Check the date code on barrel ;) There's information on the Remington Society of America, check related links.
I have a Seneca Green Nylon 66 with a date stamp for February 1960 and a "Made in Canada" stamp on top of the barrel ahead of the rear sight. Hope this helps.
No
No that is wrong, Chrome. The Apache Black 66 & 76 were made with Chrome barrel and receiver.
it looks like in the blue book that the mod.# is nylon 66
There is a video on how to assemble and disassemble a nylon 66 on youtube.com
Remington.
Purple wasn't a Remington color.
Yes, Remington made a "Apache" model of the Nylon 66 .22 caliber rifle. It had a black nylon stock with a chrome plated barrel & receiver. It was a very nice looking rifle.
The Nylon 66 is a rifle that was made by Remington from 1959 to 1989. The brown and chrome model was Nylon 66MB and over 700,000 were produced.
1959 to 1989
They month and year can be determined by the barrel code, all the details can be found on the Remington Society of America here: http://remingtonsociety.com/rsa/questions/barrelcodes (will be between 59 and 89)