351 WINCHESTER
Member
The dud rate for .22LR (any and every brand has duds; if you do not believe this, you don't shoot much .22LR) is unsatisfactory for a weapon than needs remedial action to get back in action. Add in the Nylon 66's action is inset way into the plastic, and you've a recipe for disaster for HD-not a combination I'd stake my life on. I have a Rem. 552, the action is basically the same, just an aluminum receiver, and it is not my choice for HD, whereas the Iver Johnson Cadet I had was used for HD for a while; 8 shots and if one didn't go off, keep pulling the trigger.
I have probably shot as much, if not more .22lr ammo than most folks ever will. I have had my share of duds, mostly with Remington bulk golden bullets. I have shot thousands of cci stingers & many more thousands of cci, aguila, federal & others with zero duds. The nylon 66 is the most dependable .22 semi auto ever built, owing much of it's reliability on it's "plastic" construction. I have had one since 1969 with zero problems, zero jams & untold thousands of rounds or ammo. It's the only .22 semi auto I would trust period.