Remington Nylon 66 Keep it or sell it?

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I have a June 1970 .22lr Nylon 66 that my Mom gave me when Dad died 25 years ago. I was 16 when he died and I only played with it for a few months. Since then, it has sat in my closet gathering dust this whole time until about 4 weeks ago.

It was the only gun my Dad owned, and I only know of him shooting it 1 time, the whole time he had it. I think I was about 8 or 9, when he shot a wild dog that got in our chicken house. That dog killed nearly 150 chickens and near 300 pigeons in one night. Well, Dad woke me up at around 4:30am right after he had gone out and found the carnage, and asked me if I wanted to see him shoot a dawg? He was "Pi$$ed!" I said "Sure" and got dressed. We got to the yard area and before I could even see the dog streaking across the yard, dad hiked that gun up and pulled the trigger. 1 shot, from 100 yards, at a medium sized dog, at full gallop, and that dog just fell dead. We buried him with all of the chickens and pigeons.

I know, I know... you are asking yourself... Why is this guy is even asking such a stupid question... Well, lets see if you can follow me here. Fact 1... I didn't have to hold the rifle to know Dad did those things and how he did it. Fact 2... I hate the plastic stock and I can't find anyone or any company who makes a wood one for it. Fact 3... I will replace it with something just as nice or even nicer to pass along to my daughter someday.

I guess what I am trying to ask is... would you sell dads ol' .22 or would you keep it even if you didn't like the gun at all?

Next question... If I do decide to sell it, what should I ask for it?


Mikey!
 
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Keep it, you never get it back. I have a Savage 99 in 250 Savage that my Grandfather used in the 20's &30's. I have not shot it in 25 or so years but it is one gun I will never give. I have already picked out who gets it when I go.
 
Keep it.

You might not care for it, your daughter might appreciate Grandpa's gun.

Sometimes parents are just the keepers for their children until they are old enough.

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My favorite Nylon 66 is the brown stock, with blue, and fed through the buttstock.
This is the one I want again...

I wish I had kept some extras off site for me, as my users are gone

These are great for teaching new shooters, and safe for them and the folks assisting.
Muzzle is downrange, when loading and unloading.

These work for those with physical limits, even those with Arthritis, No Recoil Orders, Surgery, and even some Polio Victims and Amputees used these.

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If gun laws ever get really crazy, with definitions and interpretations...
Having old guns, especially .22 rifles is going to be the smart way to be.

Hence one reason you cannot find Nylon 66's and some other older .22 guns.

Read the current Administration's Gun Ban Bill.

The Nylon 66 that is buttstock fed does not have a "detachable magazine", neither does a Marlin 60, or Remington Fieldmaster, or Speemaster, or Browning Auto .22 or Marlin 39, or Win 9422 or...

The Nylon 66 is one proven gun, in all sorts of temperatures and weather...

Hence I wish I had some butt stock fed ones.
 
Thanks guys,
SM you make a good case. It is indeed tube fed through the buttstock. It carries 14 in the tube and one in the chamber. and I can shoot it as fast as I can pull the trigger.

But I hate the plastic. Does anyone know of a way to redo it in wood??? If I could do that, wouldn't even be asking.

As for my kids having grandpa's gun, maybe they would like it, because none of them ever got the pleasure to meet such an awesome guy as my dad was.

He was born in 1922 and was raised on a cotton farm in the northern pan-handle of Texas. After he graduated high school; 2 years early; he enlisted in the Army and went to war for our country and fought in Germany as a tank commander. While he was in Germany his dad passed away, so when he came back stateside he sold off the farm and moved his mom to California where he took care of her until she death. He married my mom in 1955 and I was born in 67. and he died in 83.

His metal as a man was tempered with pride and courage. Although he suffered from heart issues for nearly 20 years before it finally took him, he was always out on our mini farm working and making sure his family was taken care of.

I strive to be as good a man as he was, and maybe you have something there. I am teaching his values without him and maybe I can teach some more with this rifle.

Thanks guys,


I still want your thoughts on a wood stock though. I will keep the plastic one in a safe place so whoever I decide gets the rifle can have it... I promise!
 
Buy whatever wood stocked .22 you want and shoot it all you want. Put that Nylon 66 away and keep it. However if the plastic bothers you that much, let me know what you want for it. I don't mind them a bit, I still have the one my dad gave me as my first rifle.
 
I dont know about any aftermarket stocks for a 66 but just like everybody else said, KEEP IT!

You and your father sound like some great people, people that this country was built on and is running short of in today's days and age... Keeping that fine gun is one little way to keep your fine tradition going strong.
 
Hey don't restock the Nylon 66 they are quite collectable and the Nylon stock is the whole reason. If you restock it in wood you have trashed it. ---Get yourself a new ruger 10/22 and keep the ole 66 in a closet --you may have a grandson someday that would love to have a gun that belonged to Great-Grandpa.
 
I wouldn't sell it as for me it would have to much sentimental value, but thats not my call.

This would have to up to you with no suggestions from others.

Just my 2 cents.
 
Thank you for your kind words and sentiments...

I think you guys have convinced me to keep it. I promise...

New question then...

Good bolt action or repeater .22lr is available with a wood stock and carries a magazine of some sort that will carry 10 or more rounds?

Is there even such an animal out there?
 
Even with a wood stock? On my way to wal mart dot com to check it out.

I don't mean to be stupid or anything... What does 10 22 mean? I honestly do not know.
 
Well since I have been down that route. Unless you NEVER see yourself using it, even then, do not get in a position to kick yourself in the butt because you sold it. Your own kids or neices/nephews may want something that was their grandfathers. Something as a cheap as aNylon 66, a classic in its own, may wind up being a family heirloom. KEEP IT. You or someone else may regret you selling it
 
Sure, you can buy another .22 rifle and even pass it along to your daughter some day.

BUT, if you sell your father's Nylon-66, you'll NEVER be able to pass along a gun that her grandfather owned. It's a family connection and if you sell it, you'll definitely regret it later no matter how much you think you won't.

Give it to your daughter and if she doesn't want it then let her be the one to break the connection.
 
When it comes right down to it, sentimental or not, it's just piece of plastic and metal, so if you hate it that much, just sell it. I sold off some guns I got for birthday/christmas presents not too long ago that I didn't like. I asked my parents if they'd be offended first, but told them I'd just replace them with something better that I'd enjoy more, so they weren't bothered by it.

On the other hand, I've got several other guns I can't stand, but got them from relatives who are deceased or would disapprove, so as much as I hate them, they'll sit in the safe and gather dust till I'm dead and rotten.

But, the Nylon 66 is quite possibly the funnest and easiest to shoot gun ever made, and there's not much of anything that'd be better to pass on to a relative or to teach someone to shoot with.

As for price, I missed out on a mint condition black 66 for $150 a few months ago. Late last year I seen a Seneca Green one (the rarest model IIRC) for $250. Mine is the common brown one and it's all beat to hell, and around here I'd be doing good to get more than about $120 out of it probably. I see some of them going for ridiculous prices on gunbroker sometimes, but I think you should keep it and get something that's not as sentimental...or totally freaking awesome, as that's what the Nylon 66 is.
 
When it comes right down to it, sentimental or not, it's just piece of plastic and metal, so if you hate it that much, just sell it. I sold off some guns I got for birthday/christmas presents not too long ago that I didn't like. I asked my parents if they'd be offended first, but told them I'd just replace them with something better that I'd enjoy more, so they weren't bothered by it.
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JMHO - but I think there's a big difference between "gift" guns that you don't like, and a family heirloom that used to belong to your father, grandfather, uncle, etc.

I agree, keep the Nylon 66. They really are damn good guns, tough as hell, and highly sought after. I'd like to find one. There was a really good writeup about them in The American Rifleman a few issues back. Don't sweat the plastic stock, that's part of their allure, and it will grow on you. Clean that rifle up and enjoy it!
 
LOL Coos bay creep. I am in Coos Bay too!

However, as i stated before... You guys have already set me straight. Where else am I going to find a rifle that has been shot by an actual WWII vet that happens to be my Dad? I am not selling it. I guess I am going to have to have another look at this little gun and start having some fun with it. What I really don't like about it is that it looks so much like a toy! But it is pretty. Shiny and everything with very few if any scratches and dings. The bun blue is pretty good too. It does have a tiny bit of rust that is just starting to accumulate on the barrel right at the front site. but other than that it's pretty good.

I will take it out tomorrow... weather permitting, and give it another look. Hell I have over 1000 rounds of .22lr ammo I can go shoot up anyway!

As for getting a 10/22, I think I will. Did anyone reply where I can go look other than wal mart?

Here is a link to my gun pics. There is one shot with the .22lr in it: Click below!
http://picasaweb.google.com/mickeydim468/USModelOf1917Remington#

Mikey!
 
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