nylon66

SKScanuck said:
Awesome gun, I got mine 29 years ago and it works like it was new. Very accurate. Taken a lot of rabbits with it and so has my son. I'll never sell it.

The only down side is changing the stock or a complete dis-assembly. It is tricky but not impossible to re-assemble.
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Not a tinker's toy for sure. More than one 66 has been brought to a smith in a bag.

trebor2880 said:
Not if you have a pocket full of loaded clips!
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Magazines that were purchased pre-loaded?
 
My dad bought our 66 in 1959

This was the first gun I ever shot in the late 70s

I remember my Dad taking it apart to clean and taking a box of parts to the gun smith because he couldn't get it back together....

Great little rifle, if there is one thing that I don't like it the fact the bolt dosen't lock open when its empty..
 
These are not rifles to be casually disassembled.
To clean, remove to receiver cover. The barrel is easy to detach. Go further at your own risk.

I think I have the parts for a couple of these in my odds and ends. Should get out the diagrams and see if I can get one running.
 
I got mine for 100$ a few years back from a co-worker... and I love it. I just lube it up, pull a snake through (yeah I know some people hate them) and away it goes.

And yeah. Unless very experienced don't take it apart heh.
 
ATOM said:
Thought I'd replace mine with a Ruger 10/22. Haven't got rid of it yet.

FWIW, a guy using a rack of Nylon 66s hit 100,004 of 100,010 2¼" wooden blocks tossed into the air. Some have tried to minimize that on terms of distance and trajectory, but I'd like to see them try duplicating it.
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I have that American Rifleman Issue packed away here at home.
 
I inherited mine from my grandfather, brown nylon66, its a great gun in mint condition, was never used by my grandfather, just bought and put away for decades!
 
I remember as a teenager years ago my brother an I rapid firing the Nylon 66 across a small pond into a bank. He was always much faster than I was with my BL22. Gun never jammed once and we spent many, many shells that way. Sounds irresponsible but was perfectly safe: we would even try to hit targets after ricocheting off the water. Liked the auto part very much but couldn't get past the spongy plastic trigger feel. Years later I was behind a c7 and it felt almost as bad. Stick to 1911s mostly now, probably because I have never had to accept a bad trigger.

Did some of the Nylon 66s have decent triggers? If they did, I would buy another in a heartbeat.
 
trebor2880 said:
Where does one buy pre-loaded mags?:confused:
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I didn't think you could, ergo they will take time to load. ESP a pocketfull...


NZClaybuster said:
Pre load MCdonalds straws with ammo and reloading is a breeze. Make sure you tape both ends. Black tape for bottom, Red for top. Makes reloading a breeze
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I haven't tried a McDonald's straw, but have employed aluminum arrow tubes for quickly refilling a 66.
 
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