Made: 1.1 million made in Ilion, NY, 1958-90. Also assembled in CanadaVersions: Semi-automatic, tube-mag Nylon 66 in various colours. Clip-mags: Nylon 77, Mohawk 10C, Nylon Apache 77, Nylon 66 150th Anniversary, and Nylon 66 Bicentennial.Variants: Bolt actions: Nylon 10 MB and Nylon 10 SB, 1962-64. Repeaters: Nylon 11 and Nylon 12. Lever action: Nylon 76 Trail Rider, 1962-65.Original price: $49.95 USD in 1959. $54.95 US in 1970Current value: Used, $350-$450 Remington’s Nylon 66 semi-automatic is a cool, futuristic, and a fun gun to shoot. It’s the only firearm named after its stock material. It’s also a groundbreaking gamble that became Remington’s most popular .22 ever. After the success of their Model 870 shotgun and Model 760 rifle in the early 1950s, Remington had to reinvent its rimfires. So, they turned to company owner, Dupont, for a creative solution. Dupont responded with a new polymer, Nylon Zytel-101, later called Nylon 66. Engineers used this injection-moulded plastic to make the entire stock and receiver. They designed two moulds with fake woodgrain, chequering, and forend diamond inlay. The tongue and groove of each half slid tightly together. Nuts and bolts through the sheet metal receiver plate cover and forend reinforced the joint, together with butt plate, pistol grip cap, and forend tip bonded in place. The Nylon trigger guard, trigger, bolt-cocking handle, and blued steel barrel completed the assembly with little hand fitting. The 66's features The Nylon 66 featured a sleek full-length stock, curved capped pistol grip, and long forearm with black plastic Schnabel tip. It had a long shark fin shaped front sight. Its blued steel receiver cover, grooved for scope mounts, also held the adjustable rear sight. A recess in the buttplate enabled loading into the brass tube magazine. Remington started production in November 1958. Its Nylon 66 MB (Mohawk Brown) became their first and most popular model. Their second version, the SB (Seneca Green), never caught on. The AB Model (Apache Black), with black stock, white inlays and diamonds, chrome-plated barrel and receiver cover, was more popular. Remington also made a GS (Gallery Special) .22 Short version and BD (Black Diamond) Model with all black stock and blued barrel and receiver. Later, Remington added the clip magazine series Model 77, renamed the Model 10C. K-Mart’s Nylon Apache 77, with dark olive-green stock and black metal, completed the series. To avoid import duties, Remington also “made” (assembled) the Model Nylon
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