The Cooey Make-Over Thread

[Blastattack]

...I tuned the trigger to a 1/2 lb...

How? Pics? Info? I have a 1945 Model 600 that could use a lightening.

 

[lawn gnome]

I just spent the afternoon using 1850 stripper on a SureShot (75).
It was just like the audience on wheel of Fortune,,, "ooooooh, walnut, aaahhhhhh!"
I didn't appreciate it until I put on that first layer of tung oil.

Yes sir, I will do my best to give her a good half dozen treatments more of tung oil. Any special secrets about working in the tung oil?
Just oil, let stand ten to fifteen minutes and rub???

All the same it was an enjoyable afternoon.

 

[snipersyn]

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[gunsaholic]

I just spent the afternoon using 1850 stripper on a SureShot (75).
It was just like the audience on wheel of Fortune,,, "ooooooh, walnut, aaahhhhhh!"
I didn't appreciate it until I put on that first layer of tung oil.

Yes sir, I will do my best to give her a good half dozen treatments more of tung oil. Any special secrets about working in the tung oil?
Just oil, let stand ten to fifteen minutes and rub???

All the same it was an enjoyable afternoon.

I use a small piece of lint free cloth and apply the tung oil. I rub it in and let stand for about 10 minutes and wipe off the excess. I let stand until dry and buff lightly with 0000 steel wool. Make sure no slivers of steel wool are left on the stock and apply another coat. Depending on how shiny of a finish I want, I sometimes do not wipe off the last coat or two. Some people also apply the oil with their fingers and rub it in until it feels sticky.

 

[mikeystew]

I'm a rub it in with my fingers guy. I just deeply massage it in straight lines until I can feel it getting really thin and warm. I find it much easier to get a nice smooth look that way.

 

[lawn gnome]

Thanks Guns and Mikey. Lather away I go.

 

[Oddbawl]

Model 75 #1, to be completed before I start #2 no matter what. No starting a project before finishing the first one. Nope.
And so begins another project investing time and effort well beyond any value that could ever be attained in the rifle being rescued...
Prettyifying of the bolt.
Stock comes next, bead blast and rust blue of the action coming soon...

 

[hometownhero]

Model 75 #1, to be completed before I start #2 no matter what. No starting a project before finishing the first one. Nope.
And so begins another project investing time and effort well beyond any value that could ever be attained in the rifle being rescued...
Prettyifying of the bolt.
Stock comes next, bead blast and rust blue of the action coming soon...

Bolt looks amazing. Kinda with I could find a junker and had some talent to attempt this kinda thing

 

[Oddbawl]

Bolt looks amazing. Kinda with I could find a junker and had some talent to attempt this kinda thing

No real talent required, just a bit of research, time and effort.
None of this is rocket surgery. Give it a go. At best, you get a looker of a rifle. And worst, you made a cheap rifle uglier.

 

[lawn gnome]

I have come to discover Cooeys rather late in life,
and am currently enjoying my third or fourth childhood with them tremendously.


I have also come to the realization, that watching tung oil dry on walnut is exciting.

So, I suppose this is the thread for me.

 

[gunsaholic]

I have also come to the realization, that watching tung oil dry on walnut is exciting.

Almost as fun as pure linseed oil! You need to make yourself a heat box.

 

[snipersyn]

Model 75 #1, to be completed before I start #2 no matter what. No starting a project before finishing the first one. Nope.
And so begins another project investing time and effort well beyond any value that could ever be attained in the rifle being rescued...
Prettyifying of the bolt.
Stock comes next, bead blast and rust blue of the action coming soon...

That looks bloody gorgeous. Is that just a sanding technique that could be replicated with a rotary tool? Pardon the ignorance.

 

[Oddbawl]

That looks bloody gorgeous. Is that just a sanding technique that could be replicated with a rotary tool? Pardon the ignorance.

Ignorance? Come now. Not a bad question at all. Drill press, cross slide vice a brass bristle brush and too much time on my hands. Look up "bolt jeweling " on youtube...
I'm addicted. I jewel any shining surface I see theses days...

 

[hometownhero]

That razor looks great. I would try that with my old type but an scared to becaue I use it to much. A fat boy would look great like that

 

[Swiend]

Rifle looks great, what scope rail is that?

Anyone know what model of scope mount this is?

 

[Oddbawl]

That razor looks great. I would try that with my old type but an scared to becaue I use it to much. A fat boy would look great like that

As long as you aren't too aggressive with it, it'll polish out fairly easily if you don't like it.

 

[hometownhero]

As long as you aren't too aggressive with it, it'll polish out fairly easily if you don't like it.

I would be worried about the nickel plating. I will have to give it a try on something though for sure

 

[Thunderbolt&Lightfoot]

Anyone know what model of scope mount this is?

I think it's a 10/22 type rail/mount.

 

[flatlandsninja]

I've got a few cooeys that I've been planing on cleaning up.

Winter projects!!!!

 

[Swiend]

I think it's a 10/22 type rail/mount.

Cool, thanks!