Remington Nylon 66 Sling?

austinsguns

July 16, 2012 07:25

I just got a 90% Remington nylon 66 on a trade. It has a date code of 1961. It has a sling mounted to it. The mounts look to fit the contour of the stock and are bolted on with (2) bolts on each mount. They look really good. Could this be factory original? I've never heard of a Nylon 66 with a sling. It is not leather but possibly a nylon strap or similar. Sling is brown in color.

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  TaiChi

  July 16, 2012 07:32

  Factory accessory, brown nylon or cotton.

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  austinsguns

  July 16, 2012 07:55

  quote:Originally posted by TaiChi
  Factory accessory, brown nylon or cotton.
  
  
  Very good. Whats this thing worth? Take my word, it is 90% condition.

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  Ray Boone

  July 16, 2012 11:01

  I have a Nylon 66, whithout any optional equipment, other than scope/mounts. I have checked all exposed metal and find nothing resembling the date code, as found on other Remingtons with more exposed barrels. Is the coding to be found under the nylon sheathing of the barrel?

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  Mobuck

  July 16, 2012 12:08

  I vote no on the "factory original" sling mount. The Uncle Mikes suggested swivel studs use a machine thread that usually pulls out or strips. I've seen some that may have been factory installed but they didn't look like that.
  I carried one for decades with a leather bridle rein fitted with a loop on each end that tightened around the fore end and behind the pistol grip.

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  thorhammer

  July 16, 2012 13:04

  I was at Cabela's and saw a nylon 66 in the gun library. It had the strap on the forearm and a stud for a swivel on the buttstock.
  Looked professionally done.
  
  Yours has the strap on the buttstock, is there a stud in the forearm?
  The screws look like they're in crooked or is it the camera angle?

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  Hangfire

  July 16, 2012 13:32

  Appears to be original.. I don't recall them being factory installed, but could be ordered as an accessory..
  
  http://www.nylonrifles.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Instruction_remington_66.pdf
  
  http://www.nylonrifles.com/Nylonpdf/slingmount.pdf

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  JIM STARK

  July 19, 2012 02:10

  I have seen box end labels annotated as with scope...some annotated "with sling".....
  JIM................

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  babun

  July 19, 2012 16:15

  It's diffidently factory installed. I bought one new that had the same sling hooks.
  Paid $74.99 for it.. That gun of yours should bring at least $350 today.
  
  Some reading materials about them.....http://www.chuckhawks.com/rem_nylon_rifles.htm

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