I've used the Model 66 a lot over the last 20 years and what I Were designed to soak up abuse and function without lubrication, most of Fortunately, the ModelĦ6 shows up with some regularity on the used gun rack and, because they Years, Remington churned out 1,050,523 Nylon 66s. What looked like a Mattel toy sold like hotcakes. Outstanding qualities of the final design was the rifle could beĪssembled with only minor hand fitting required. Testing before being released to the public in 1959. The basic Model 66 design was put through four years of extensive Among its many qualities, Zytel Nylon was capable of beingįormed into any shape, was impervious to solvents, oils, mild acids,Īlkalis, fungus, rodents and insects, and was self-lubricating and Wayne Leek seized upon structural Zytel Nylon 101, part of the Nylon 66įamily of plastics, as the solution to manufacturing a synthetic stock and receiver. Petrochemicals Department, Remington engineers under the supervision of Remington at the time was owned by DuPont. Management's solution to controlling the cost of the receiver and Introduced in 1959 at a price of $49.95, the Model 66 was Withstand the attacks of corrosive sea spray to protect their nets fromĪdvertising hyperbole? Not really. The only 22 that Alaskan fishermen find able to "This is the 22 rifle trappers depend on from Hudson Bay to The stock ever warps, cracks, chips, fades or peels, we'll replace "The remarkable DuPont 'Zytel' nylon stock is notĪffected by freezing cold, soaking rain or rotting humidity. 'greaseless bearings' of long-wearing nylon.) There's "Nylon makes the action virtually jamproof (Key parts glide on Is the roughest, toughest, most trouble-free 22 automatic made. Model 66 is an exceptionally fine and somewhat underrated rimfire. By his side were two classic rifles-his general purposeĪR-15 and his Remington Model 66. States-Mexico border doing his best to stem the tide of illegal Picture of a Minuteman volunteer camped down along the United Was thumbing through the Sunday paper, and my eyes were drawn to a 22s, I was reminded just how uniqueĪnd revolutionary Remington's Nylon 66s were. While pouring over Gyde and Marcot's beautiful, new,ĭefinitive work on the Remington. APA style: The revolutionary Nylon 66 rifle: and it's nearly indestructible.The revolutionary Nylon 66 rifle: and it's nearly indestructible." Retrieved from 2008 Publishers' Development Corporation 29 Aug.
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MLA style: "The revolutionary Nylon 66 rifle: and it's nearly indestructible." The Free Library.
Make the repair from the inside of the stock. If it does, do the same to the damaged area. Touch to a small area on the inside of the buttstock. If that stock has a buttplate that can be removed, do so. That Marine Tex may work to put some extra strength in the repaired area if it will stick to the zytel nylon.
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This Nylon 12 came to me pretty cheap since it had the crack in the stock. I'm still looking for a Nylon 66 in Seneca Green I can afford, seems I'm never in the right place at the right time. I've have a black and brown from the 60's and love to shoot them. Malm you are right about them being great little guns. Now that you mention it, I think I remember that promise too! Wouldn't hurt to ask I guess. Sitka, you may have a point about the guaranteed for life.
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