Nylon 66

[joem]

Was at a smiths place and he has a Nylon 66 that some dufus had cut the front part of the stock off (hack sawed). It was in parts but it looked like it might be all there. He bought it off a guy that intended to restore it. Just parts now but the smith can use the parts if needed. Real shame those are good shooting rifles as my 76 is super accurate.

[Allen]

Used stocks can be bought on ebay. They are a little pricey though at about $100 or so.

[Jim in Salt Lake]

I still have my Mohawk Brown Nylon 66 I got in 1965, my first gun. Still shoot it every time we go out to kill tin cans. They sold for $49.99 back then and it took a lot of lawn mowing to get the money needed. I only have had buyer's joy, never remorse, and glad for the firearms journey that rifle kicked off for me. I see them at gun shows now for $300 or more.

[Allen]

I have two of them. Remington screwed up big time when they quit making them. One was bought new @ wholesale from a hardware distributer for $35 in the mid 60's. It was made w/o a serial number. Still have the original box and the round decal they used to put on the stock. The second one I bought off of ebay by purchasing the parts. Since they are unique some people consider the stock as the receiver since that is where all the parts are assembled, others consider the receiver cover as the receiver. By buying from more than one seller I was able to obtain all the parts and make the 2nd rifle. The sales brochures from the 60's mentioned that a single Nylon 66 was used to shoot 100,000 4"x4" wooden blocks thrown into the air w/o a single jam. Great guns.

Here is a history on the 66 and relatives. Also is the mention of the 100,000 wooden blocks if you are interested.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/rem_nylon_rifles.htm

[Shooter5]

They are great! Dad still has his green one from the 60's and cousin has granpa's. Took my little boy out for his first time shooting and we used papa's rifle to pop balloons. It was great fun all around. I've been looking for one but they sure are expensive now!

[joem]

I have a 66 and a lever action 76 with a scope. It is quite accurate.

[LAH]

My dad bought me a Nylon 66 back in the late 60's and its had no telling how many thousand
rounds through it, never oiled it other than to oil/clean the exterior metal surfaces and it has
never failed to fire and never jammed.

[k arga]

I'm getting old, remember remington adds on the 66 shooting all those blocks, very very good times back then.

[louigi]

I still have my mohawk brown '66 from the '60's also. Had an issue soon after I bought it. My best buddy's brother-in-law was a marine on leave and disassembled it and fixed it without any directions! . His BIL returned to Vietnam and a month later was KIA. Great little 22...but too complex for me to take apart!

[Jim in Salt Lake]

I didn't think they're too bad to take apart. The only problem I've had is there's a roll pin that goes through the bolt, side to side. The pin will loosen up and start to migrate to one side until it starts to rub on the receiver cover. The rifle acts like the bolt needs lube. The fix was to take the roll pin out and expand it to make it fit tight in the bolt. The only other problem I've had is the front sight screws loosen up and a little blue Loctite fixed that. Not a bad repair history for a fifty year old rifle that's had a gazillion rounds through it.

[emmagee1917]

I , too , had one as a kid . Mohawk brown with detachable mags . Thought it needed cleaning so I tore it down . Easy . Cleaned and oiled and tried to assemble . Not so easy . Lots of parts and springs that had to be held just so for the pins to hold them in place . I took a box of paperclips and bent them into the holders I needed . Trial and error , but I got it together . My friends had several of them , too . I tore them all down and cleaned them . Wasn't so hard with my assortment of " tools " .
Thanks for the memories , Chris

[Allen]

"detachable mags"

Actually then yours was a model 77 which took a 5 round detachable magazine. The 66 took a tubular 14 round magazine. Otherwise--the same great gun.

[emmagee1917]

Could be. I recall them being 10 round mags though . Memory could be faulty .
Never was a fan of tubular magazines. Always found it hard to hold the rifle in one hand , the tube in the other , and spit the rounds into that small hole .
Chris

[PhillipM]

My cousin has a Black Diamond and I don't think it's ever been apart. When he was a kid and lived on my grandmother's place he, nor anyone there, had much money so he'd go up a tree with spurs and the Nylon 66 and just hose down deer at close range.

[Andouille]

Could be. I recall them being 10 round mags though . Memory could be faulty .


Not so much. Remington did make 10-round mags for the 77, I had some. But the 77 was a jam-o-matic despite several different magazine and ammo changes and a good cleaning, so it lives someplace else now.

However I took my Nylon 66 to Alaska in 1973 and it worked "as advertised" in cold well below zero. I should have kept it. Been thinking it's time for another one.

[Shooter5]

Whittakers in Kentucky currently has several brown and green 77s.

[PhillipM]

Whittakers in Kentucky currently has several brown and green 77s.

I don't think I've ever seen a green one in person.

[Allen]

I don't think I've ever seen a green one in person.

I've only seen pictures of them myself. They are called Seneca Green and are mostly brown. Look almost identical to the Mohawk Brown. We may have actually seen one and not realized it. They and the Black Diamond's bring more money from the collectors.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=521648950

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=524251661