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For years I have carried a Model 77 with a laser clamped to the barrel as a coon hunting gun. Light and easy to unload (compared to tube fed) after shooting the coon out. The only damage it ever had was when a bottle of texas pete leaked on it when it was in the tool box of my truck. That will really screw up the finish on the metal parts.
They are not fun to take apart. Even less fun to reassemble.
The only issue I have had is the post that the magazine rides on can get bent and re-adjusting it is real pain.
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Does anyone have one or have experience with one? The one I had was a total POS. The barrel slips into the receiver and is held in place only by a shim in a slot in the plastic stock. If the shim gets even the slightest bit loose, the barrel will wiggle in the receiver. Since the rear sight is on the receiver, not the barrel, you won't ever hit anything twice in a row. At 50 yds, I could keep most of them in a 6" circle. Sometimes. I thought I was the only one with those issues. Tip-off mounts are on that receiver too. Makes the scope useless as you described as well. Gunshow fodder. I don't know what you guys are talking about. the rear sight is NOT on the "receiver". The front and rear factory sights are on the barrel. And if you shoot with the barrel mounted sights they are plenty accurate. it's when you start to try mounting scopes and other sights on that "receiver" which is merely a tin metal overlay that you will start running into trouble. They definitely float independently, the barrel from the receiver. If I wanted an improved rear sight or some kind of scope on a nylon 66 I'd mount it somehow off the factory rear sight location on the barrel itself. I like mine.
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I've had one since about 1962 and have shot unknown piles of ammo thru it. I took it apart once and the local gunsmith cussed me and my mother for bringing it in for him to reassemble. It now lives at my shop for dispatching rabid coons and skunks that seem to show up with some regularity.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I know where the rear sight is. The problem I had was mounting even a simple Weaver K-4 on top of the receiver. That receiver is only a thin shroud that is loosely held in place by a couple of screws that wouldn't tighten well enough to give the scope any sort of rigidity. But, as I said, the rifle was traded at a gunshow about 15 years ago. Nylon 66's were probably a decent .22 for the money in their time. Lots of folks love them. I just happen to be one that doesn't. My old Marlin auto loader was way more accurate and solid. Best thing I can personally testify about the Nylon 66 was that I made money on the deal.
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Best thing I can personally testify about the Nylon 66 was that I made money on the deal.
Well, that's a bonus. Mine was a gift from my stepfather and I am pretty fond of it for that reason and also because it's so dang light for woods carry. I scoped mine once and quickly came to terms with the fact that they are not scope guns. (For the reason you just stated)
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Love mine as well.
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do you know the name for yours (without googling?)
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I have owned more than a dozen Nylon 66's over the years and they are light and almost indestructible with any care at all. They won't stay zeroed with a scope due to the Receiver Cover not being solidly mounted, but with open sights there is nothing better. If i had to survive in the woods for any period of time the Nylon 66 would be my first choice in a 22 survival rifle, they require no Lubrication to function and i have never had one jam . I have the Mohawk Brown at the moment and will probably die owning at least one
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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do you know the name for yours (without googling?) Apache Black??? But I call her Natalie.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
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do you know the name for yours (without googling?) Apache Black??? But I call her Natalie. I was thinking you had it named Obama or Moochela
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Mine is a brown Mohawk. What did they call the green ones?
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Mine is a brown Mohawk. What did they call the green ones? IIRC, Seneca. DF
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do you know the name for yours (without googling?) Apache Black??? But I call her Natalie. I was thinking you had it named Obama or Moochela Nooooo like her way to much for that.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
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You ever get by the Bass Pro in Springfield. They have a white one on display.
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
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BTW, the Seneca Green is the rarest and Cabelas has one listed for $649. Lot of dough for a 66...
A few years ago, my son bought a Mohawk Brown 66 from a friend for $35. It was missing the front sight, but it wasn't that hard to find a replacement.
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Something clever here.
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Wonder if it's factory or someone turned it white.
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Wonder if it's factory or someone turned it white.
DF must have been sitting in the sun to long
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Wonder if it's factory or someone turned it white.
DF must have been sitting in the sun to long I'd like to examine that one close. DF
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I sold one on the classifieds here a couple years ago. It was ANIB with the hang tags and a bunch of marketing stuff like a Remington hat, 12 coupons to send in once a month for a dollar rebate on ammo, and some other neat stuff.
It sold for $650 IIRC...
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