I just acquired an old, beat-up Cooey 64A without a mag. From old posts I see that the original was a F***ing plastic mag. I have a Remington Mohawk 10C with a plastic mag and I really hate it. Does the Cooey come with plastic and is there a conversion to metal?
Cooey .22 cal 64A mags
- Thread starter Geoff B
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If the mag housing is metal and totally encloses the mag it has been converted to the metal ( pot metal) mag. The back of the plastic mags slide up a spine of metal and were locked in place some how. A mag housing off of a model 64B will fit and conversions are around which will allow the Metal Cooey 64B, the Lakefield 64B, and now thw Savage 64 model, mags to fit( sometimes with a little filing because it is 3 different manufacturers and maybe 50 years of different products. Put a "WANT TO BUY" on the "equipment exchange" for a "COOEY MODEL 64B MAG HOUSING AND/OR MAGS IF POSSIBLE" see what happens. To replace you remove the stock then remove 3or4 screws substitute the new part and reassemble.
I have a Winchester 64 with the plastic mag as well. (Oddly I have a Remington Mohawk 10C as well. Creepy) The plastic didn't bother me until I notices it was starting to crack. It still feeds okay but I was hoping for a conversion of sorts.
Thanks BEARMAN
Thanks BEARMAN
gunasauras
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- Western Manitoba
Yup, Savage manufactures them now....but you still need the mag housing conversion to utilise them.....they will not work in a 64A without it....Armament said:
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
I just finished doing this. I had a real nice 64A but plastic mag had some feeding issues and was cracked so picked up a metal 64b mag housing and mag from another CGN'er here. Wasn't quite "drop in" due to the mag housing front lip being stopped by the barrel/receiver clamp. I just filed it off and it sits in nice. I still get a few jams but its better than before.
Tip: get some snap-caps and cycle them through to ensure good extraction and chambering before you actually fire it. I've had a couple out-of-chamber firings
due to extraction/feeding issue where the cartridge gets pinched sideways while chambering by the bolt and POW! A little scary.... Anyway else ever had that happen?
Tip: get some snap-caps and cycle them through to ensure good extraction and chambering before you actually fire it. I've had a couple out-of-chamber firings
due to extraction/feeding issue where the cartridge gets pinched sideways while chambering by the bolt and POW! A little scary.... Anyway else ever had that happen?
