In good company....nylon 66

[desi2358]

Is the Mohawk 10-C the same rifle? Lots of similarities...

The Mohawk was just a variant of the Nylon 66. I believe it was primarily intended as a slightly cheaper version for sale through places like K-Mart.

 

[max]

I wanted a 66 when they came out, but I couldn't afford it. Many years later, my oldest and best friend was running the family lumberyard in our home town. Some guy mentioned he had guns in his trunk and 1 of those was a 66. He bought it and sold it to me for not much money.

A couple of years ago, I replace the barrel with one of the chrome ones and made a pinto out of it. http://smith-wessonforum.com/firear...nto-remington-nylon-66-a.html?highlight=pinto

I still have it and take it to the range most times I go.

 

[Rubone]

After 20 years of use and abuse, my first-year Nylon 66 was showing its age, and a crack developed in the "unbreakable" stock. I remembered that the stock was "guaranteed for life", so I sent it in to Remington. Much to my shock and surprise, it was returned in a couple of weeks completely restored to like-new, inside and out.

When mine broke I contacted Remington (mid '90s) and they said sorry, but they could not help. I found a used stock on eBay and switched it all over.

 

[sipowicz]

That looks a lot like Angeles Shooting Range up in the LA foothills. Fond memories.

Yes it is. Still a decent place to shoot. Lot of old timers shoot there and they love teaching the kids. My favorite moments are watching them pass down their knowledge. My kids don't listen to me much but an 80 year old with an M1 Garand seems to keep their interest…..thank God.

 

[DWalt]

Is the Mohawk 10-C the same rifle? Lots of similarities...

Pretty much, except the Mohawk 10C (also a semiauto) has a removable box magazine instead of a tubular magazine. Those were available in 5 and 10-round versions. It was originally called the Model 77 but for some reason Remington re-named it the Model 10C. There were several other Remington Nylon .22 rifle models, bolt action and lever action. Those are seldom seen as not too many were made. I own a 10C, shoots about as well as any other .22 rifle.

There used to be a website devoted to the Remington Nylon .22 rifles, but I haven't been on it since before the pandemic, so I don't know if it still exists.

I have read that the Nylon rifles were very popular for use in colder climes of Alaska and northern Canada among the natives as they worked reliably there without any lubrication to freeze up.

 

[BB57]

Pretty much, except the Mohawk 10C (also a semiauto) has a removable box magazine instead of a tubular magazine. Those were available in 5 and 10-round versions. It was originally called the Model 77 but for some reason Remington re-named it the Model 10C. There were several other Remington Nylon .22 rifle models, bolt action and lever action. Those are seldom seen as not too many were made. I own a 10C, shoots about as well as any other .22 rifle.

There used to be a website devoted to the Remington Nylon .22 rifles, but I haven't been on it since before the pandemic, so I don't know if it still exists.

I have read that the Nylon rifles were very popular for use in colder climes of Alaska and northern Canada among the natives as they worked reliably there without any lubrication to freeze up.

My major beef with the 10-C / Model 77 is the plastic magazine, a fault it shares with the 541S. They work fine until they start splitting down the middle and puke out all the rounds.

The magazine is one area Remington should have either stuck with metal or if they really needed plastic, do it right like CZ did with its plastic .22 LR magazines (although I also still prefer the ,teal CZ magazines).

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

In the late 80's a local discounter called Harts, was closing out on the Brazilian Copy: FIE GR8. I had 3 sons, so I bought 3. at $66 each. Sure wish I had bought every single one they had!

They tell me they were made on the same machinery and many people by GR-8's to use as parts for the Nylon 66. The GR-8's are grooved for 3/8" scope mounts.

I still have my middle son's GR-8, he is a lefty and wanted a left-handed bolt gun. I credited him towards a Lakeside 22. Lakesides are just Canadian Savages.

Ivan

 

[sipowicz]

The nylon in the originals was made in the DuPont plant my father worked at. DuPont was selling the Nylon66 at a heavy discount promotional price to employees. I begged for one. No go. My dad had a Mossberg 22 bolt-action for his squirrel and rabbit hunting. Didn't want "that new plasic thing".

Maybe you are lucky. You could have shot your eye out.

 

[DWalt]

In the late 80's a local discounter called Harts, was closing out on the Brazilian Copy: FIE GR8. I had 3 sons, so I bought 3. at $66 each. Sure wish I had bought every single one they had!

They tell me they were made on the same machinery and many people by GR-8's to use as parts for the Nylon 66. The GR-8's are grooved for 3/8" scope mounts.

I still have my middle son's GR-8, he is a lefty and wanted a left-handed bolt gun. I credited him towards a Lakeside 22. Lakesides are just Canadian Savages.

Ivan

Allegedly Remington sold the tooling to make the Nylon 66 to Brazil because it was pretty well worn out and Remington did not want to spend the money to re-tool, which would have been necessary if they were going to continue production in the USA. I have seen several of the Brazilian Nylon .22 rifles, and they are identical to the Remingtons. Regarding scope sights, the Nylon 66 and 10C rifles all had (not exactly) grooves for mounting tip-off scope mounts. I do have a Weaver K2.5 scope mounted on my 10C with tip-off mounts. I will agree with the comments about the 10C single stack plastic box magazines. I have had no problems with my 10-round magazine, but it is definitely un-handy when it comes to carrying the rifle around, and can be easily damaged. In this case, a 5-round magazine would be much better as it does not protrude so far. If I ever find one of those cheap, I will buy it.

I remember the Hart's discount stores well from my time living in Ohio. The one closest to me had a reasonably good gun department, and I bought several guns there. I imagine that they are all long gone by now. From around the same time, there was another discount chain called Heck's which also had a decent gun department and often had ammo on sale. I wish I could remember the name, but there was a large discount store in Columbus located close to I-71 which had a super-good gun department. That would have been back in the mid-1960s.

 

[boykinlp]

After 20 years of use and abuse, my first-year Nylon 66 was showing its age, and a crack developed in the "unbreakable" stock. I remembered that the stock was "guaranteed for life", so I sent it in to Remington. Much to my shock and surprise, it was returned in a couple of weeks completely restored to like-new, inside and out.

When mine broke I contacted Remington (mid '90s) and they said sorry, but they could not help. I found a used stock on eBay and switched it all over.

I guess when they said "guaranteed for life", they were just kidding! They meant guaranteed for however long they deemed necessary.
Larry

 

[pasound]

DWalt - I remember the Hart's stores, and especially Heck's. Heck's was headquartered in my home town here in WV. They always had a great gun department - rifles and shotguns only, and lots of all kinds of ammo. They always had Nylon 66's in stock - the raw material for the stocks was made at the DuPont plant here in the area.

 

[sw dan]

hi folks,
go to "nylon rifles. com" believe its the only nylon site.

 

[Fishinfool]

On old pic of Tom Frye sitting on his 100,000 block pile. Pretty impressive.

Larry

 

[skywag]

I always wanted one and this came up for sale on this forum. Still haven't taken it to the range.

 

[Richard Simmons]

Picked mine up at a Big 5 Sporting Goods in SoCal in the mid 80's. Don't shoot it much but have always enjoyed the times I do. With prices like they are I've considered selling it but I guess I'm not there yet.

 

[raljr1]

Wanted one for a long time and finally found a nice one at a show seven years ago for $400. Seemed like a lot for a 22, but I wanted it at least $400 worth.

 

[Markpixs]

The first rifle bought with my lawn mowing money was a Nylon 10C, I wanted the 10 round mag (instead of the 77 with the 5 shot). Got it a JC Penny store, when they existed, and sold guns. Still have that well-worn 50 yr old rifle. Now have several 66s, and Nylon 10 (long barrel) and 11. Always on the look out for more but have gotten up there in price.

 

[BB57]

I guess when they said "guaranteed for life", they were just kidding! They meant guaranteed for however long they deemed necessary.
Larry

Generally speaking when a manufacturer has a "guarantee for life" and discontinues that product as well as support for that product, they will replace it with a comparable in production product.

Of course, some companies also get picky and want to see your proof of purchase as the original owner, especially if you did not register the product with them at the time of purchase.

In Remington's case, they haven't made a semi auto rimfire rifle since they discontinued the 597 in 2019. And I don't know anyone who'd want to swap a Nylon 66 or 67 for a 597.

Remington doesn't indicate they have formally discontinued the 552 Speedmaster pump, but it also doesn't come up on their website as a current production item - which effectively leaves Remington with no current production rimfire rifle.

 

[Gene L]

I've got a 10c along with the 66. Not as nice, some rust near the muzzle. My grandson loves it. It's got a 10 round detach with it, a replacement. I can't find the original 5 rounder.

K-Mart had a run of Nylons made, they were green stocked, don't know the model number or the collectability.

 

[DWalt]

K-Mart had a run of Nylons made, they were green stocked, don't know the model number or the collectability.

It was called the Apache 77, and it had a green stock. I have no idea how many of those were sold by K-Mart, but I have seen quite a few of them. They are certainly not rare.

From what I see, prices of all the Nylon .22s have recently escalated significantly. I bought my 10C about three years ago for about $150 as I remember. Only defect was a short scratch on the butt. The only reason I bought it was simply because I have never owned a Nylon .22 and the price was right, not because I had no other .22 rifles (I have a total of seven).