Nylon 66

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Picked up a rifle from my youth yesterday. I was to slow & the one I went to buy had sold but he did have a very clean Nylon 66, just like the one I used to shoot the hell out of at Boy Scout camp. Wasn't going to let this very reasonably priced one pass so I brought it home and upon closer inspection began to realize how little this gun had been used. Serial number & date codes show it to be manufactured in January 1968. I remember these being OK accuracy wise but I don't believe there's a more reliable 22 on the planet. Happy to have this very innovative(in its day) rifle in the collection.
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I got one for Christmas when I was 12 and still have it. I love that little gun and will always remember going squirrel hunting or just shooting cans with my Father.
 
I hunted jack rabbits for years with one just like that. Accuracy of the Nylon 66 sucked, but it was good for a full day of shooting jacks. They are more accurate if you don't scope them.

I got it for free when I was 17, it was all jammed up with carbon. I took it apart, dug all the crud out of it, and got it running again. On paper at 25 yds it shot about 3", absolutely terrible, but I liked it because it weighed just about nothing compared with a Ruger 10/22 or Winchester 290. Finally sold it about 15 years ago for $400, turned around and bought a 77/22 to replace it.
 
Got her out to the range today & was not disappointed. 1st 15 rounds at 15 yards were a bit left, tweaked the rear sight & 2nd 15 shots off the bed of the truck had her dialed in, from there out we hit everything we shot out to 50 yards. What a fun gun!
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When I was a young man my father refused to let me have a nylon Remmington. As you know the nylons come in several colors. I lusted over these 22 lr rifles. But, NO !

To this day, I blame my Dad for the 60 or so firearms I own, shoot and all around enjoy.

My Dad loved me and was an all around wonderful father, but NO to firearms in our home.

Interesting enough, Dad was involved in TRW producing the M16 for the Vietnam adventure.

Just thoughts from the past.

David :)
 
I guess I have one around somewhere. I bet it hasnt been fired 30 times.

I obtained it in probably 72 at about 100 bucks or less?? really dont remember when or how much.
 
my older sister bought me an apache black/chrome for my 14th birthday in 1967 at western auto store. im perty sure the price was 55.95!!!!!! it has no serial number and lived a perty hard life. never cleaned it....jus sprayed it out with wd40 and keep shooting. i still have it today!!!! still shoots quiet well.
acquired a like new one in apache black/black jus a few yrs ago.
they are sweet shooting/handling rifles
kudos to the nylon 66!!!!!
 
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A buddy of mine took one apart and it stayed a basket case under his bed for a while.
I was building molds then,and I saved lengths of cut off mold ejector pins.

These are made of hardened,nitrided H-13 tool steel,OD ground for 0004 to 0007 in clearance on a standard size reamed hole.So a 1/8 in ejector pin would measure .1243 to .1246. You grind a point on them,they make great slave pins
for reassembly.

Slave pins put that basket case Nylon 66 back together. It was in the 70's,but still good to know
 
I owned one at one time. Maybe I sold it or traded it off for something then got a Marlin MI .22 (tube feed). More accurate. Killed a lot of rabbits, squirrels and turtles with that .22. Haven't shot it in years after buying a Ruger 10/22.
 
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