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I would say that both are definitely Cooeys. The one has only a single trigger; chance are the other trigger has been removed. That did happen a lot and is the reason I had to buy a second one!

If you don't have them, you will need regular Carcano clips to load these. The Clip holds 6 rounds and you "shove it", literally, into the Magazine. It locks in place and has the feed-lips as part of it. When the last Cartridge leaves the Clip, the Clip leaves the rifle, falls out the open spot in the bottom of the Magazine and then you step on it and ruin it and they are hard to find. You protect your Clip with a strip of masking-tape across the bottom of the Magazine. The rifle loads instantly with 6 rounds and the rifle also may be unloaded in a flash: open the bolt, flip out the round in the chamber, press down on the top round in the mag, push the little button inside the triggerguard and the part-loaded clip is ejected upward.

These are a nice little rifle and they deserve MUCH better treatment than they get.

If you are handloading for one, try a very fast powder. I tried a modest charge of 4198 in a Carcano Carbine which was making huge fireballs and splitting eardrums and, suddenly, I had a nice little, well-behaved rifle which started shooting much better than it had been.

Learn something every day.
 
Thanks for the help smelie. I have fired both of them. Big bullet, small gun, very loud. I have had them for along time and enjoy shooting them. One thing that I have noticed is the receiver looks alot like a Remington 700, hum..... Again thanks for your help
 
Very informative thread - I have just started dabbling in reloading (with the help of an experienced old timer) for what was once my dads eatons special - somewhere along the line he had removed the one trigger but it fires great and we are experimenting with best loads and pressures on various size bullets. I had gotten a second one way back when which was used in a modelling class probably 30 years ago and subsequently had the bolt removed so I guess the naked model didn't go crazy and climb the clock tower. Was going to use as a parts gun but like the main one so much I have started to search for a bolt and maybe a few trigger parts. Any suggestions where one should start in Canada? Thanks
 
You have to apply to get into the Equipment Exchange, but as long as you aren't a total crook, they will let you in.

Takes a day or so.

Then you go into the Exchange for Military Surplus Rifles, into the PARTS department and put in a WTB (Want To Buy) ad for a Carcano bolt. Any Carcano bolt will do; Cooey did NO changes to the Bolts. Try for one with a bent handle; there were several million made with straight handles (old '91 and the '41s: TSs and Carbines all had bent bolts).

I got a second Cooey Carcano myself because on the first one the trigger mech was missing parts and I had no idea what they looked like..... except that they don't interchange with Carcano parts: custom job. So now I have more darned parts to make......

Damned things are almost as bad as Lee-Enfields! Sometimes when people talk about f****n' old army rifles, I think they must be right because the things just MULTIPLY until you have to buy a second house...... and then a third..... and a tent for yourself......

We're all crazy here, but we ARE having fun!

Welcome aboard!
 
Thanks Smellie - I'll start that process at EE. Funny you mention the Enfield - that project is on the horizon as well. I also agree with you that regardless of the varied opinions of the Carcano I have stumbled across (some based on fact, others not) it is a part of Canadian history and pretty interesting at that. The one piece I was wondering - Eatons had Cooey modify these back in the 30's (?) but who actually did the work as it is pretty high grade from what I can tell - I ran across something that indicated it may have happened in Austria by Steyr?
 
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