The Care and Feeding of the Armalite AR-7

Step 4: Weapon Assembly

To re-assembly the weapon:

1. Place the two (2) recoil springs into the holes in the rear of the bolt
2. Place the recoil spring guide (the plastic part with the two prongs) into the recoil springs
3. Place the bolt assembly into the receiver
4. Push the entire bolt assembly to the rear and hold it in place with a finger
5. Place the charging handle into the bolt
6. Place ejector into receiver
7. Put magazine release pivot pin in place
8. Put the magazine realse spring in place
9. Put the magazine release in the receiver (be careful not to pop the spring out of place)
10. Place the trigger and trigger pivot pin in place
11. Place the hammer into the receiver
12. Carefully lift the hammer spring with the small screw driver until it clears the trigger
13. Place the hammer spring retaining pin in the trigger (the small pin at the rear of the trigger)
14. Let the hammer spring down onto the retaining pin (Make sure you note that the arms of the spring criss-cross, so the left arm is on the right and the right on the left)
15. Place receiver cover plate on receiver ensuring all pins line up
16. Replace receiver cover screw and tighten