Cooey 84 yay or nay?

p.Rundle said:
Yeah I bought the sucker
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Good stuff! But be warned, collecting them becomes addictive! Here are some of my 84's hanging in my office. From top to bottom...28g, 20g, 16g, 12g

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p.Rundle said:
K so my local Canadian Tire has a 12 ga Cooey 84 (don't think it was 840) for $119. Is that a good deal? :confused: It seemed to be in decent condition. Also, will the gun blow up and kill me, because my understanding is that 84's were all pre '67 and that is very, very old. Should I has???

Thanks for any suggestions. Only $119 so nbd if I buy it.
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If you have that much CT money buy it.
If not save your schekles and buy it from someone on the EE and save on the taxes.
Plus someone will be happy to share stories of the old gal too.
In the end it is your choice and your money too.
Rob

ps, BmcK send it to me .
I'll send you $50.00 for it :wave:
 
1963beretta said:
Good stuff! But be warned, collecting them becomes addictive! Here are some of my 84's hanging in my office. From top to bottom...28g, 20g, 16g, 12g

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Very Nice collection and in super condition also from what we can see. I have the same group also but added the 410 and an additional 12ga one with 36" barrel. Don't ask me why I added the extra 12ga but I did
Cheers
 
3macs1 said:
Very Nice collection and in super condition also from what we can see. I have the same group also but added the 410 and an additional 12ga one with 36" barrel. Don't ask me why I added the extra 12ga but I did
Cheers
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Like I said...addictive! About a year ago, I came to the conclusion that I had a problem. Once I got to that point, I reluctantly began selling off my various Cooey's. At the time I had just under 50 Cooeys. As far as shotguns go, I had a full set of "duck stock" 840's and a bunch of random 84's and newer style 840's in various gauges. All of those have found new homes, with the exception of the current set of 5 84's. I spent a long time adding to the collection, and a very short time selling it off. I give it a year before I start another Cooey stock pile!
 
1963beretta said:
Like I said...addictive! About a year ago, I came to the conclusion that I had a problem. Once I got to that point, I reluctantly began selling off my various Cooey's. At the time I had just under 50 Cooeys. As far as shotguns go, I had a full set of "duck stock" 840's and a bunch of random 84's and newer style 840's in various gauges. All of those have found new homes, with the exception of the current set of 5 84's. I spent a long time adding to the collection, and a very short time selling it off. I give it a year before I start another Cooey stock pile!
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I hear you. I have been doing the same over the last few years. Like why keep 7 or 8 super x1. So now I have like 3
Still a sucker however for wingmasters and probally have way too many left and not moving any more right now
28ga is my big weakness. Think I have 34 last count of just about every make and model made
Parted with one I think in the last 5 years LOL to help get the money to buy a 28ga ruger which I didnot have at the time
It is fun as you know
take care
 
Old Cooeys... There is something about them that will mysteriously draw you to them. I rummaged in my pile and found a couple of nice ones, a Hiawatha and a Sureshot, both 12 ga. I'm thinking I have a Winchester 37 as well.

Methinks I may need a couple more - soon!
 
kjohn said:
Old Cooeys... There is something about them that will mysteriously draw you to them. I rummaged in my pile and found a couple of nice ones, a Hiawatha and a Sureshot, both 12 ga. I'm thinking I have a Winchester 37 as well.

Methinks I may need a couple more - soon!
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The truth in this is remarkable in me as well.
Lost count of the singles that have gone thru me mitts.
When Thing 2 was young, she wanted to go out with ole pah.
Found a nice old .410 for her. Dang hinge was stiff and hard for her to open.
K.......buddy gartzs that one.
Found nudder. The hammer spring was rigouruss. Nudder buddy gartzs that one
fer his kidd.
Then I found a long barreled .410 that opened by pulling the trigger guard.
I could open and close that thing with a flip du wrist.
Kid did great, ohhhhhnly the sight vision was wrong. Couldn't hit sqwatt.
Bought her a pump 12 gauge from a fellow Nutterzs and haven't looked back.

Thanks Mike.................. :wave:
 
The cool thing about Cooeys is that there are enough floating around that if you want to replace one, or if you want to sell off all the ones you have just to restart a whole new collection, its very do-able. Funny thing is that I received a couple offers for my 84's since posting the picture of my set. That tells me that not only are there many others looking to add Cooey's to their collections, they are looking for "sets" as well
 
1963beretta said:
The cool thing about Cooeys is that there are enough floating around that if you want to replace one, or if you want to sell off all the ones you have just to restart a whole new collection, its very do-able. Funny thing is that I received a couple offers for my 84's since posting the picture of my set. That tells me that not only are there many others looking to add Cooey's to their collections, they are looking for "sets" as well
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I have found yes and no to this. Lots around for sure and not hard to put a collection of shooters together but I found it hard to find mint ones.
Most were a 14 year olds' first gone 50 years ago and show their use at least down this way
Unfired is just about impossible. I have one 16ga like that and that is it. Yet I still run across old model 12's, superx1 etc NIB
Cheers
 
3macs1 said:
I have found yes and no to this. Lots around for sure and not hard to put a collection of shooters together but I found it hard to find mint ones.
Most were a 14 year olds' first gone 50 years ago and show their use at least down this way
Unfired is just about impossible. I have one 16ga like that and that is it. Yet I still run across old model 12's, superx1 etc NIB
Cheers
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I will have to agree with this. Luckily the guns are not highly prized valuables anyway, so finding guns in need of facelifts can be a fun hobby. Although I would definately appreciate a NIB Cooey, I would be so torn over using and enjoying it and not being able to shoot it. I recently let go a rare NIB Lakefield bolt action .22 smoothbore simply because I knew I would never use it. I figure I'd let it go to someone who would appreciate it more for what it was.
 
1963beretta said:
I will have to agree with this. Luckily the guns are not highly prized valuables anyway, so finding guns in need of facelifts can be a fun hobby. Although I would definately appreciate a NIB Cooey, I would be so torn over using and enjoying it and not being able to shoot it. I recently let go a rare NIB Lakefield bolt action .22 smoothbore simply because I knew I would never use it. I figure I'd let it go to someone who would appreciate it more for what it was.
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Just thinking about this it would be over 35 years since I even seen a cooey shotgun box and that came on a 20ga I bought which I resold some time later
Wonder if any members has one to share a pic
My 16ga is unfired but no box
Cheers
 
3macs1 said:
Just thinking about this it would be over 35 years since I even seen a cooey shotgun box and that came on a 20ga I bought which I resold some time later
Wonder if any members has one to share a pic
My 16ga is unfired but no box
Cheers
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There were recently a few Cooey .22's that were NIB that sold on the EE. The rifles sold for a decent amount if I recall correctly. wanted to pull the trigger on one of them, but someone beat me to the punch....probably better that way!
 
1963beretta said:
There were recently a few Cooey .22's that were NIB that sold on the EE. The rifles sold for a decent amount if I recall correctly. wanted to pull the trigger on one of them, but someone beat me to the punch....probably better that way!
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Cool. I don't follow the others but have never seen a cooey shotgun 84 or 840 in the box so far on the EE
Not really a 22 guy. Have a few probally just to say I have some but not many . One old cooey 39 I believe and some remingtons
Cheers
 
I guess people who purchased Cooey 84's were everyday people requiring a tool that put food on the table. As said so often, Cooey's were utilitarian guns, and utilitarian usually doesnt translate into collectors pieces. They were guns that were purchased and put to work.
 
1963beretta said:
I guess people who purchased Cooey 84's were everyday people requiring a tool that put food on the table. As said so often, Cooey's were utilitarian guns, and utilitarian usually doesnt translate into collectors pieces. They were guns that were purchased and put to work.
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People are collecting them now. Lots of 84's were never used to any extent and there are still some really nice ones available. My gunner buddy and I get tables at guns shows. We sell every Cooey of any type that we get, and people are always asking about Cooey shotguns.

I often remind my buddy that we can't do the other guy's thinking for him. It is tricky to pin it down, but there is something nice about having a good old Cooey shotgun in your hands. People who buy them from us are always tickled pink.
 
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