Made a cooey rabbit model 75!

[Craig0ry]

And I cant even keep it!

A friend of mine gave me a rabbit(unkown make) to refinish and re blue, He said he was going to refinish the stock for it so I didnt get the whole rifle, Just barrel bolt and trigger gaurd.

So i just finished blueing it about an hour ago and wanted to shoot it, I noticed it was pretty much identical to a cooey except a shorter barrel and different bolt.

So I went downstairs took the barrel of my Model 75 and slapped the rabbit in the stock and fell in love! I dont want to give it back!

Just thought I would share

 

[cyclone]

Neat shot-barrel job !

 

[Cowboy]

That cooey rabbit with the short turned handle is one of the earlier models of bolts. Long before the rnd knob with 2 grooves cut in it-----Cowboy

 

[Craig0ry]

So the rabbit is made by cooey aswell? It doesnt say on it, I would sure like to find one

 

[Jahred.F]

They date to the 20s, as near as I can tell. I have the later, "round bolt knob" model. Its been in my family for 4 generations, as far as I know, possibly longer.

It looks great, what did yo use to blue it?

 

[gunsaholic]

Here is my Rabbit smooth bore. Notice how it looks like a kids "pop gun".

 

[cyclone]

Here is my Rabbit smooth bore. Notice how it looks like a kids "pop gun".

So you are the guy who can use .22 shotshells !

 

[Papaclaude]

So you are the guy who can use .22 shotshells !

I've got a little Stevens .22 shotgun. Smoothbore, bead sight. Had a heck of a time registering it, too. CFC were hell-bent on calling it a .22 rifle. I argued it's a .22 shotgun. They won, I lost, even though it's smoothbore, bead front sight. Oh well, what do I know?

 

[chalkriver]

That Rabbit looks just like my (soon to be grandsons ) cooey ace 1

...never heard of a cooey rabbit before

 

[Craig0ry]

They date to the 20s, as near as I can tell. I have the later, "round bolt knob" model. Its been in my family for 4 generations, as far as I know, possibly longer.

It looks great, what did yo use to blue it?

Just the outers blue fron crappy tire, Then I put it in the oven haha


And to chalkriver It doesnt say Cooey on it aywhere, Just Rabbit 22 Long Rifle

But I would sure like to find a rabbit or a Ace 1, If you guys know of any let me know

 

[gunsaholic]

That Rabbit looks just like my (soon to be grandsons ) cooey ace 1

...never heard of a cooey rabbit before

Actually your Ace is quite a bit different when you put them side by side. I have an Eatonia/Ace boys rifle and it has some shape/contour to the stock. The rabbit just looks like someone took a flat board and rounded the edges a bit to call it a stock. But that's the way they were made. Both it and the Eatonia , and my Canuck Jr. , are very small boys rifles.
And yes Papaclaude, mine is also registered as a .22 calibre rifle.

 

[gunsaholic]

CraigOry--I might have a line on a rabbit and Ace 1--pm sent