Fild stripping A nylon 66
Okay, the nylon is a great gun . But how in the World do you Field strip it?[:(!]
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remington field service manual on nylon66 is 11 pages
tobefree
My 1st Shot was a bullseye on Gerber baby food lid at 20 ft using a Colt Woodsman. I was age 5. Been driving nails ever since. Thanks Dad, you were the best teacher I ever had.0 -
Oh, And I Don't have a field service manual. 0 -
Don't do it. More springs that you will know what to with.
I WOULD RATHER BE DUCK HUNTING.0 -
I agree And those pesky little springs are in difficult locations too. But if you are determined you can get the manual here on gunbroker. Don't fly without it.
tobefree
My 1st Shot was a bullseye on Gerber baby food lid at 20 ft using a Colt Woodsman. I was age 5. Been driving nails ever since. Thanks Dad, you were the best teacher I ever had.0 -
Years ago when I worked in a gun shop we used to get these returned in shopping bags all the time with their owners begging to have the rifles reassembled. The shop's owner would take the rifles and then send them off to the local gun smith who'd put things right. The gun shop's owner would get the rilfes back from the smith and pass along a nice handling fee for his "efforts". I suggest that you leave this particular rifle alone unless it is causing trouble and if that is the case then a trip to a gun smith is the order of the day since these Remingtons are a real bear to strip and put back together. Squirt some "Gun Scrubber" in the action and clean the barrel every once and a while and just keep on shooting it since the old 66's seldom stop unless they break...which is rare.
"Nothing can ever be made 'idiot proof' because idiots are simply too clever"!
Mark T. Christian0 -
Best advice I can give you is DON'T..I've put about a half dozen back togther for customers in the past few months.. A couple for other gunsmiths... It takes me about two hours to pull all of the metal parts out of the nylon stock, clean the mess out of the stock, clean and wipe down (read this DO NOT OIL) the parts and reinstall in the stock... Some of the springs and the cartridge guide are tough ones... 0 -
Piece of cake (but then I like eating cactus pads)!
I've had to reassemble many of these fine rimfires over the years, and the CBC replica from Brazil is the hardest one.
After you've gotten the screws out of the stock, pull out/back on the cocking piece to remove it. Tip the barrel down, and twist/push down on barrel to free it from the barrel band(attaches to the screw in front of the trigger guard). Keep an eye on the bolt so it doesn't follow the barrel out of the stock. Slide straight up and back on the sheetmetal receiver cover, taking care to note which way that ejector piece is oriented in it's slot on the side of the plastic "receiver".
Fold the metal hinged thingie on top of the chamber/bolt forward, and slide the bolt out of the stock.
There are springs and other stuff behind the bolt that you don't touch; so don't go there.
Look into the cavity under where the bolt was, and remember that the lower set of sliding metal bars allows you to re-install the bolt, so if you don't have a skinny screwdriver; don't go there either.
Basically spray everything with a good degreaser/tv tuner cleaner, and button it back up. The trick to the bolt re-installation is to press down on the bar while sliding in the bolt; takes a little practice, but worth knowing how!
Good luck!
"Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit" --OVID0 -
Ah yes, the beloved Nylon 66. Three or four years ago I decided that the MB Nylon 66 of Dad's that I grew up shooting needed reconditioning.
The receiver cover was rusted all over and the exposed parts of the barrel had little finish left. Worst of all the detent that holds the inner magazine tube inside the outer one was broke and with any amount of shells in it the inner tube wanted to fly out of the thing!
This had been remedied for as long as I remember shooting the Nylon by using duct tape over the end of the stock. You can imagine the layers of residue on that stock!
I took it all apart after acquiring a great used MB stock and barrel via Internet auction. The original I found had a slight bulge and corresponding rough spot in the bore. I took the receiver cover to a gunsmith and had it bead blasted and reblued. The replacement stock came with only a few parts already in it and I had to swap the majority of the parts without benefit of the service manual. This took me awhile but eventually figured it all out.
The look on Dad's face when I presented it to him for father's day was well worth all the time and effort. I have since "built" a N66 from parts acquired from all over the country via auctions. The stock was a brand new Apache Black style. The gun looks like it just came out of the box.
Them '66's can be a tough one but to me are a labor of love...
"Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war" Psalm 144
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit0 -
My only advice is to make sure the gun is COCKED and safety is ON before disassembly. Otherwise it's almost impossible to get it back together. 0 -
I think gunnut gave the best advice. That's as far as most folks should go. I have taken them down to individual components, but putting it together again will give you a whole new vocabulary. If you are not the one that took it apart,(as in you bought a box of parts), don't even think about it. Swallow your pride and go looking for help. Even with the book, it's an exercise in frustration.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.0 -
okay, Thanks All.[:D] I assume, gunnut, when you refer to the calking piece you mean the little handle the moves the bolt? how muchforce is neaded to quote:twist/push down on barrel to free it from the barrel band(attaches to the screw in front of the trigger guard). ? Thanks 0 -
I just pulled both of my bolt handles out, and they pulled sraight out with only a few pounds of force. Should be easy with just your thumb and forefinger.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.0 -
When I was working in a gunshop in the mid 60's, customers would ask what was the cheapest way to fix or clean-up their Nylon 66....we would always reccommend buying a Ruger 10/22...[8D][8D]
Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob0
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