|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,328
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,328 |
Ok, ran by my LGS today and found a really nice used Nylon 66 sitting on the shelf. I have had one in Apache Black since I was 2 (first gun). The strange thing about this one is it is in Mohawk Brown with the Chrome receiver and barrel. Never have I seen one in this configuration, nor can I find any info on it on the webs. I almost believe someone might have swapped out the stock into a Apache Black for some reason, but the screw heads look untouched....not conclusive but leading in the least. Here are a few pics, best I can manage on a long gun in the house with a camera phone. Any info you gun experts might have would be appreciated. Bought it as a user since my other is semi-retired. [img] https://i.imgur.com/bZ5b09S.jpg?1[/img] [img] https://i.imgur.com/KTSNbmY.jpg?1[/img] [img] https://i.imgur.com/3YOYX39.jpg?1[/img] One other interesting note, no serial number can be seen. Nothing on the receiver or the barrel. Not going to remove the stock to check at this point.
Last edited by Mink; 08/01/19.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
"If you have a lot of self control you don't need a lot of government control" - Thomas Sowell
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,328
Campfire Tracker
|
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,328 |
Was able to determine this was made in 11/1965, so no serial number prior to 1968. But still an interesting non-cataloged combination. Turns out the gun I bought to shoot today is actually 5 years older than the one I was looking to retire.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
"If you have a lot of self control you don't need a lot of government control" - Thomas Sowell
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,861
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,861 |
I've not seen that combination before. Pretty cool.
There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 32,119
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 32,119 |
Sounds like a non-cataloged configuration, maybe a factory built limited run or maybe a parts gun put together outside of the factory.
It wouldn't be too hard to swap the barrel and receiver cover.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 24,366
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 24,366 |
Good chance someone changed the stock.
They can be broken and a Apache Black used stock would probably be about impossible to find.
Pre internet it took me about 6 months to find a used 66 stock to replace a broken one I bought at a yard sale.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 588
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 588 |
Good chance someone changed the stock.
They can be broken and a Apache Black used stock would probably be about impossible to find.
Pre internet it took me about 6 months to find a used 66 stock to replace a broken one I bought at a yard sale. What he said. Frankengun. AB barrel, receiver cover and innards, MB stock. Hope it runs right. They can be an adventure to reassemble from a complete teardown.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,328
Campfire Tracker
|
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,328 |
Runs great, and best I can tell, the screws have never been touched by a screwdriver. Took it out and terrorized some jugs in the trash pile already.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
"If you have a lot of self control you don't need a lot of government control" - Thomas Sowell
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 17,686
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 17,686 |
Iv had mine for 46 years, got it used then i got it! I helped paint the inside of a High School, I was 14
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
|
|
|
|
|
129 members (1_deuce, 257wthbylover, 300_savage, 5sdad, 2ndwind, 16 invisible),
1,739
guests, and
963
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,190,599
Posts18,454,511
Members73,908
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
|
|
