Casualty of the Trap line!

Doug Bowman

Doug Bowman

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While running my traps today I slipped on the ice and snapped my Remington Nylon .22 in half.
Anyone know where to get a replacement stock for it, the plastic stock snapped. No damage to any metal.
Supper glue did not hold.
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Put on a better note I did dispatch this big male mink 10 minutes before the fall.
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Damn Doug, I always figured those things were indestructable. I've had the same gun forever it seems - must have bought it around 1968. I always carried my .22 Colt New Frontier Buntline on the trapline, it was all I ever needed. Most animals were dispatched with a smack on the head with my long handled trowel............well, except for skunks. I never got into coyotes or cats so really didn't need much else. Nice mink.
 

Geez, Doug, that beautiful male mink will go to buying a new stock. I'm glad you weren't hurt.
The story reminded me of Larry, a high school classmate that spent two years trapping rats, mink, and fox so that he could buy his first car. Just after buying it he was out running another trap line before school. Driving down the old gravel road he saw a hen pheasant run out in front of the car. He swerved to miss it and rolled the car totaling it.
Al
 
If you want to mess with it I think you could repair it. It might not win a beauty contest but be functional. I can't see the broken ends but I think there is some hollow there. Carving a plug that will fit in the hollows. close fit. Rough up the nylon on the inside. Use slow setting epoxy coat the plug let sit until tacky ( one hour) Mix a small batch of epoxy with a thickening ( wood flour or corbisol ) apply liberally to the plug and in the hollows. Assemble the two parts of the rifle with the plug in. Now to hold the assembly together drill small holes in the nylon into the wood and use small screws to hold. The drilling and screws can be done before the epoxy is applied, a dry fit , this is recommended.

This should hold together unless you jump on your gun, which I don't think you will do.
 
Wow Doug does that take me back!!!!! My very first .22 bought with hay baling money from the shoe store in Clinton (you there Al Hansen???) was I think a model 76 with a cracked stock. That would be the lever action Nylon Remington. That was back when Remington advertised the unbreakable stocks and warrantied it. I must have gotten the last one because it came back BLACK not the mohawk brown it originally had. Now I have a one of a kind. the black stock came with a chrome reciever. I would snap up a new stock if you can find one, let us know if you get one. I'll keep my eyes open too. If you find a good repair let me know because I still have my broken one and the rifle too. Good luck.
 
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Looking @ my 66 over in the rack right now.

Boy does it bring back memories!!!

I used to run my trapline in the mornings before school with my 66.

In all these year, never a jam!!!

Even shot a turkey with it a few years back.

Hope you get her back up & running!!!
 
Wow Doug does that take me back!!!!! My very first .22 bought with hay baling money from the shoe store in Clinton (you there Al Hansen???) was I think a model 76 with a cracked stock. That would be the lever action Nylon Remington. That was back when Remington advertised the unbreakable stocks and warrantied it. I must have gotten the last one because it came back BLACK not the mohawk brown it originally had. Now I have a one of a kind. the black stock came with a chrome reciever. I would snap up a new stock if you can find one, let us know if you get one. I'll keep my eyes open too. If you find a good repair let me know because I still have my broken one and the rifle too. Good luck.
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You bet, I am here! As for the shoe store in Clinton, I do remember it. However, my A-5, 12 gauge 3" magnum that I bought with my paper route money in 1956 came from the Coast to Coast hardware store in Ortonville. It took the better part of a year to pay for but the wait was sure worth it.
Al
 
Al,
My first new shotgun was a Coast to Coast branded Stevens 20 ga. pump, some 12 years later;-). Mine came from a store in Roseville but I also spent a lot of time in the Ortonville C 2 C. BTW I still have the 20 ga. A bit of trivia regarding Rem model 66s- Bay of Pigs was fought with some of those rifles.
 
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Isn't it funny, I don't remember who or where I bought many of my guns but I remember my very first gun purchase - a Nylon 66 from a sporting goods store in East Troy, Wis. Traded in a JC Higgins bolt action w/scope that had been a Christmas present when I was about 13-14. Still have my 66.
 
Damn Doug, I always figured those things were indestructable. I've had the same gun forever it seems - must have bought it around 1968. I always carried my .22 Colt New Frontier Buntline on the trapline, it was all I ever needed. Most animals were dispatched with a smack on the head with my long handled trowel............well, except for skunks. I never got into coyotes or cats so really didn't need much else. Nice mink.
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Hi Pete

I thought they were indestructible too but I guess not.
Ive been looking for a small .22 pistol for dispatching , so it looks like Ill be buying one soon. LOL
 
Geez, Doug, that beautiful male mink will go to buying a new stock. I'm glad you weren't hurt.
The story reminded me of Larry, a high school classmate that spent two years trapping rats, mink, and fox so that he could buy his first car. Just after buying it he was out running another trap line before school. Driving down the old gravel road he saw a hen pheasant run out in front of the car. He swerved to miss it and rolled the car totaling it.
Al
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Thanks Al

I must slip and fall at least 3-4 times a week out there in the snow and ice(Im really pretty good at it) But Ive never seen a gun break because it was dropped.
 
If you want to mess with it I think you could repair it. It might not win a beauty contest but be functional. I can't see the broken ends but I think there is some hollow there. Carving a plug that will fit in the hollows. close fit. Rough up the nylon on the inside. Use slow setting epoxy coat the plug let sit until tacky ( one hour) Mix a small batch of epoxy with a thickening ( wood flour or corbisol ) apply liberally to the plug and in the hollows. Assemble the two parts of the rifle with the plug in. Now to hold the assembly together drill small holes in the nylon into the wood and use small screws to hold. The drilling and screws can be done before the epoxy is applied, a dry fit , this is recommended.

This should hold together unless you jump on your gun, which I don't think you will do.
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Thanks for the idea if I dont locate a stock I may try it.
 
Wow Doug does that take me back!!!!! My very first .22 bought with hay baling money from the shoe store in Clinton (you there Al Hansen???) was I think a model 76 with a cracked stock. That would be the lever action Nylon Remington. That was back when Remington advertised the unbreakable stocks and warrantied it. I must have gotten the last one because it came back BLACK not the mohawk brown it originally had. Now I have a one of a kind. the black stock came with a chrome reciever. I would snap up a new stock if you can find one, let us know if you get one. I'll keep my eyes open too. If you find a good repair let me know because I still have my broken one and the rifle too. Good luck.
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Thanks Tom

It was my first rifle too.
Ill find a stock sooner or later but if you see one please let me know.
 
Looking @ my 66 over in the rack right now.

Boy does it bring back memories!!!

I used to run my trapline in the mornings before school with my 66.

In all these year, never a jam!!!

Even shot a turkey with it a few years back.

Hope you get her back up & running!!!
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I know what you mean Jeff
Ive run many a line with this little 22
 
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