You have to be careful holding onto the receiver as you can move the magazine enough to cause feed problems. Third, there is nothing to hold onto at the front of the gun besides the barrel or front of the receiver. Second, you have to make sure that you fully insert the magazine or you get feeding problems.
First, it is oddly shaped and has a long length of pull compared to other. Here are some of the problems I see with the AR-7 as a plinking gun.
I take it with me to the range most of the time, but I will only run about 50 rounds through it to practice then switch to my Marlin 795 because I did not buy the Henry as my primary plinking gun. If you want to put a few thousand rounds through it you can and they are fun to shoot.
