9] It resembled a Broomhandle Mauser. The receiver had a built-in pistol grip with no provision for the rifle stock (the internal parts are interchangeable between rifle and pistol). The rear sight of the pistol was an open notch adjustable for windage and elevation. The Explorer II front sight was integral with the barrel shell and was not adjustable. The magazine well in front of the trigger guard would accept any magazine designed for the rifle. A spare 8 round magazine could be carried inside the grip. The most common barrel was eight inches. Optional barrel lengths included six and ten inches.
Legal note
Due to the U.S. 1934 NFA regulations setting minimum rifle barrel length at 16 inches, Charter Arms made the barrels of the Explorer I rifle and Explorer II pistol non-interchangeable to prevent users from installing the pistol barrel on the rifle. The AR-7 barrel has an alignment lug that mates a notch in the receiver. The rifle receiver notch and barrel lug are on top; the pistol notch and lug are broader and on the bottom. If a Charter Arms factory-made pistol barrel were installed on a rifle, the extractor on the bolt would be opposite the extractor slot in the barrel, preventing the bolt from closing (plus the front sight would be upside down). Modifying the pistol barrel to fit the rifle, or modifying the rifle receiver to accept the pistol barrel, would legally be "making a short barrel rifle" requiring federal registration on an ATF Form 1 with payment of a $200.00 tax.
Picked this up in a package deal. I figure I gave ≊ $35. for it. I had never seen one before, that I could remember, so why not. The price was right.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1PvuQmCy-8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1PvuQmCy-8[/ame]
