Nylon 66

[twhidd]

Did Remington ever produce a Nylon 66 with a parkerized finish? I was considering taking one on trade but was wary that it had been refinished.

[aarondhgraham]

Here's what it has to say:

Model 66 Nylon
Semi-automatic, 19-1/2" barrel, 14 round tubular magazine, fed
through the buttplate. In excess of 1,000,000 produced from
1959-1987. Seven different variations of style and color were
sold. Non-serialized prior to the 1968 gun control act of 1968. An
“A” prefix was added to the serialization in 1977. Add 100 percent+
for NIB.
66 (MB) “Mohawk” Brown
Blued metal parts, dark chocolate brown stock with white accents,
.22 LR ONLY. 1959-1987. Approx. 678,000.
66 (SG) “Seneca” Green
Blued metal parts, dark olive green stock (often confused with
MB in artificial light) with white accents, .22 LR ONLY, 1959-
1962. Approx. 45,000.
66 (AB) “Apache” Black
Bright chrome plated metal parts, black stock with white accents,
.22 LR ONLY.1962-1983. Approx. 220,000.
66 (BD) “Black Diamond”
Blued metal parts, black stock with black diamonds in the
forend. The remainder of accents are white, .22 LR ONLY,
1978-1987. Approx. 56,000.
66 (GS) “Gallery Special”
Blued metal parts, Dark brown stock with white accents. Barrel
marked .22 SHORT. Distinguished by shell deflector over
ejection port and a loop on the forend for the counter chain.
1961-1981. Approx. 6500.
66 (AN) “150th Anniversary Rifle”
Blued metal parts, dark brown stock with white accents, .22 LR
ONLY. Distinguished by 150th Anniversary stamping on the left
side of the receiver cover. 1966 ONLY. Approx. 4000.
66 (BI) “Bicentennial Rifle”
Blued metal parts, dark brown stock with white accents, .22 LR
ONLY. Distinguished by the eagle and 1776/1976 stamping on
the left side of the receiver cover. 1976 ONLY. Approx. 10,000.
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
904 ! REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, INC.
This symbol denotes “Sleepers” with rapidly-rising values and/or significant collector potential.
Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor
66 (MB)
250 175 150 125 100
66 (SG)
550 450 325 275 175
66 (AB)
300 250 200 150 125
66 (BD)
325 300 225 175 150
66 (GS)
1200 950 700 450 300
66 (AN)
850 650 450 300 250
66 (BI)
750 500 325 275 200

[hodaka]

The receiver cover has something like a matte, parkerized finish. It is factory.

[twhidd]

This one had a heavy parked looking finish on the receiver and the barrel. The stock was the Seneca Green and looked almost new. Also, instead of loading through the stock it had a 10 round magazine. I passed on it, because I just wasn't sure.

[darkroommike]

That's a Nylon 77, much less common than the 66 and the Seneca Green much less common than the Mohawk Brown (all models), might be worth it just for the original stock. Check the grip cap, does it say "Apache 77", then it was a K-Mart special (really, made for K-Mart!) and less than common, only 54,000 made. Remington made over a million Nylon 66's.

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