Cooey 82s

[infideleggwelder]

so last week i was the bearer of bad news with the No4s. this week once again. walking by the gun plumber and he appeared to be repairing some rifles. they turned out to be Cooey 82s. they are being "reassembled" so that they can be sent off BERed. Beyond Economical Repair. he indicated that once he puts them back together, they are going to be destroyed. granted, they are in rough shape but at least 3 of the barrels i looked at were quite nice if dirty.no bolts were evident but i`m sure they are around in that workspace. i hope they end up at auction or something, but have my doubts. the picture of the stock, the barrels are actually just PVC pipe. the barrels laying on the work bench are being put back on the stocks.

 

[gunsaholic]

Too bad. There are a few dollars there just for the stocks and hardware.

 

[In The Black]

This is an evil place that you frequent....

ITB

 

[infideleggwelder]

yeah, i need to retire soon. i don`t like this place either

 

[Clayrod]

Where is this place? These are part of Canadian history and deserve better. I'd buy them all and find proper homes for them. Geez this truly makes me sad.

 

[mr.e moose]

Just another example of how our government nickel and dimes us to death. Instead of converting things that have value into $$ send them of to the smelter for a few pennies. "Just to make the world a safer place"
I try not to dwell on it to much because at my age I am afraid I might pop a blood vessel in my brain, something a politician doesn't have to worry about since few of them have one.
Gang bangers and ISIS are not in the market for Cooey .22's, and they rather have AK's instead of Enfields.

 

[infideleggwelder]

trust me, if i could have i`d have carried them all to safety. i`ve been looking for 1 Cooey 82 and when i find one i find 15. all of which no-one gets. its just a sad state of affairs.

 

[stencollector]

I was on a road move through MooseJaw some 15 years back. There were a bunch of cooey stocks there. The weapons tech explained that he was told to dispose of the rifles, so he tossed all the metalwork (barrels, receivers and bands) into the scrap metal bin, but was holding onto the stocks in case he had to prove they were scrapped. The wooden stocks, of course, have the serial number.

I believe the proper terminology for the cooey 82 in Cdn service is the C2B1. I have one downstairs that had the authorised modification to install a wooden magazine onto it so it would allow the FN drills to be performed with the Cooey.

 

[BlackPowderBurner]

Do you post this just to make my blood boil? What a damn shame.

 

[infideleggwelder]

Do you post this just to make my blood boil? What a damn shame.

no, just to bring attention to this type of activity. prior to 1995 this kind of thing rarely if ever happened, so i`m told. used rifles went to surplus to be sold. get back a bit of money. i have heard that some of the Rangers rifles will be surplussed, but also that many from this area will be passing thru this establishment to get some of the same Dr Moreau treatment. and i`m told that there is apparently more paperwork to deactivate than to simply surplus a rifle.

grief shared is easier to bear that solitary grief

 

[stencollector]

no, just to bring attention to this type of activity. prior to 1995 this kind of thing rarely if ever happened

I think you need to set your calendar back a little further. Sales of arms stopped pretty much in the late 60s, although crown assets still had that category on their menu into the early to mid 80s. I recall close to 300 Enfields coming over to Base Maint in Winnipeg that were in storage at Base Supply....all got the chop. The bolts came over about a year later for the same fate.

 

[green]

I think you need to set your calendar back a little further. Sales of arms stopped pretty much in the late 60s

Yes the govt had to do "something" to keep the FLQ terrorists from getting 22s.

 

[camster]

Having spent some time on 82 stock searches, I find this troublesome too.

 

[stencollector]

I recently picked up 3 or 4 stocks from the local military surplus scrapyard. They are still out in the shed waiting for warmer weather so I can clean them up.

I have seen plenty of the barrelled actions out at the scrapyard, usually with some level of torching on them.

 

[camster]

I'm just saddened, and it being tax time doesn't help. I'm going to pay into a nation that's destroying a viable source of income...

warning: applying logic to gov'mint expenditure during tax season may lead to alcohol abuse. Oh dear...booze is taxed in a big way, give me another shot.

 

[woodchopper]

some cadet corps were using them as drill rifles. I suspect that is where this batch came from. Someone suddenly realised that they were using rifles that were not deactivated and had them all returned.



I have one complete cooey 82 and one missing the rear sight, and a few spare parts kicking around.