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1958? That’s about the time someone was dreaming up my first nylon model 66.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I got my first .22 in ‘58.

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1958? That’s about the time someone was dreaming up my first nylon model 66.

That's about the time the first M14 rifles were turning up in the hands of U.S. military units. The M60 LMG came along shortly thereafter.

Remington Arms Company brought out the .22 LR caliber Nylon 66 rifle in 1959. I got my first one in 1960 or '61.

1999 magazine article for you *here*.