Remington nylon 66

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I just got my hands on a Remington nylon 66 Mohawk purchased from the original owner. Very good condition. Bluing is intact, very few scratches, the triangles are a little worn in the for end and the only thing I'm not sure of is the holes in the stock for what I'm guessing was a sling. There are two small holes on the butt and one in the forend.

What's the market value for one of these? It seems like such a neat collectors item that I couldn't pass it up.
 
take a pic so we can see what u r talking about . i had the mod.66 and the mod10 ..lightweight ..never jammed ..sold them both got $250. for the mod 66 .got a lot less for the mod 10 because it had a clip and would jam often ..both triggers were horribly hard ..
 
Well considering there are holes in the stock (definitely not from factory) and you say the diamonds are wore I would say it's around the $175 to $225 range, excellent ones are going anywhere between $250 and $350.
 
I got one from an old rancher*,it was his 'go to' rifle and he kept it in really nice shape.The only problem was when I took him out shooting,it wouldn't fire,so I took it into the gunsmith and he said all it needed was a good clean,'didn't look like if had been fired for 30 years' which the old guy confirmed,he hadn't.But once it had been cleaned up,it cycled and shot fine.Maybe that's an issue with old semi automatics that haven't been used in a long time..

* Cleve Maurer had ranched up on the Bulkly River near Smithers for 20 years ,retired here in Victoria for the last 15 , and passed away last week at 96....he gave us his guns on the condition that we used them...we will .
 
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$250.00 to $350.00 seems to be the going range for nice unmolested examples. Some rare colored versions will bring more with fairly well used examples bringing less. I remember back in the early 70's my friends had a brown nylon 66. Back then we looked at it as a gun with a stupid, cheap plastic stock. I've had a chance to buy a couple of nice examples over the years but they just don't do anything for me.
 
Funny, my experience with them is that
- They are pretty darn reliable (when reasonably clean).
- Great plinker
- Scoping can sometime be an issue. I've seen a few where the receiver grooves don't exactly line up with the barrel
- If you take it apart, putting it back together can be "fun"
 
with extra holes in the stock, most collectors won't want it. It is a shooter only. Value around $200, unless it's a "seneca green" version

pros:
very accurate with open sights (but not so much with a scope on that sheet metal action cover)
super light
fast and very reliable semi auto
runs dirty for a long time
buck rogers design (may not be a pro to some)
use of nylon was way ahead of it's time
super durable as a trunk gun

cons:
trigger has SKS class creep, which interferes with accuracy
nylon "wear surfaces" can be messed up by using cleaning solvents, which is permanent damage and can cause cycling issues
 
Lots to love about th'ol Nylon series. I've had a few pass through, and would take a 66 over the 10C/77 any day. These are popular guns to be brought into a 'smith in a bag, completely disassembled.

For kicks read about Tom Frye, and the 13 day shoot-a-thon. Aprox 1000rds/hr for 8 hours a day (3 rifles used)...hard not to appreciate that.
 
http://bluebookofgunvalues.com/Blogs/Gun_Of_The_Week.aspx?industry=1&article=109

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Tom Frye sits next to a mountain of 2 ½ in. wooden blocks he shot at while setting his world record. When the smoke cleared after 13 consecutive eight-hour days of shooting averaging 1,000 shots per hour, he had fired at 100,010 blocks and missed only six! There were no malfunctions or misfires from the rifles whatsoever during the shoot, but Mr. Frye’s trigger finger blistered so badly it had to be re-taped twice a day to help eliminate the pain
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Obviously, there wasn't any ammunition shortage back then
 
love the Nylons,i have a few,all are near mint,,one Mohawk Brown 66,one 10C with the original10C marked magazine,a black/chrome Apache 66, and a 77, i always look for them at shows,,but they also are going up in price,
 
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