What's so great about a Remington Nylon 66?

[Hazcat]

I've shot hundreds of thousands of rounds thru mine, for well over a decade I shot atleat 1k round thru it a week.   In that time I cleaned it  3 times.  The only part i have ever replaced is the feed tube, but that was my fault I bent it.  It shoots circles around every factory 10/22 I've ever seen and a few that people had over a grand in.  There is a very good chance that the reason why comp stocks are popular to day is this gun.  It was the 1st gun release with one, one of the big selling features was a life time warrenty on the stock.  Rem has made good on that promise.      The only ammo I've every had a hard time cycling with is cb caps, they just don't have the  power need to cycle the bolt.  Other then that it has eatin every thing I have ever fed it.

I've killed thousands of ground squerrls with it. When I was a kid a local county use to trade ground squrrel tails for 22 shells...

Is this a separate tube or are you talking about the internal tube in the stock?

[TAB]

The seperate... while loading it rolled off the tail gate and I steped on it.   

[Mojave Desert]

I love my 66.  Mostly because of how light and handy they are.  The loved or hated plastic stock has a very nice shape which lends itself to be a very natural pointing rifle.  As for the cyclic rate?  Shoots as fast as I can pull the trigger...same as other semi autos.  I don't think the design allows an industry to be built around accurization and customization, like  the 10/22...you can find different color combos of 66's  .  My guess is that the 10/22 has more intrinsic accuracy potential  than the 66.  The barrel and reciever(cover) has more of a flexible attachment on the 66, more solid on the steel, aluminum, and wood of the 10/22.  The plastic trigger is a bit mushy and the lock time seems long.  If you are a neat freak and need access to every crevice of the rifle for cleaning each time you shoot the rifle, the 66 is not for you.  I take mine apart less often than other gun designs, clean the parts I can access, and shake out the unburned powder from the remaining areas and it functions great.

My guess as to why this design is no longer made may be legal considerations.  The earlier 66's did not have serial numbers(as with many other .22's of that period).  When legislation called for serialization, the steel reciever covers got the numbers.  Now you can take off the reciever cover, re-insert the bolt handle, tape down the ejector, then you have a functional .22 semi rifle without a serial number(and without a rear sight).  I might be reaching a bit, but legal counsel types might have gotten nervous.

[Hazcat]

The seperate... while loading it rolled off the tail gate and I steped on it.  

Where can you get one of those?  I didn't even know about them!

[TAB]

http://www.remington.com/support/repair_services/specialty_parts_dealers.asp


It was about $15  8-9 years ago.  so mostlikly 30ish now.  you can always get a new fallower spring for about $2  if yours is kind of weak.

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[Hazcat]

Thanks TAB.