I've actually owned a few of them over the years. I had an Armalite that someone had tricked out with the replacement stock/pistol grip package and the heavier aftermarket barrel, a Survival Arms version and have had three of the Charter Arms ones. All of them worked well enough though none were really tackdrivers. The one with the aftermarket barrel was probably the most accurate with more different brands of ammo though the stock change eliminated the compact storage option. I often heard complaints that other people claimed they were jam-a-matics but no idea how true that was. Could have been maintenance issues or ammo choices causing their problems for all I know.
Since they were a cool looking little gun I always found it easy to sell or trade one if there was something else out there I had to have and eventually found myself without one. A few years ago the wife and I had stopped at a little surplus store/gun shop and they had an original Armalite in the case. I looked it over but decided not to spend the money on it that day. Went back a week later and it was gone so figured I just missed out on having another one.............. To my surprise on my birthday the wife handed me a little box which turned out to have that gun in it. She had gone back to get it for me. I guess I won't sell this one. It does shoot nicely, seems to prefer CCI and Aquila high speed loads.
Since they were a cool looking little gun I always found it easy to sell or trade one if there was something else out there I had to have and eventually found myself without one. A few years ago the wife and I had stopped at a little surplus store/gun shop and they had an original Armalite in the case. I looked it over but decided not to spend the money on it that day. Went back a week later and it was gone so figured I just missed out on having another one.............. To my surprise on my birthday the wife handed me a little box which turned out to have that gun in it. She had gone back to get it for me. I guess I won't sell this one. It does shoot nicely, seems to prefer CCI and Aquila high speed loads.
