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Dutch airline stewardess with an AR-10 for defense against polar bears in case of an arctic crash, 1958 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Armalite AR-7 is a survival rifle for downed airmen. I have an OG model and it's a POS.

BTW, I wouldn't recommend the .22 AR-7 vs. polar bears. :)

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My AR-7 is the worst rifle I own. And I own a LOT of rifles.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Keep thinking I can gunsmith my way out of it. Nope. Total failure.

[–] magikmw@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

The .22 is for being dead before the polar bear starts eating you.