re: Remington Nylon 66 Restoration Project

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Looks good. I never had one but kinda want one after hearing how some of yall talk about em.

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My "first gun" was a Nylon 66 w/ the chrome barrel/receiver cover and black stock. It's a really nice gun, especially if one shoots it w/ open sights, but usually not so nice when shot w/ a scope. I put a scope on mine some years back when my eyes started to struggle w/ open sights. I've heard of some that shoot well w/ a scope, but most don't; mine didn't shoot well w/ the scope. The receiver has a lot of plastic parts; what appears to be metal on the outside of the receiver is actually just a piece of sheet metal covering the plastic receiver. The barrel attaches to the receiver w/ a plastic part. The scope attaches to the receiver cover. When using open sights, both the front and rear sight are attached to the barrel. This is not the case when using a scope. Consequently, accuracy usually suffers as the plastic attached barrel moves in relation to the scope on the receiver cover. Still a really fun gun to play w/ and VERY reliable.