Quote Originally Posted by richywilk View Post
I remember buying Marksman pellets in a cardboard carton from my local toy shop in the late 70's and drooling over my dad's mate's AR7 Jackel with a single point site on it, I only had an ASI sniper then.
I've got an AR7 Jackal in my dad's loft. It needs a complete reblue, and will definately need a full service as it's not been used for at least 20 years. I remember it as a loud and very inaccurate rifle. The Singlepoint sight it came with was novel, but the mount supplied for it was crap. The light gathering element in my singlepoint now moves from side to side.
Just as a matter of interest, were the barrel shrouds on the AR7 permanently fixed? There is a retaining grub screw underneath, but the one on my barrel will NOT budge. I will get round to restoring this rifle one day but in the meantime it can stay where it is.