I purchased a Nylon 66 with lawn mowing money in 1973. It was my only .22 for years and then I really got into competitive shooting and the little brown rifle has mostly rested in the corner of the gun vault for the past two decades.
However, my club recently resurrected an old fun match called Rapidfire Rimfire. The shooter engages four strings of six silhouettes and an RO starts a watch when he fires his first shot and stops it when the last critter in a row of six falls. The shooter gets three seconds subtracted from a string's time if he cleans the row (six for six). One's score is his aggregate time.
I pulled the old Nylon 66 out and gave it a go in the May match. Some of the kids had never even heard of let alone seen one of these Dupont specials. They were kinda shocked by the results in the open sight class:
RAPIDFIRE RIMFIRE MATCH
Time in seconds, shooter, rifle, scope if applicable, ammo
Optically Sighted Class
30.93 seconds Dwight Pilkilton, Ruger 10/22, Weaver V-16, CCI SV
34.68 David Malone, Ruger 10/22, Simmons 22 Mag 3-9, CCI SV
34.91 Danny Creasy, Winchester 190, Simmons 4-12, Aguila SV
39.71 Ricky King, Ruger 10/22, Nikon ProStaff 3-9X40
44.43 Peary Willard, Ruger 10/22, Barska AirRifle 3-17, Federal 510
53.90 Willie Rhodes, Ruger 10/22, BSA Sweet 22 3-9X40, CCI Blazer
61.25 Ben Broyles, Ruger 10/22, Tasco 3-9, CCI Blazer
66.85 Thomas Reed, Ruger 10/22, Bushnell 3-9, CCI SV
76.66 John Warfelli, Remington 597, Tasco 3-9, Winchester Super X
78.17 Paul Enlow, Ruger 10/22, Simmons 3-9, CCI MiniMag HP
84.78 Grayson Campbell, Ruger 10/22, Nikon 2-7, CCI 240
85.15 Mike, Savge Mk II, Bushnell 3X, Federal Auto Match
107.62 Lana Medlin, CZ 452 American, Sightron, CCI SV
116.06 Reece Stewart, Ruger 10/22T, Nilon 2-7, CCI Seconds
122.45 Bill Parkhurst, Ruger 10/22, Leupold 3-9X33 EFR VX II, CCI SV
Open Sight Class
39.96 Danny Creasy, Remington Nylon 66, Aguila HV
52.76 Ricky King, Ruger 10/22, CCI SV
61.57 Bill Parkhurst, Henry H001T, CCI Blazer
64.71 Mike, Marlin 39, Federal Auto Match
88.35 Willie Rhodes, Henry Lever Action, CCI Blazer
102.54 Peary Willard, CZ Lux, Federal 510 B
129.82 Paul Enlow, Henry Lever, CCI CB Shorts