Henry US Survival AR-7
Eugene Stoner's other rifle. US Air Force .22 survival rifle, stowable into its buttstock. Currently Non-restricted; clean 2/15.
Is the Henry US Survival AR-7 banned in Canada? Not currently. The Henry US Survival AR-7 is Non-restricted, but it scores 2/15 on the Holdover Ban-Risk Index. It is not currently eligible for compensation. The current amnesty for prohibited firearms expires 90 days after the latest Supreme Court appeal termination under SOR/2026-114.
Classification: Non-restricted · OIC/SOR: - · Ban-Risk: Low · Compensation: Not currently eligible · Amnesty: SCC appeals + 90 days
Verdict
The Henry US Survival AR-7 is Eugene Stoner's lesser-known design — the AR-15's designer also produced this takedown semi-automatic rimfire for the US Air Force in 1959 as the AR-7 survival rifle. The barrel, the receiver, and the magazine all disassemble and stow inside the polymer buttstock, producing a 16.5-inch package light enough to carry in a backpack. Henry Repeating Arms has held the commercial production rights since 1997. The Index reads it at 2/15 — semi-auto rimfire (2), zero everywhere else. The entry is useful as the case of a current-Non-restricted semi-auto rimfire scored against the Ruger 10/22 (pilots, 3/15 with the BX-25 magazine precedent driving the policy-momentum point). The AR-7 has no comparable precedent and sits cleanly at 2/15. The Stoner-AR-7-to-Stoner-AR-15 lineage is editorially interesting; the regulatory pathway has not chosen to use it.
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Lineage
Parents: ArmaLite AR-7 (1959, USAF survival rifle, original design)
Siblings: Charter Arms AR-7 (1973 commercial production)
Derived: Henry US Survival, Henry US Survival Plus, AR-7 Field
Primary sources for this entry
- RCMP FRT — RCMP. accessed 2026-05-27
- Henry Repeating Arms — US Survival AR-7 product page — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
Safety note: the Ban-Risk Index is editorial estimation, not legal advice or a substitute for current official guidance. The classification field reflects current RCMP FRT status as of the last-scored date. For any transfer, surrender, deactivation, or transport question, consult primary RCMP / Public Safety Canada sources and, where appropriate, a Canadian firearms lawyer.