[Hoopharted]

stock and receiver were composite

"The design was radical and marketed as “The gun of the future.” The stock and receiver were constructed from a synthetic mix that DuPont—which assumed ownership of Remington in 1933—created in 1935. The concoction was actually known as Fiber 66 at the time, a name subsequently swept up in a large family of mixtures often simply referred to as Nylon."

conflicting reports on cover material

"The Nylon 66 featured a tubular magazine that held fourteen .22 LR cartridges. It had to be removed from the side of the buttstock to be reloaded. The exterior of the polymer receiver wore a steel shell that was also home to the rear leaf sights, although it was grooved for mounting a scope."

reference:

An Official Journal Of The NRA | Remington Nylon 66: A Vintage 'Gun Of The Future'

Remington broke fresh ground with the release of the Nylon 66 back in 1959, introducing the commercial market to what would become the future of polymer furniture on sporting arms.

www.americanrifleman.org

 

[kjfaugust28]

I have two of these and like them very much! One a Seneca Green model that dates to 1960 and a Mohawk Brown from 1966. Just got the Seneca Green in September last year.

 

[RS1959]

The Nylon 66 guns have been a favorite of mine for many years.

 

[yavapaisam]

That mountainmolds site is defunct, at least to me.
Apparently the author(s) didn't bother to check their info or even have one of those little basic tools of refrigerator artists - a magnet - on hand. The cover and barrel were never made from aluminum. Source credibility lost.

Search for recent threads in this forum on the Nylon 66 & 77 guns. Some very good info and credible references, lots of interest and stories.

 

[sandog]

Want to use one as a single shot?
Hold it with the ejection port facing up.
Lay a cartridge in the ejection port.
Cycle the bolt handle and that cartridge will fall in and be chambered- every time.

And this is how the Nylon should always have the first round chambered.
Put the safety on, lay a round on the side of the bolt, pull back the charging handle and the round will chamber every time.

If you fill the magazine first, then try to chamber a round from the magazine, that will work, sometimes.
Just as often you'll get a double feed, or no feed. Reason being, when you try to chamber a round from the magazine, you can pull the bolt back too far and get a double feed (or not far enough and the bolt won't pick up the next round).

I watched Hickock45 do a video on the Nylon, and right off he fills the magazine and racks back the bolt. He says "Oh, wow, I got a double feed"!
Load the Nylon the way the owners manual and the service manual tell you to, and that won't happen.

I got my first Nylon 66 my junior year in high school, 1974. I never had a reason to disassemble one, as they would just run and run and run.
A few months ago I got a Nylon for $75 as a "parts gun". The guy said it was complete, would fire but not always chamber a round.
When I saw it, I couldn't believe how nice looking it was, like it had hardly ever been fired.
I asked him how he loaded it, and he described loading it the "wrong" way.

I took it home, cleaned it( not needed), stepped outside the shop, chambered a round then put 11 in the mag, and proceeded to fire off the whole magazine in seconds.
I did refinish the action cover as it had a big scratch, then sold the Nylon for $400.

I watched a 4 part video on disassembly/assembly of the Nylon. In the past I had never taken the Nylon apart, further than removing the barrel, cover and bolt. But I decided to delve into the mysteries of the innards, and I'll tell you, it's not that bad at all. I had the action stripped, cleaned and put back together in an hour.
Don't believe the horror stories about how hard it is. With a good video to guide you, it's pretty easy.

 

[Rushcreek]

I broke the stock on mine by dropping it in very cold weather. It had spent the night in my truck.
Remington replaced it with no drama, I sent it in, they sent it back.
20 years later, I contacted them about a friends Nylon 66 that suffered a similar injury.
This time they just sent a Black Diamond stock. I asked for the original Mohawk Brown but the BD was all they had left.(early 90s)
I’ve shot mine constantly for years without cleaning and it keeps chugging along!

 

[kjfaugust28]

And this is how the Nylon should always have the first round chambered.
Put the safety on, lay a round on the side of the bolt, pull back the charging handle and the round will chamber every time.

If you fill the magazine first, then try to chamber a round from the magazine, that will work, sometimes.
Just as often you'll get a double feed, or no feed. Reason being, when you try to chamber a round from the magazine, you can pull the bolt back too far and get a double feed (or not far enough and the bolt won't pick up the next round).

I watched Hickock45 do a video on the Nylon, and right off he fills the magazine and racks back the bolt. He says "Oh, wow, I got a double feed"!
Load the Nylon the way the owners manual and the service manual tell you to, and that won't happen.

I got my first Nylon 66 my junior year in high school, 1974. I never had a reason to disassemble one, as they would just run and run and run.
A few months ago I got a Nylon for $75 as a "parts gun". The guy said it was complete, would fire but not always chamber a round.
When I saw it, I couldn't believe how nice looking it was, like it had hardly ever been fired.
I asked him how he loaded it, and he described loading it the "wrong" way.

I took it home, cleaned it( not needed), stepped outside the shop, chambered a round then put 11 in the mag, and proceeded to fire off the whole magazine in seconds.
I did refinish the action cover as it had a big scratch, then sold the Nylon for $400.

I watched a 4 part video on disassembly/assembly of the Nylon. In the past I had never taken the Nylon apart, further than removing the barrel, cover and bolt. But I decided to delve into the mysteries of the innards, and I'll tell you, it's not that bad at all. I had the action stripped, cleaned and put back together in an hour.
Don't believe the horror stories about how hard it is. With a good video to guide you, it's pretty easy.
View attachment 216512

I've done the rudimentary disassembly - cover off, barrel out, bolt & related parts removed. Cleaned the obvious debris and crud out. I really didn't see an obvious need to take it further 😊.

 

[krequena2023]

That mountainmolds site is defunct, at least to me.
Apparently the author(s) didn't bother to check their info or even have one of those little basic tools of refrigerator artists - a magnet - on hand. The cover and barrel were never made from aluminum. Source credibility lost.

Search for recent threads in this forum on the Nylon 66 & 77 guns. Some very good info and credible references, lots of interest and stories.

sounds like a great rifle im so pleased with mine my uncle left for me. Don t know it was in great condition but paint got spilled all over it and the slide area is out of line now something causing scraping near the s.n. now where its not sitting fush or something caus its melted part the stock not sure why it sucks it was just restored and brand new. now its not and i fell on it broke the but of it. but theyre a dime a dozen from what it sounds like so no biggie i leave it back truck most time lol kole nephew olife amanda

 

[krequena2023]

Thanks to all for the great "Welcome" messages! I'll try not to clutter up the Ruger forum with too many questions about my Nylon 66!
That being said, I am trying to find out as much information as possible about my rifle. I have been able to find a lot of info on the internet that others have very generously shared, but I have run out of new sources. Based on what I've found so far, here's what I know:
The rifle is a Remington Nylon 66 in Mohawk Brown. The markings / stampings on the barrel are as follows (all visible without removing the metal receiver cover): just in front of the rear sight (with the muzzle facing to the left) is "PAT. PEND.", over "Remington" (stylized, but not within an oval), over "22 L.R. ONLY", and then the last line is the letters "B", "N" and the number "5".
On the right side of the barrel, near the edge of the receiver cover and just above the edge if the stock assembly is a small rectangular box, with a diagonal line from the bottom left corner going up to the top right corner.
I cannot find any other numbers or markings anywhere on the rifle.
From what I've found elsewhere on the internet, Remington used a date code of letters in the Month / Year format; in this case the letter "B" denotes January and the letter "N" denotes 1966. What I can't figure out is the solitary number "5".
I removed the metal receiver cover, but found no other markings. The barrel is exposed for 3 and 3/4 inches before it is enclosed by the fore-end of the stock assembly, but there are no markings / serial numbers there either.
This rifle has been in my family for a long time, but unfortunately I do not know it's full history. I am hoping someone can help me find out more information. What does the "5" mean? Or the box with the diagonal line? Could this be one of the rifles produced prior to the Gun Control Act of 1968 that had no serial number? I know that Remington's patent for this rifle was granted in 1958, so why the "PAT. PEND." stamp if it was produced in 1966?
These are things I can't find any information about, and I would greatly appreciate any and all help.
Thanks in advance!

uncie DON lol
thank you for giving me that i love it and truly appreciate all you gave me and got me started with including amanda

 

[krequena2023]

hahahahaaa

 

[rvance]

neat coincidence , i seen one at one of my haunts not too long ago , so i did some digging on it ,from what i retained was Remington wanted to cut costs and provide a inexpensive .22 rifle to market , so i think it was dupont they tasked with formulating the material for the stock , the rifle was not expected to be received well because critics did not believe that America wanted a "plastic gun" , but the rifle became very popular anyway and became one of Remingtons greatest successes

the aluminum receiver is actually for show to try and give the illusion of a metal receiver , and is basically just a shell that wraps around, please fact check me on that , the black and black/chrome models came later as they wanted to add variety to the popular model

great guns from what the article said , i wasnt left with the impression they were rare by any means despite being composite they were durable so allot of them still floating around , the one i looked at was priced too high ,if it was a deal i would have grabbed it for novelty sake but they wanted over $400 and there are allot of things i would rather drop $400 on , but a ton of them were produced

Dupont had the Nylon. They sold Remington on it.

 

[rvance]

my bad steel not aluminum , i was going off memory from what i read a few months ago, but it is just a fake cover to make it appear to be a metal receiver correct?

Yes. I've had mine roughly 63 years. I haven't discovered no aluminum, but I never took it apart. It's been to dozens of Boy Scout rifle matches and didn't give up anything to the Winchester 52s I have probably put at least 5k rounds through it, none of it target grade. My uncle bought it for me.
I always loaded it from the magazine and it never tried to double feed.

 

[pasound]

My dad worked at the local DuPont. When the rifle came out in 1959, I begged him to buy me one (I was 9, and he'd taught me to shoot). DuPont was offering discounts to employees. He'd just bought a new car and we'd moved into our new house, so it didn't happen. Still want one, impossible to find in my area.

 

[bobprestera]

My dad worked at the local DuPont. When the rifle came out in 1959, I begged him to buy me one (I was 9, and he'd taught me to shoot). DuPont was offering discounts to employees. He'd just bought a new car and we'd moved into our new house, so it didn't happen. Still want one, impossible to find in my area.

Remington Nylon 66: Can anyone help with a specific model of scope mount rings. I was told it takes a 3/8” dovetail but not all of those fit.

 

[sandog]

I've found that Nylons have a rounded top receiver that can make some rings not want to get low enough.
I've "milled out" the underside of rings I wanted to use ( Talleys) with a round file, then they sat low enough to clamp properly.

 

[wproct]

Sometime between 1965-1969 I worked at a Montgomery Ward retail store. I was department manager of sporting goods and paint. During that time, probably around 1968 they ran a sale on the Remington Nylon 66 Mohawk Brown rifles if I ordered it through the Catalog. I can't remember what I paid, somewhere between $50-70. I shot it a lot, and one special memory, I was squirrel hunting in a timber and I was carrying my model 66. First thing I learned, it was a windy day and the only way I could shoot that rifle on that day was to steady it against a tree. I was hunting and all of a sudden I saw something approaching me and was flashing in the sunlight and almost blinded you, it was another hunter that had a Remington Nylon 66 in Apache Black with chrome receiver! I liked my little Nylon 66, but I had that disease, always wanting another gun and I had to trade something to get it, and I parted ways with it.













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[Bill in VA]

Remington Nylon 66: Can anyone help with a specific model of scope mount rings. I was told it takes a 3/8” dovetail but not all of those fit.

I've found that Nylons have a rounded top receiver that can make some rings not want to get low enough.
I've "milled out" the underside of rings I wanted to use ( Talleys) with a round file, then they sat low enough to clamp properly.

Another issue with scope mounting is the grooves on the semi-auto Nylons is they are not machined in, but are "folded" or stamped into the sheep metal receiver cover. If you have steel rings like many 3/4" period .22 scopes, it is possible to actually squeeze the grooves together which bulges up the receiver area between the grooves (Sandog's post) or narrows it (both posts). A fix if the bend is not too bad, it to use the early Weaver 3/4" and 1" .22 tip-off rings that have the serrated clamping jaws that were made to keep the clamping forces low. I have handled some older .22s where the movable side of the sheet-steel clamp is actually flattened by over-tightening the screw. If the scope/mounts appears to be canted, it may be that one side of the clamps were over-torqued and the flattened clamp has raised one side.

You can add serrations with a needle file.