Re: Nylon 66 and 100,004 wooden blocks
http://www.americanrifleman.org/rifles_historical_Rem66c.html
In 1959, Tom Frye, a field representative for Remington, set out to surpass Ad Topperwein’s world record (set in 1907) of shooting 72,500 2½" wooden blocks as they were tossed into the air while missing only nine. Frye used three Nylon 66 rifles and maintained an average pace of 1,000 shots per hour (one shot every four seconds) for 13 consecutive eight-hour days. When the smoke cleared, he had shot at 100,010 blocks and hit 100,004, missing only six! The rifles were cleaned only five times during the Marathon trial.
In addition, the Nylon 66 has a Zytel-101 stock, which is one reason it is so reliable, it does not need lubrication like most guns of metal.
The term "self lubricating" was sometimes used in referring to these guns.
Often times, the lube used, will mix with the fired residue, and be the reason for problems with a rim-fire.
The wax coating of rim fire bullets, preserve and protect the chamber and bore, unlike center-fire.
Plus the stock was resilient to all sorts of weather.
What the Nylon 66 did, and still does, is offer one a light rim fire rifle that works in all sorts of environments, and does not require much maintenacne.
In fact one is advised to NOT take it apart. Instead just shoot the darn thing.
One does not have to worry about solvents, lubes, or any stock protections chemicals getting into action, and messing up the reliability of the Nylon 66 as one does other platforms.
There are other "old" designs that have stood the test of time as well.
Such as Browning Automatic .22, Marlin 60 and the Old Win semi autos (names escape me).
No, one cannot bolt stuff onto these..
Remington has two other repeating rim fire rifles that folks know about, and will not part with either.
Fieldmaster ( pump) and Speemaster ( semi) , and both of these are good looking guns and will shoot .22 short, .22 long, and .22 lr.
.22 short is required in some locations that allow night hunting for raccoon for instance.
The .22 short is not dead, and never will be. IIRC it is one of the oldest ctgs.
Do NOT take a Rem Nylon 66 apart, don't!
You do not need to.
It was designed to be shot, and shot a lot, not messed with.
Oh how I wish Rem would bring back the Nylon 66 butt fed, brown stock, and blued gun again.
If they did, and I had money I'd buy at least a dozen for sure!
I do Marlin 60s for a reason, and always have, as have others. There is a reason it is dubbed the world's most popular .22.