Cooey 600 Canadian Centennial edition?

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Hi all,
I have a Cooey 600, that I can't find any information on.
This seems like your typical 600, with side scope mount & era correct scope.
However, the stock is stamped/engraved with a banner & a maple leaf... "1867 - Canadian Centennial - 1967"
Was this legit or did someone just add this themselves?
The interwebs have been no help...on to you for help.
I would appreciate anything you can tell me.

Thanks :)

 
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2 possibilities here in my opinion. Either it might have been a prototype that wasn't pursued or someone had it done. If these were available to the public they would have surfaced long ago.
 
Money Cop said:
Thnx gunsaholic.
Either way...there must be a great story behind it!
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No doubt there is and it would be nice to know. If only they could talk.
If it is indeed factory, you have a pretty rare rifle. Sadly, I doubt we will ever know for certain.
On that topic, I have a Winchester .22 prototype that was made in the Cooey factory for Eaton's 100th anniversary, 1869-1969. It never went into production so you never know.
 
Money Cop said:
How did you identify it & does it have a stamp/engraving on the buttstock?
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The gun I have is marked Made By Winchester on one side and the other side says Eaton's Of Canada 100th. anniversary, 1869-1969. The collector I got it from knew the history which helps a lot. It was a prototype made for Eaton's anniversary but for some reason was decided not to be put into production. It is the only one known to exist and I believe the only mannlicher .22 Winchester made.

 
Some of us may remember when Eatons and Simpson Sears garnered heavily for customers. They readily advertised guns in their advertisements. The Hudson's Bay Store was up there too as a big department store. Sadly they are gone now and a special gun like the one designed for Eatons and Centenial would not likely have sold more then several hundred. The important thing to note is the degree of consideration that went into these designs. We don't see this today which in some ways was more about the us world - rather then the me world.
 
Highwind said:
Some of us may remember when Eatons and Simpson Sears garnered heavily for customers. They readily advertised guns in their advertisements.
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Along with customer appreciation, the materials & workmanship are from a forgotten time. When you break one of these down, you see solid steel, actual welds, & hand peened pins. No mass produced-high-efficiency-short cuts. Just a well built Canadian icon that has passed the test of time. I doubt any of todays' products are still 100% operational in 75 years? That's why we love with these straight forward, well made, little rifles...
they're simply Canadian -unassuming, sturdy, dependable, enduring, & rugged -
 
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j_06 said:
A manlnlicher cooey 39! That's too cool.
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Another "added bonus", if you want to call it that, is the Buffalo Bill medallion in the stock. The Winchester 30-30 was also made in the Cobourg plant. In 1969 , the year this mannlicher .22 was made, they came out with the Buffalo Bill commemorative gun. Since this mannlicher was a prototype, someone decided to spruce it up with a Buffalo Bill medallion.
 


here is another.... So not a one off anyways... I'll keep looking :) edit - ha ha, seems im looking at the same fb post as others ...Im just a little behind now that I look at other posts....
 
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