Posted on 11/21/2016 8:02:42 AM PST by C19fan
In the late 1950s, Remington took advantage of its parent company DuPont’s expertise in industrial chemistry and developed a revolutionary new firearm. The Nylon 66 was the first mass-produced, widely-marketed polymer firearm. Remington designers requested a synthetic material that had a high tensile-impact strength, was resistant to environmental temperature extremes, resistance to abrasion, malleable and able to hold color.
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My husband used to have one of those.
I have one, it’s a great .22
I still have the Nylon Bolt Action 22 my Dad bought for me in 1965!
I can’t believe you brought this up !!! That was my first gun, bought it at Montgomery Wards, loved that thing, super lightweight, wish I still had it. It was my squirrel huntin’ gun.
We were just married and he sold his childhood .22 (that had a beautiful walnut stock) and bought the Nylon 66. I thought he was nuts because I thought the wood was prettier. I don’t remember why he subsequently sold it, but he bought something else. He also bought one for his father at the same time he bought his. 1959.
I still have mine. Paid 100 bucks for it in 87’. In 65’ they were $59. Accurate, well made. Problem is getting a gunsmith to take it apart and clean it. Too hard to find parts as they don’t make them anymore.
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“Better living through chemistry.”
Young men need to be warned that one day they will wish they had held on to their first firearm. I’ve heard men with gaudy gun collections pine for the .22 or single shot their dad gave them. The one I wish I had was an old J.C. Higgins .22.
My “little” brother has our grandad’s boy’s .22 Wincester. Made in 1903. Sweet little rifle.
My first was a J.C. Higgins .22 that I got for Christmas, 1956. Semi Auto with a sling that retracted into the butt. Got stolen in the early 70s. Wish I had it back too.
“Got stolen in the early 70s.”
Thieves suck!
I had one in Apache Black with chrome barrel and receiver cover. It was the handiest rifle I have ever owned and required very little maintenance.
It had one oddity. It was more accurate with open sights than with a scope. I decided that the receiver cover must have been shifting a tiny amount.
If I had one of those tiny but excellent Redfield .22 scopes it might have done better.
Anyway it was as accurate with the good iron sights as one could want and it was far handier without the scope.
I have one just as nice as that one. A highway patrolman bought one for his wife and she never shot it. My uncle got it and I traded him for it several years ago. I have another I regularly shoot.
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I have that very rifle that you describe. My grandpa bought it as an anniversary present for himself. He died in 1988. My dad dies in 1996 and I got that rifle from him.
In 2013 my then 85 year old grandmother saw that rifle while at my house for Thanksgiving. After returning home she mailed me the original receipt and owners manual from the day my grandpa purchased it.
I agree. I am fortunate that I do not have to worry about that particular regret.
Mine was a Glenfield Model 25 which I received for Christmas when I was 12 years old. I still have in one of my gun cabinets.
This material is great stuff. As tough as a polymer can be. If anyone wants some I have 1 3/4 tons of the stuff for sale cheap. (and no I am not kidding)
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