I still have the Nylon Bolt Action 22 my Dad bought for me in 1965!
I still have mine. Paid 100 bucks for it in 87’. In 65’ they were $59. Accurate, well made. Problem is getting a gunsmith to take it apart and clean it. Too hard to find parts as they don’t make them anymore.
The Nylon 11, Nylon 12 and Nylon 76 (the lever-action) have been hard to find for a long time; even the Nylon 77 is a rare bird on the used racks around here.
My first rifle was a Nylon 77 in Mohawk Brown. When my parents and I went to buy a .22 rifle, the choice came down to the Nylon 77 or the Ruger 10/22. Some might say "he chose poorly," but I never had any regrets until many years and rounds later when the stock came apart at the seam along the underside. That gun is long gone, the railroad tracks we walked are long gone, the woods that were the usual "hunting ground" are long gone, and there isn't a whole lot left of the old me, either.
Mr. niteowl77