Opinion of the Nylon 66?

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My father-in-law got me a Remington Nylon 66 for my birthday at the last gun show. I have never shot one. He has had a Nylon 66 since he was 13 years old and loves it. The one he got for me looks like it is brand new and never shot. Does anyone have onen? Has anyone had problems with theres? What is your general overall opinion of this rifle? And what kind of accuracy can I expect of it?


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They're horrible guns. Get rid of it now.

As a service to a fellow THR member, I'll gladly take it off your hands and I won't even charge you for the service. :D

I loved my Nylon 66, unfortunately I loaned it to a friend who later went through a divorce and his wife gave it to the Sheriff's office to dispose of. :fire:

They're reliable and accurate for a plinker .22 LR.
 
I love mine ! It was one of my first guns, I sorta 'took it over' from my dad.
When kept clean, it is a super reliable super fast little .22

One of the few .22s, that if something happened to it, I would be looking for another one IMMEDIATELY.
 
Does anyone have onen? Has anyone had problems with theres? What is your general overall opinion of this rifle? And what kind of accuracy can I expect of it?
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Never had any problems and hear of very few, which is saying something because a lot of these get hung out in the barn or on a rack in the truck and take a good bit of abuse and neglect. Like a Timex, they take a lickin' and go on tickin'. They were very popular (well over a million sold) and would still be selling today I'm sure except that Remington wore out the tooling and decided to move on to other projects. I really like Nylons...only wish the 66 held the bolt open after the last shot -- oh well.

I've never tried to figure out just how accurate one of these rifles can be but I must get at least 2" at 50 yards because I can regularly hit spinners at that distance with the iron sights and deteriorating vision. I'd imagine that like most rimfires each rifle is pretty individual about what ammo it performs best with, so buy a bunch of different brands and velocities and see what your likes.

Don't try to take the rifle apart unless you have detailed written instructions. Every gunshop has stories about the people who take these rifles apart and bring them into the shop in pieces.
 
I have on and also love it. plenty acurate and eats anything and everything. Even the Winchester Super X junk that my Marlin model 60 chokes on.
I believe Remington dry-lube is recommended for use on it. You can partially take the rifle down without getting into the internals. The bbl can be removed easily for cleaning from the breech.
Now go try to wear it out. betcha can't:p
 
Nylon 66 was my first 22. You can take the barrel off, bolt out, etc, but unless you have the very detailed instructions, don't go any farther than that.

Had to take mine in to gunsmith in a bag ONCE for re-assembly.

Fun plinker, and reasonably accurate.

Mine liked all .22 ammo, EXCEPT the Rem "Golden Bullet" HP. Go figure..a Rem rifle that wouldn't shoot Rem ammo.
 
I was given one for Christmas in the mid-70s. I shot it all the time as a kid growing up. Who knows how much it has been fired and I never cleaned it or lubricated it once.
When I moved out of the house, I left it there where it sits to this day. I went back there a couple years ago and decided to take it apart and clean it. :uhoh: It is still apart, but clean. I gave up trying to put it back together.

I ran across one new in the box a couple years ago and bought it. This one doesn't run so well, it hangs up a lot but I haven't done any serious ammo testing or anything. My old one ran whatever I fed it.
 
Super guns, and I still don't know why Remington discontinued them.

When I was first shown one by the Remington salesman, I told him where to put his plastic junk. I was, after all, making something of a career of replacing the Savage/Stevens plastic stocks which cracked and broke when looked at hard, and I didn't want anything to do with plastic guns.

His response was to go back of the shop, load the gun, throw it on the ground, run his station wagon back and forth across it a dozen times, then pick it up and empty the magazine into the bank. Made a believer out of me, especially as it was evident that that rifle had been through many such demonstrations.

I bought one, and have had it ever since. It has never jammed, though the sheet steel cover is prone to rusting if not kept oiled.

Jim
 
I still don't know why Remington discontinued them
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Just speculating but it may have had something to do with the sale of Remington by DuPont and the use of the "Nylon" name. IIRC, Dupont owned Remington and played a big part in the production of the Nylon 66. The article below is full of info on the Nylon rifles but does not state a specific reason Rem stopped production.

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0BQY/8_45/55605722/p1/article.jhtml
 
They were chambered in 221 fireball - i'd like to have one of those....;)

Pretty much low on the food chain as far as 22 rimfires go.

12-34hom.
 
Thank you all. All the information has been very helpfull. So, now,.......after I shoot a bunch how should I go about cleaning the beast?



clipse
 
As I sort of very vaguely remember...

Pull out "charging handle". Remove 2 screws holding receiver cover on, remove cover. Large screw on the bottom holds barrel & bracket in. After removing barrel, bolt can slide out the front.

Don't take it down any more than this, unless you have detailed re-assembly instructions, or are willing to take it to a 'smith in a sack of assorted loose pieces/parts.
 
Hi, 12-34hom,

I believe you are thinking of the XP-100 bolt action pistol, which had a nylon stock, but was a far cry from the Nylon 66. The latter rifle was a blowback and was made only in .22 Long Rifle.

Jim
 
"...his wife gave it to the Sheriff's office to dispose of..." You should have charged her with theft. Not her's to do anything with.
Buddy of mine had one. Deadly accurate little rifle that weighs nothing.
 
"after I shoot a bunch how should I go about cleaning the beast?"

Personally, I would just leave it alone unless you started experiencing malfunctions. In other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If you must, remove the sheet metal cover and spray some cleaner into the action and run a bore snake through the bore. I think you will find that if you just leave it alone you will have a long and happy relationship.
 
My Uncle has one or two Nylons. He bought them in the 60's. He told me he never cleaned them and they worked flawlessly. The only time he had any problems was when he loaned one to somebody and they took it apart and cleaned it. He said it didn't work right after that.
 
I had one that was a horrible lemon. But as far as I know I'm the only person I'm aware of that had a bad one. Couldn't fire 5 shots with out a malfunction.
 
I'm also in the "have one and it's a great little shooter" category. Stuck a cheapy Weaver scope on there and it was amazingly accurate. Paid $74.99 for it at the old W.T. Grant store back in the '70's. I'll have to dig it out of the closet and do some more shootin'.

Man, after reading all those horror stories about cleaning them, it looks like being lazy was a good thing, after all :)

R-WEST
 
Talking about the nylon 66........what was the model of the lever action that was patterned off the 66???????
I imagine they are pretty rare.
 
pdh,

That is the Nylon 76. My co-worker has one. He loves and won't sell it for anything. It is an interesting rifle.



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