need help with remington nylon

[jashu360]

hi everyone i need info on a rifle that my brother in law owns, i have a rem nylon 66 where the bullets load through the stock. his is a 76 i think anyway it is essentially the same gun except that his takes a ten round clip. when he recieved the gun the clip was missing but he recently picked one up at the darlington gun show. he said that he tried to fire it but that it doesnt work. the will not chamber the round into the breach. i suggested to him that maybe its the clip, because my 66 is extremely reliable and i wouldnt see why his wouldnt be. he said that it kept picking the round up out of the clip but on the way to the breech it would hit the front wall of the clip and jam right there. has anyone seen this happening before and know how to fix it or does it need to go to a gunsmith. if so please recommend an inexpensive gunsmith.

 

[jashu360]

bump im really hoping to get some answers on this soon am trying to go shooting and this puts a damper on things

 

[lee2]

most likely the clip. have him spread the front lips of the mag slightly so the tip of the bullet sits higher in the mag.
hope this helps.

 

[Nemesis]

it was still on the first page man, no need to bump it lmao...at that it had only been up 5 minutes before you bumped it...calm down, man lol

as far as the issue goes, tell him to check the feed lips on the mag, check the chamber, and make sure everything is correct with the bolt assembly. also make sure that the mag is inserted fully into the rifle.

 

[GNLaFrance]

The Model 76 is a lever-action. Your brother in law's rifle is a Model 77. It uses a magazine, not a clip. Has he broken it down and cleaned it? I also think the magazine is most likely the problem. I'd get at least one other magazine to try, and also try replacing the action springs.

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[jashu360]

sorry didnt mean to be so paniced, thanks to all who offered suggestions... GNLaFrance what is the difference between a magazine and a clip. in the article you posted the link to, it says that the 77 takes a clip magazine

 

[GNLaFrance]

sorry didnt mean to be so paniced, thanks to all who offered suggestions... GNLaFrance what is the difference between a magazine and a clip. in the article you posted the link to, it says that the 77 takes a clip magazine

Just because the guy who called it a "clip magazine" is a gun writer doesn't mean he knows diddly squat about correct gun terminology. Actually, that may be unfair - it might be that his editor inserted "clip" in front of "magazine" because the editor doesn't know diddly squat.

 

[jashu360]

so basically a magazine encases the round and a clip does not???

 

[GNLaFrance]

so basically a magazine encases the round and a clip does not???

Correct. Basically, a magazine ("box magazine") is a box with a platform that the rounds sit on ("lifter" or "elevator") and that is pushed up by a spring. A clip ("stripper clip") is a cleverly-shaped piece of steel that holds cartridges by their rims and lines them up so they can be pushed down into the firearm's fixed internal magazine. Some clips get inserted into the internal magazine with the cartridges, e.g. the M1 rifle's "en bloc" clip (en bloc is a French term meaning "in a group").

 

[VTX1800]

Might want to post your question over at http://www.nylonrifles.com/forums/
There is a lot of Nylon 66 knowledge over there

 

[Jaybeez]

If he's in darlington, have him bring it up to our shop.

 

[jashu360]

If he's in darlington, have him bring it up to our shop.

how far are you from darlington

 

[BlueHeeler]

so basically a magazine encases the round and a clip does not???

Not quite.

A magazine by general definition is a place where goods or supplies are stored. As applied to firearms, a magazine is where the cartridges are kept immediatly before they are fed into the chamber. A clip is a means to keep the cartridges together before they are loaded into the magazine or cylinder of the firearm.

 

[Jaybeez]

how far are you from darlington

Google says its 30 minutes, but my house is in darlington too, and i can get to my shop in fawn grove in 15 minutes.

 

[jashu360]

thanks to all for the help. the little guide for the magazine was bent ever so slightly out of whack and with some minor adjustment it was working like a charm

 

[Oldcarjunkie]

thanks to all for the help. the little guide for the magazine was bent ever so slightly out of whack and with some minor adjustment it was working like a charm

Awesome , now have him sell it to me.