FAIRFAX, VA. — It's been 75 years since nylon was introduced to the world by chemical giant DuPont Co. and 55 years since the Remington Arms Co. took that polymer to a new level with the world's first ...

I can remember it as clear as day. Turning the page in Outdoor Life magazine (it could have been Fur-Fish-Game), there was a full page ad for a Remington .22 rifle, but not like one I had seen before.

I can remember it as clear as day: Turning the page in Outdoor Life magazine (it could have been Fur-Fish-Game), there was a full-page ad for a Remington .22 ...