Anyone do some serious collecting of these? I’m not a shotgun guy per say; but these seem to be multiplying in my safe. The latest one is a 62### serial model 73 I think. Same price and I expect to be better quality that the Turkish options.
Break action Cooey shotguns
- Thread starter emerson
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- Location
- Western Manitoba
Some time ago (Feb. 2020), on CGN EE, I bought a Winchester-Cooey Model 840 in 28 gauge for the Grandson - at that time, I came to the impression that "Model 84" was made by Cooey, whereas "Model 840" was made by Winchester-Cooey - both made in Cobourg, Ontario. Sort of like Cooey Model 60 and Winchester-Cooey Model 600. They are what they are - I found the barrel walls on that 28 gauge were very thick - I think outside dimension same as 12 gauge barrel through the fore-arm - so was likely heavier gun weight than when in 12 gauge - but apparently used same frame, fore-arm, etc. regardless of gauge. I think the .410 were different (smaller) size.
maple_leaf_eh
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The Cooey line has some interesting off shoots. I have a square card table labelled Cooey. The company also did conversions for Eatons. There is a lot to learn about their work and their production. Strictly to markings, Cooey and Winchester marked guns will be more desireable than one or the other, simply because that narrows the date and circumstances to a short period on the company history.
Brutus
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The fine Cooey is a pretty stout beast. Working man's gun in NS during the 1960s-70s. 12 gauge for dad & 20 gauge for son.
Myself I prefer the H&R shotguns because the proportional frame size to gauge & the longer, narrower fore end.
Myself I prefer the H&R shotguns because the proportional frame size to gauge & the longer, narrower fore end.
1963beretta
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- Vaughan, Ontario
Yup, they do tend to multiply…….
While I am not a collector of these single shots, I have had a couple Model 84s in .410 and 28 ga. They now belong to my mother and daughter, respectively.
I have a Winchester Model 37A in 28 ga that was built in the same plant. It definitely has a heavier barrel and weighs more than the Cooey's.
Personally, I prefer the Cooey 84 to the 840...just cleaner lines and stock configuration IMHO.
My wife had a Cooey 84 12 ga w/ 30" Full choke barrel from after her father passed...supposedly the harshest kicking gun anyone who shot it claimed...she gave it to her nephew for farm protection duty.
When I was a kid on my grandparents farm, Grandpa bought us kids a Winchester Model 37A in .410 to learn to shoot and hunt grouse and snowshoe hares with. Hunted the farm and neighbouring woods a lot with that .410! Always brought home meat.
And I guess I prefer the Win Model 37A to the Cooey, but just because that was the shotgun I grew up with.
Considered picking up a 37A in 20ga...but passed as the 28 ga is plenty for ruffies
I have bought the steel replacement for the plastic piece at the front of the action for all of these shotguns.
I have a Winchester Model 37A in 28 ga that was built in the same plant. It definitely has a heavier barrel and weighs more than the Cooey's.
Personally, I prefer the Cooey 84 to the 840...just cleaner lines and stock configuration IMHO.
My wife had a Cooey 84 12 ga w/ 30" Full choke barrel from after her father passed...supposedly the harshest kicking gun anyone who shot it claimed...she gave it to her nephew for farm protection duty.
When I was a kid on my grandparents farm, Grandpa bought us kids a Winchester Model 37A in .410 to learn to shoot and hunt grouse and snowshoe hares with. Hunted the farm and neighbouring woods a lot with that .410! Always brought home meat.
And I guess I prefer the Win Model 37A to the Cooey, but just because that was the shotgun I grew up with.
Considered picking up a 37A in 20ga...but passed as the 28 ga is plenty for ruffies
I have bought the steel replacement for the plastic piece at the front of the action for all of these shotguns.
The Cooey card tables and chairs are made by a relative of the Cooey that made the guns. Took me 40 years to finally find a 410 and then just got the other gauges the 28 gauge was worth more then two of the others almost.
I have inherited a Cooey 84 .410. I need some wood for it. If anyone has ideas for that please let me know. Was Dad’s and I would love to replace the wood and pass it along to my Son who never met his Grandfather.
Killed a pile of grouse with it as a kid with Dad but the wood suffer horribly over the year and it is no longer safe to shoot.
Killed a pile of grouse with it as a kid with Dad but the wood suffer horribly over the year and it is no longer safe to shoot.
Is the wood the same as other gauges? Maybe those with larger collections will comment. If it is, I would buy a sacrificial shotgun to get my heirloom shooting again.
1963beretta
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- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario
Yes, they are all the same. Stocks, receiver, and forearms. The only thing that is different on the forearms is the barrel channel cutout. It would obviously be a larger channel on the larger gauges
- Location
- Western Manitoba
1963beretta - I think your information source is different than mine - I've only owned a Winchester-Cooey Model 840, not a Cooey 84 - go to Numrich - mostly showing "Out of Stock" for many of those parts, but not all - for Model 840 they list forearms for 28, 20, 16 and 12 gauge as same part number - but different part number for .410. Seems to be same part number listed for all butt stocks, though - they don't separate those by gauge - although they do separate out a "Youth" butt stock. Based on what I saw on the 840 that was here, as if they made the outside of the barrel on 28, 20, and 16 gauge the same size as 12 gauge - at least through the fore-arm area - much thicker walls on 28 gauge, then normally seen on most other shotguns, except for the .410, I presume. I guess I was assuming that Cooey did the same with their Model 84, before Winchester bought them.
ebrand - depending what you have for resources and skills, it would not be impossible to make replacements, especially if you already have originals and all the fittings for them.
ebrand - depending what you have for resources and skills, it would not be impossible to make replacements, especially if you already have originals and all the fittings for them.
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redbirddog
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- Location
- Maple Syrup land Ontario
I have a few (410 ,20 and12)...but man a 28ga would be sweet
I remember Eaton's sold a Cooey clone under the brand name 'Ranger' and Rangers were widely owned when I was growing up, thanks to the catalogue I'm sure. I could never see a difference between one of those and a Cooey shotgun, would they have been the same thing with a different stamp I wonder?
That was always their big flaw, I thought. They were made to shoot like rifles and not like shotguns and you were really handicapping yourself wingshooting with one. Plus they were really light in weight and a whole lot of the shot shell energy got transferred right into the shooter's shoulder.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Truth, I put a couple 3” mag Imperial #5 or #6 12g shells through mine and man did it kick like a mule. I’m pretty recoil insensitive but that was pushing it, won’t be doing that again anytime soon lol.
