The first gun I ever fired was my grandfather's nylon 66. My grandma was selling it so it's in my collection now. Was bought new in 66 by my grandpa and will be in the family for a long time to come.

Am I right with my date codes? Mine is xm15 that would be Dec 15, 1965?

Who would have thought they would be a collector firearm today? Seems coming out with a stock and forearm way back in the "wood" only days would be a bad gamble. I broke down and bought a Ruger American 22 magnum which I have to admit is super accurate and great to carry in the woods.

mauser9 wrote:I broke down and bought a Ruger American 22 magnum which I have to admit is super accurate and ...

I had one also, but there's just no nostalgia like this is with a Nylon 66. Just holding one can transport you back to 'the day" as a kid when you first got to handle one. Yea, the Ruger American's are accurate, but so are the Nylon 66's. A shame that Remington can't bring back a version of this. The 597's are nice (I have a 597M), but just not the same.

Everyone or Anyone,
I have read the posts on the Nylon .22. I am one of those happy users of the Nylon rifle. I have 3, a model 10C (Mohawk brown), a model 66 (Apache Black/Chrome), and a model 76 which is the lever action model that I have had since it was new in 1962. My model 76 was broken right through the stock when a horse decided to lay down while it was still saddled and my rifle was in the scabbard. That was about 20 years ago and I have kept it for sentimental reasons. Last gun show I went to, out of the blue I found a model 76 stock in a pile of other old used wooden stocks. Now I have a replacement to bring my old rifle out of retirement and use it again. However, I was wondering if anyone out there has ever disassembled and rebuilt one before or any idea how difficult it is to do?

Thanks for any suggestions,

[url][/url]Received my Seneca Green Nylon 66 as a 1959 Christmas present; production date December 1959. Have shot this several thousands of times, no mis-fires. Hunted woodchucks at dairy farms in northern New Jersey (Garden State Farm, Sicomac Dairy, both in Wyckoff) - these dairies were converted to residential housing developments in the 60s and 70s, with Wyckoff becoming part of the greater NYC metropolitan area.

Rifle is both accurate and reliable. The barrel is stamped 22 L.R. ONLY. Under that is stamped the code for the production date - XF.

Scorpion8 wrote:

Eyorspt wrote:remember when military bases actually sold firearms??

I do. The base Exchange at Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage still does.

Ditto. And I've bought at the AFEX at Elmendorf (now JBER). But finding a military base that doesn't think you're a criminal was getting harder. At NOB Norfolk, we weren't allowed to keep personal guns on base. But I'm from this era too, and I have my Mohawk Brown Nylon 66 stored away. Great shooters.

Ordered one from either Sears or Montgomery Wards. Later 60’s. One of my uncles was the Post Master in town. Called my mother to let her know we had a package at the post office and what ever was in it was really rattling around. I got her to drive into town from the ranch to check it out. Opened the box and sure enough it was the Nylon 66 I had ordered. The stock was broken through the pistol grip. Box it was in was just fine. Couldn’t figure that one out! Had the uncle return it and asked for a replacement. The replacement came in about a week or so and my uncle had me come back into the post office and open the package there just in case it too was damaged. Sure enough the stock about where your cheek would be placed was broken. Sent it back and asked for my money back. Got the money back and the next time we went to a town with a gun store I bought a Winchester pump 22. Had a wood stock. Kept it a couple of years and never liked the gun. Finally got rid of it and bought a nylon 66 at a gun store and shot it for years! I don’t ever remember having it jam on me. Abused the hell out of it, actually still have it, and never broke the stock! Still have no idea how those 2 that I ordered had their stocks broken without any damage to the boxes they were shipped in! Still wonder if my mother and my uncle, who was the Post Master, had something to do with it! I know my mother was afraid of me getting a semi-auto 22. I was about 10-12 yrs old at the time.

Just bought a brown 66 and then joined this forum. Will clean it tomorrow and run some cartridges thru it. I bought it for my wife to shoot coyotes with it. She’ll get a good training session and range time tomorrow. I like the light weight of it.