Another old Cooey 82 thread

[RussellDyck]

So, ever since I first saw pictures of the Cooey model 82 up on teh interwebz years a go I knew I had to have one for my self.
Then this weekend came and the gun show in Grande Prairie started up, met up with a fella that was looking for some M1 parts that I had, to finish a project and he had a Cooey 82, two actually.
We struck up a trade and one of those old Cooey"s came home with me

It is missing the peep site but everything else is in great shape, the bore looks like it just came out of the factory
There is a number stamped on the bottom of the pistol grip on the stock and a inspectors numbered mark with a C Broad arrow.




Now the model 60 that I picked up four years ago wont be lonely anymore, the start of a nice collection.


I tried a few rounds through it last night after I got home, mostly to check function. My next trip up to Peace River I will have to make a detour to the range to try out this old Cooey more thoroughly.

 

[Magellann]

Nice gun, They shoot very well. I have one with the peep sight, but unless you have good eyes the aperture is so small its very difficult to see through.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Nice old guns..it's how a lot of us started out shooting with

 

[ChiliDawg]

I've got one just as nice as yours. It's a tack driver with the peep sight.

 

[gunsaholic]

Very nice example of Canadian firearms history.

 

[RussellDyck]

I'm keeping an eye open for peep sight, would be nice to get one sooner rather than later but not much one can do about.
It will be interesting to see how well this old Cooey can shoot.
It's be a good four years since I last did any shooting with a .22 and then it was with the Cooey 60 in that picture above a few months after I purchased it from a friend.
The few rounds I did do showed me some small mistakes I have been making so spending at least a few weekends with the new to me Cooey should help get me back on track....... I hope haha

 

[wayupnorth]

ive got one as well that has been passed down through my family and its a tack driver.
my grandfather 'acquired it' sometime in or after WWII and gave it to my dad years later who in turn gave it to me a couple years back.
unlike most of the 82's ive seen this one spent 40 years on the farm plugging anything that threw a shadow and moved.
one day im gonna pick up a restored one to show off but the one i have will never leave my family and i intend to give it to one of my kids when they are older.
fantastic guns, great part of Canadian history.
with that number on the bottom side yours was definatlly a military/cadet trainer which adds to the history of it.

here is my old brute.
damn thing shoots straighter then i do!