Issue with my Nylon '66

I'm affraid this is not much help, and you may already know it, but just in case. The Nylon '66 is a beloved and respected rifle with a lot fans BUT it being very difficult to disassemble and work on has achieved near mythic status.

Advise finding good gunsmith and asking in advance if he has expereince with that particular model.

ur not by chance using the remington bulk pack ammo are u? i have had very odd cycling in my nylon (77 clip fed) and my brothers 66 using them.

besides that, the only thing i can think of is that perhaps ur chamber is dirty. if u are anything like me, i let my nylon get positively FILTHY before giving her a bath. maybe this, coupled with ammo that the gun doesnt like could be causing the problem...?

i would suggest trying a different load (mine shoots the cleaner bulk federal better) and evaluate after that. if ur still having problems after a good cleaning and ammo switching then maybe u need to break down and do a total strip (use a diagram because it is a pain) or bring it to a compitent gunsmith (u may end up going this route after ur attempt at it afterall .

hope u get her up and shooting, i know i love shooting my nylon.

Here's the Remington nylon forum, you should get more help there.
JR
http://nylonrifles.com/forum/index.php?sid=03a9a37e8d5937881b92807dc53ee4cd

as I get more and more fond of my dad's Nylon I tend to run better ammo through her.

but then I also have gone and learned the hard way how to assemble and disassemble my Nylon.

Do note, you can take off the dust cover and not go full disassembly. it will allow you to get up in there and clean it a bit better.


Hope you get her running right.


D

Contrary to what others may tell you the nylon 66 is very simple to dismantle for routine cleaning. Pull out the bolt handle, remove the 2 screws on the receiver, pull the receiver cover off, remove the screw on the bottom, remove the keeper which holds the bbl. and remove the bbl, remove the ejector from the left side of the frame, clean the barrel, clean the bolt face, clean the feed ramp, lightly oil the recoil spring, reassenble in reverse order. Simple as pie. Just don't disassenble any further. Good luck. These rifles do not require internal oil except for the spring and spring guide (just a little). These guns were designed to last forever and only require a clean chamber and decent ammo. When you put the 2 screws back on the receiver DO NOT overtighten them as this may cause the action to bind and will give you jams.

I'd love to take my Nylon 66 to the range but there is no way to hold the action open so I haven't ... any idea if my not being able to hold the action open would be a problem for an RSO ... ?

The rare feed problems I've had w/ mine were always ammo related ...

+1 to 351Winchester.

Basic takedown of a Nylon 66 is easy. Removing the bolt is easy, too. I've not taken down the hammer & hammer spring but it doesn't look difficult. Stay well away from the parts in the lower receiver.

You may not get much help in the forums at www.nylonrifles.com. You might try rimfirecentral instead.

Definitely download the Nylon 66 disassembly instructions.

http://www.nylonrifles.com/NylonRifles/Documents.html

Chester,

A "bolt open" flag should suffice. There are special bright colored plastic flags you can buy; Bushmaster ships them with their AR-15s.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/Store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=16651

I wouldn't buy one of those unless required by the range; for my Nylon 66 I use a spent shell casing to hold the bolt back (insert perpendicular to the barrel). I used a .177 HMR casing until I found a 5.7x28 casing. The 5.7 is perfect.

Something like a golf pencil would probably work fine.

Ask your RO if you're not sure.

nylon double feeds

I recently bought a Remington Nylon 66 Mowhawk Brown on Gun Broker that does the exact same thing. You load up the magazine tube, rack the bolt and you get one round in the chamber and a second round right after it that locks up the action.

Mysteriously, if I only place one round in the tube, reinsert the spring loaded follower and chamber the single round and then fill the magazine and fire the rifle it works fine on its own. Its only when I attempt to chamber a round from a full magazine, ( or with any in it at all ) that it feeds a second round and locks things up.

I'm actually glad to hear someone else having this problem, as I know that some gunsmith will have a solution. Obviously I'm not alone.

If anyone has the answer or knows who to send this gun to to be repaired; let me know also. I'm in St Louis, Mo.

WD

Good info here. As noted barrel removal and cleanup is about as far as any sane person wants to go.

I have two (wanted one when I was a kid; overcompensated for it in my old age). One is minty, the other a little beaten up and I rehabilitated it.

Years ago I found that Federal American Eagle HVHP 38 grain .22 LR ran very cleanly through my Colt .22/.45 conversion unit--which is extremely prone to foul up. The "floating chamber" can quit "floating" very quickly with the wrong ammo and is a nuisance to clean up.

My Nylon 66s seem to run well with it.

I would try a gentle cleaning of the action followed by a dry lube ... and then not load more than 10 at a time ...