In good company....nylon 66

[ISCS Yoda]

Way back when, I used to go to an "underground"/"under building" range on Murray Street, I think, in New York City. I think Jovino's was on the same street or one block over. I wonder if that range still exists in that crazy town.

Anyway, for a time I only owned an F.W. Heym single shot, bolt action .22. It was my dad's and from what I learned a long time ago the Heym company, and others, in order to recover from WW2, sold a large number of inexpensive rifles in quantity. Anyway, I still have it.

One afternoon I was shooting there and a few lanes over some guy was shooting what I learned was a Nylon 66. I'd fire one shot, and then eject, load another round, etc, and meanwhile I'm listening to the rat-a-tat-tat of what sounded like machine gun fire. Very impressive.

As I was leaving I noticed the Nylon 66 kid (we were all kids then, kinda sorta) was buying more ammunition so asked the guy at the counter what he was shooting. The guy told me a "Nylon 66" and added something to the effect that they liked selling semi-autos because the shooters used up so much ammunition!

Anyway, I put that in my back pocket, let quite a few years go by, and finally acquired a Nylon 66 - and it's been a safe queen so I THINK it's brown!

It's not for sale, safe queen or not!

 

[Markpixs]

rimfirecentral.com is another good reference for info on the Nylons, go to the Remington forum

 

[Gene L]

Back when I liked to roam the woods with a .22, the Nylons were/are lightweight. I don't know how expensive they were compared to other .22 autos, it would be interesting to know.

Unless you're a mechanic with excellent memory, don't ever, ever take one apart. Dozens of parts that are unlike most other .22 semis. You don't (supposedly) need to or lube it and my sad advice is to leave it a dirty. It's the Ruger Mk 1 of .22 semi-autos. Or as we called them back in the day, "automatics." In magazines they were "self-loading." Never "semi-automatic" I guess because everyone knew what you were talking about when you called them automatics.

 

[DWalt]

They are not that difficult to work on, just different. I once detail stripped my 10C because I needed to tighten the screw holding the magazine guide. But in order to do that, you need to pretty much completely disassemble it. I learned some tricks along the way and wrote down what needed to be done in case I ever needed to do it again. I hope I don't.

I looked it up and the website that used to be devoted to the Remington Nylon rifles was nylonrifles dot com. It seems to no longer exist, at least not under that name. It was pretty good and had a lot of information.

BTW, the Nylon semi-autos don't have a receiver in the conventional sense, as it is all molded into the Nylon stock. Originally the rifles were not serial numbered by Remington. After GCA-68, they were, but the SN was applied to the stamped sheet metal piece that covers the "receiver."

 

[boykinlp]

My SIL has one of these, and I shot it with my brother many years ago. I thought it was pretty nice. My question to all of you folks that bought one when they first came out, why did you originally buy it? Was it the price point, something unique, etc. Back when they first came out, I didn't give them a second look because I am a "wood and blued steel snob"!
Larry

 

[raljr1]

As I was leaving I noticed the Nylon 66 kid (we were all kids then, kinda sorta) was buying more ammunition so asked the guy at the counter what he was shooting. The guy told me a "Nylon 66" and added something to the effect that they liked selling semi-autos because the shooters used up so much ammunition!

Dad would never let us have the magazine for our Remington bolt action 22. Years later when my son asked why I didn't have a semi auto 22, I told him that we called them "ammo burners"

 

[Stevens]

I have 2 of the Mohawk Brown 66s. One I bought another passed down by my Dad, both bought new but not at the same time. On one the serial number starts with the letter A the other just numbers, I wonder what that signifies? Both are marked "Made in USA". Both in very good condition, fun to shoot!
Steve W

 

[ISCS Yoda]

And I realized whilst looking for pictures for another thread that I do have a picture of my Nylon 66.