You probably know the history of the weapon. It started out as the Armalite AR-7, and failed to get any military contracts. They rocked along with it for while, then licensed it to Charter Arms. Charter went under, and it was revived by Henry. There have been quality issues with Henry's repro lever actions. I have not seen the AR, but it is so simple it ought to be hard to screw up.

Charter did several versions of survival weapons that regretably never got off the ground. There have been several versions of the AR over the years in large handgun form. The stock on the AR is not comfortable, period, and triggers usually suck, which can be remedied by a decent smith. There was a 'sporterized' version that may not have even made it to market with a skeltonized alloy stock that looked to be much more shootable than the plastic. I wanted one when I saw the pictures, but I never saw one to buy.

Please report back when you have gotten to play with it for a while.