About 5 years ago at the big Tulsa Show, the world’s biggest gunshow, a dealer had a NIB Apache Black Model 66. That’s the Crome plated version. He had a price tag of $750 on it. I laid 5 crisp new $100 bills on the table. He laughed at me and said no thanks. Went back a few hours later and he had sold it. The one just like it I bought new in HS was $59 bucks. 😬
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I sold one of the Lever Action versions about 20 years ago for $800. It was just in average condition. Not NIB.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
LGS has one, or did as of last week. I think they are pretty cool, but not terribly accurate. I've gotten used to accurate. I'd pay 200, but they want more than twice that.
LGS has one, or did as of last week. I think they are pretty cool, but not terribly accurate. I've gotten used to accurate. I'd pay 200, but they want more than twice that.
Even at twice what you would like to pay that isn't a terrible buy as long as it is clean with no cracks.
LGS has one, or did as of last week. I think they are pretty cool, but not terribly accurate. I've gotten used to accurate. I'd pay 200, but they want more than twice that.
Even at twice what you would like to pay that isn't a terrible buy as long as it is clean with no cracks.
I'll bet those cost you more than the $69.95 retail that they used to sell for.
I never owned a 66 but I have owned quite a few of the 77's, I always preferred the ease of loading a magazine versus loading through the butt. I often find myself wishing that I had kept one of them. They did not always show the best grouping on paper but it was rare to miss with one of them - they are a very "shootable" rifle.
Nice find.
drover
223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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I bought a new one in '75. When it got 100K on the odometer I decided I should buy a backup. The backup is still waiting. Lost count of the rounds on the first one.
Jerry Miculek has a vid out about his top 5 favorite guns that aren't Smith & Wessons. Guess number 1.
LGS has one, or did as of last week. I think they are pretty cool, but not terribly accurate. I've gotten used to accurate. I'd pay 200, but they want more than twice that.
Even at twice what you would like to pay that isn't a terrible buy as long as it is clean with no cracks.
I'll bet those cost you more than the $69.95 retail that they used to sell for.
I never owned a 66 but I have owned quite a few of the 77's, I always preferred the ease of loading a magazine versus loading through the butt. I often find myself wishing that I had kept one of them. They did not always show the best grouping on paper but it was rare to miss with one of them - they are a very "shootable" rifle.
Nice find.
drover
Just the opposite for me. I've had 77s and Mohawk 10-Cs and while the magazines were more convenient, the 66s fed more reliably and carried better without the magazine protruding below the stock. The only time that I had a problem with the 66 not feeding flawlessly was with some Russian Junior brand ammo that was coated with some sort of non-greasy lubricant. This ammo was inexpensive, less than a penny per round back then, and would have been good plinking ammo if it has fed reliably, but it didn't. This was the Junior brand in the sea green box, not the Junior brand in the light blue box.
I bought one LNIB but without the box. I was walking out the door of the shop and turned around to say something to the shop owner and the door handle hit the butt stock and cracked it. I think t threw up a little in my mouth. I tried to fix it the best I could but it is still there.
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I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
Bought one as a 12 year old in 1974 for $60. I sold it years later to a friend of my brothers. The funny thing about it was that while tinkering with the trigger I would flip a lever in the trigger group that would allow it to go full auto. It would only do about 5 or so rounds before jamming. Had a lot of fun with it and wished I had kept it. Dave
Please, never take a Nylon 22 rifle apart unless you absolutely have to do so......
The 'smith who taught me to rebarrel rifles used to charge a minium of $100 whenever someone would bring him a Nylon 66/77/10-C basket case to reassemble.
Please, never take a Nylon 22 rifle apart unless you absolutely have to do so......
The 'smith who taught me to rebarrel rifles used to charge a minium of $100 whenever someone would bring him a Nylon 66/77/10-C basket case to reassemble.
He didn't charge enough! I have decided that I am done admiring these and will list them tonight.
Glad i read this a fellow that worked for me "who was big coon hunter" gave me a black one with a chrome barrel as a retirement present. "It looks like a coon hunter had it " I was planning on taking apart to clean but after reading this it shoots to good to mess with. I've got another one just like it that looks brand new. Thanks
Glad i read this a fellow that worked for me "who was big coon hunter" gave me a black one with a chrome barrel as a retirement present. "It looks like a coon hunter had it " I was planning on taking apart to clean but after reading this it shoots to good to mess with. I've got another one just like it that looks brand new. Thanks
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