rem 66

[too many things]

is there much of a market for them?
i saw few yrs back the green was very HI dollar
i have the brown.

[rockrat]

Have seen them at shows for $300-$400 for the Brown ones. Little more for the black/chrome ones and as you said, the green ones are High.

[Jedman]

Yes there is a small market for Rem nylon 66’s. The brown ones are most common and at gun shows I see them offered for sale from a low of $ 200 on up to mid $ 300’s. I haven’t followed them on gunbroker so I can’t give you a value what they have been selling at recently. I have owned them and they are great guns but they are not for everyone so to get top dollar they need to be mint and most aren’t because they were designed as knock around reliable low cost rifles.

Jedman

[Murphy]

My first .22 Rim Fire was a Nylon 66, brown in color. The black & chrome model seemed a bit too flashy for my intended use of the gun, hunting. I have no idea how many bricks of various brands of ammunition I fired through it before cleaning it. I will say I can only remember one jam. The Nylon 66 is pretty much the Glock of .22's Not that pretty, but reliable as they come. One in decent, clean condition would be an easy $300 in my neck of the woods. As with pretty much all things firearm related, the prices are a bit higher than 18 months ago. If you're looking to part with it, I would go look over on Gunbroker and current auctions and ones recently sold. That should get you ball park figure what it's worth.

Murphy

[fiberoptik]

I sure regret selling mine. Needed diapers and formula....


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[Texas by God]

I feel complete because I have two. Both Mohawk Brown. Like the first one I bought over Dad's objections when I was 14. He didn't believe in "plastic" guns. He came around and bought himself one later. He's 92 now and gave me his earlier this year. Given good ammo, they are as good or better than any other semi auto .22 rifle ever made.

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[CastingFool]

I am glad I bought mine used, in 1973, for $35. It eats every thing I've fed it. Not as accurate as my bolt action 22, but it can surprise you at times. I'll never get rid of it.

[frkelly74]

I had a Mohawk 10 I think. It was brown and fed from a clip magazine. Seemed like the barrel was kind of loosely connected to the receiver where the rear sight was attached. Still it was a shooter but not as in demand as the 66.

[pietro]

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FWIW, there were two different shades of green used in the Nylon series of rifles - the early/dark Seneca Green, and the later - a bright pea green.

The earlier Seneca Green has historically brought the most $$$

I had a Seneca Green Model 66 that I used for the now arcane sport of dump rat shooting, until a sanitary landfill process came into general use.

I removed the rear sight elevator to get the sighting notch down on the barrel, so it would zero at those typically extremely short ranges (5' to 20')

[too many things]

well i will get a pic
my only problem was the receiver cover is not connected to the barrel. a scope wont stay 0 it will move. so used it open sights till eyes got old

[Bigslug]

well i will get a pic
my only problem was the receiver cover is not connected to the barrel. a scope wont stay 0 it will move. so used it open sights till eyes got old

The first trick there is to place your front ring at the furthest forward point possible on the receiver rail and crank the beejeezus out of it. The second is to accept that while the rifle will give you field accuracy in spades, it was never intended to be a replacement for an Anschutz 54.

The brown ones are the least desirable to collectors, but they do have a solid following - probably in the $300-$400 range. They run VERY well with minimal cleaning - which is good, because disassembly is NOT for the faint of heart.

[Butzbach]

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[Butzbach]

is there much of a market for them?
i saw few yrs back the green was very HI dollar
i have the brown.

I don't know if they sell at that price but that is what they are asking for the brown ones. Black ones a bit more. Green ones are very high.

[1Hawkeye]

I saw 2 black diamonds yesterday in a high end shop labeled as apache's for 950 each good luck with that.

[Sasquatch-1]

I was at a gun show quite a few years ago and saw what was claimed to be a gallery gun. Very rough condition with holes were it was chained to the bench and very beat up. The guy wanted twice what any of the standard 66's were going for. Seems to me it was chambered in .22 short and very rare.

As for me I have I have an Apache Black and love it. I have had for over 40 years and it is still tight and shoots well. I call it the original plastic gun.

[pietro]

They run VERY well with minimal cleaning - which is good, because disassembly is NOT for the faint of heart.


The easiest way to clean one is with kerosene (hardware store, some gas stations).

Remove the receiver cover & ejector ( the sheet metal ejector can only be seated one way, aka K.I.S.S.), then remove the barrel via the screw in the bottom of the forestock.

Pour some kero into/over the naked "receiver" area, maybe work it in with a soft brush - then let it drip-dry.

(When the kero evaporates, it will leave a thin film of oil in the hidden parts)

Clean the separated barrel as per usual, then re-assemble...………………..


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[Texas by God]

I had a Gallery Special for a short while. I bought it from Jackson Arms that was directly across the street from SMU. It jammed a couple of times( we alerted the media- Nylons don't jam!) I Cleaned it up and let it go- .22 shorts were hard to find even then and I always preferred a bolt action for .22 shorts.

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[too many things]

the lifter dont work good for shorts . i have shot some , kind if manual the rem hi speed would do a few. auto. but
only ammo i had a problem in LR was the win wildcat , it would give problems
this one i would guess has not had 1000 shot. gun is clean for age

[georgerkahn]

I was "in the market" for one for a while, my thoughts being to have one complement my XP100 -- similar looks ;). Two different LGSs had the word out, but none came up. This was pre-Internet vendors (e.g. G-broker, etc.)... But, pre my leg giving out (and a myriad of new grey hairs) I would have paid premium for one!
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[Butzbach]

I was "in the market" for one for a while, my thoughts being to have one complement my XP100 -- similar looks ;). Two different LGSs had the word out, but none came up. This was pre-Internet vendors (e.g. G-broker, etc.)... But, pre my leg giving out (and a myriad of new grey hairs) I would have paid premium for one!
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There are quite a few on GB as we speak but they are proud of them.

[Ithaca Gunner]

Try Guns International, they're a little more reasonable, under ''Remington Nylon Rifles''.

[too many things]

i will list in swap/sell

[farmbif]

I haven't seen an inexpensive xp100 in decades. for some strange reason the nylon 66 usually sell for a bit more than the marlin m1, 22 cal

[OS OK]

is there much of a market for them?
i saw few yrs back the green was very HI dollar
i have the brown.

How about an 'Ivory' or 'Purple' stock?

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My son just had to have the Apache, I never liked these as they don't have the feel of wood & blue steel. I guess that's my bad, I grew up before all this plastic stuff.

[Sasquatch-1]

Glad I am not a collector and have to have one of every offering. I have never heard of the Purple or the Ivory colors.