Talk:Remington Nylon 66

Model 66 and the 1968 Gun Control Act
The 1968 Gun Control Act mandated that the receivers of all firearms be marked with a serial number (before the 1968 GCA low end .22 rifles and shotguns were often not considered important or valuable enough to warrant serial numbering). Under the 1968 GCA the receiver is legally the gun itself even with no other parts attached.

The receiver of a conventional firearm is the frame that contains the action (bolt and firing mechanism) and to which the barrel and stock attach. The Nylon 66 is hardly conventional in that it has no receiver. The nylon stock contains the firing mechanism and the barrel attachs to the stock. Originally the serial number was stamped on the barrel (apparently as the most important metal part). With the Model 66 under the 1968 GCA, the sheet metal dust cover was designated the "receiver" and the serial number was moved to the receiver cover. The older Model 66 rifles with the serial number on the barrel, as with other pre-1968 guns including models that were not numbered, were "grandfathered" under the 1968 GCA. Naaman Brown (talk) 14:23, 16 August 2009 (UTC)