Remington's Only Lever-Action: The Nylon 76 "Trail Rider" (ad-free)
Added 2023-05-20 12:00:02 +0000 UTCIn 1962, Remington tried to exploit the popularity of pop-culture cowboys by introducing a lever-action version of its of its Nylon 66 semiauto .22 rifle. This new model was the Nylon 76, named the "Trial Rider". It used the same faux-wood styled polymer frame as the Nylon 66, and was actually a pretty good rifle. It has a fast bolt throw and is very handy...but a proper cowboys-and-Indians rifle it is not. Little Johnny, it turned out, didn't really want to play Lucas McCain with a plastic Remington - lever or not. He wanted a proper wooden Winchester! And thus the Nylon 76 ceased production in 1965 with 26,927 made. That's actually quite a lot, but not nearly as successful as the Nylon 66 parent design.
Thanks to Dutch Hillenburg for loaning me this example to film!
Comments
Well, you finally get an ambidextrous rifle and then decide to shoot it mostly right handed. Force of habit? Nice episode though.
Thomas Batha
2023-05-22 23:33:04 +0000 UTCFound one at my range's used wall the other year. They sold it for regular 66 money, they literally didn't know what they had. Also had to tell the clerk why it didn't have a serial number to put on the 4473...
Warphammer
2023-05-21 19:12:40 +0000 UTCReruns on weekday mornings on H&I? Heroes? network [iirc, it's channel 27ish when I'm visiting my brother up in Pasadena.] Over the air TV has changed drastically since even 10 years ago: there's new networks now that have cropped up in only the last few years, AFAICT. The only one I watch much when I'm up visiting [no tv at my place] has all Star Trek on Sunday nights from 8pm-1am [west coast time; TOS, ST:NG, ST:DS9, ST:V, Enterprise] and weekday mornings it's all old westerns: Rifleman, Paladin, Wagon Train, High Chapparal, etc. -- the fond memories of my youth! No time to watch them [I can occasionally catch an episode of Paladin if I get up early enough, only because I don't have to be at work til noon on Mondays, but it's an hour & a half south of my brother's house...] Too many commercials, of course, but at least that one channel goes for loong breaks, so you've got time to go to the kitchen and rustle up a snack before the show comes back on...
Bruce Brodnax
2023-05-21 06:36:47 +0000 UTCThis is the 22 I grew up with the first gun I ever shot with my dad. Great memories! Kinda feel I need to get a Nylon 66 to go along with it now…
Morgan Keeler
2023-05-21 00:07:09 +0000 UTCThe Rifleman! Great show
Chairman
2023-05-20 21:47:07 +0000 UTCI also have a Remington Nylon 10C, which is magazine fed. Also a good little shooter, but not many made either...
2023-05-20 20:25:20 +0000 UTCYou didn’t magdump
George William Herbert
2023-05-20 18:34:24 +0000 UTCDamned, now I want one of this!
Peter Stadlmaier
2023-05-20 15:49:29 +0000 UTCAutomatic ammo saver ... after 4 shots, safety on.
Risto Alanko
2023-05-20 13:25:26 +0000 UTCNo spinner? :-)
John Thomas
2023-05-20 12:54:31 +0000 UTCcoooool intro. should have asked arizona ghostriders for collaborated project but... best part just pouring the brick into its butt. yeah, and that safety issue keeps me from starting saying wayt one of those in notime. that is a funkiller. otherwise this looks so oddball it would be fun. got a henry pump that looks western as heck even without a lever to it.
Guido Schriewer
2023-05-20 12:32:07 +0000 UTCWith that really short stroke on the lever, was there a problem with it being over-stressed in the excitement of pingpingping?
Pat Patterson
2023-05-20 12:24:45 +0000 UTC
