Cooey .25 calibre

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Hi:
I'm from the states and am a police officer. I just acquired a 25 calibre Eatonia bolt action rifle. I know very little about it and was hoping someone could help. I was told that it was actually made by Cooey for the Eaton department stores. Is that true?

How old is this gun? What does the ammunition look like? Was Cooey bought out by Winchester? What's the value of a gun like this? (I realize condition is a big part of it) I've never seen one of these and it's an iteresting little gun. Thanks.
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Neat looking gun. I do know that it was made for Eaton's by Cooey. Eaton's had quite a little gun business going on. Mail order joy for kids and rural folk all over the country. Don't know much more to tell you, but hold on, the real pro's are gonna start chiming in here real soon.
 
"...for the Eaton department stores..." Likely. Eaton's was a huge, nationwide, chain of department stores that did a great deal of catalogue sales, at one time.
"...Cooey bought out by Winchester?..." Yep. Long ago. The plant was in Coburg, Ontario. Winchester closed it not long after our idiot government's first batch of really stupid, oppressive, gun laws came into force in 1978.
Your rifle is most probably a .25 rimfire. No ammo is available except for collector stuff. Haven't a clue what it'd be worth. Wouldn't be the same, Stateside, anyway.
 
Looks very similar to the 22 calibres sold with the Eatonia name by Eaton's.
Their lowest priced model was what they called a "Rabbit Rifle." In the 1930s it sold in the catalogue for $4.95, and Eaton's gave free delivery to your post office.
I THINK, it was marked RABBIT RIFLE, right on the barrel. I also do not think it had Eatonia, rolled onto the barrel.
I do know it gave a lot of joy to an awful lot of boys in the boondocks of Canada, in the dreadful 1930s. Of course, every homesteader had a 22 rifle, and this little one was often the farm families 22.
 
No expert but do have the "book".

Looks like the Eaton version of the Canuck. Could be 1923 to 1929 during which time these were made in Toronto (believe it or not, guns made in TO).

Number of different variations depending on year of manufacture - the round bolt on yours suggests 1926 or later.

1961 bought by Olin/Winchester, shuttered in 1979.
 
"...guns made in TO..." Lots of firearms have been made in TO. Not just Inglis' either. At one time there were several manufacturer's in TO. None of the big names though. Canadian Arsenals - Longbranch was across a wee creek from Etobicoke too.
 
sunray said:
"...guns made in TO..." Lots of firearms have been made in TO. Not just Inglis' either. At one time there were several manufacturer's in TO. None of the big names though. Canadian Arsenals - Longbranch was across a wee creek from Etobicoke too.
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Para-Ordnance is building very fine pistols in Toronto. (Scarborough)
 
25 rimfire is still available at gun shows. Going rate north of the border is $50 for a box of 50. Loose shells are usually about 75 cents each.

I have the same Eatonia rifle you do, and one in .22 as well. I bought a box of shells off this board for the .25 but have yet to fire it - they are made by Dominion and are copper casings with a flat nose lead bullet.
 
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