Cooey Ace .22

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Hey guys.

Recently Acquired an old Cooey Ace from my father. It was his back in the day and i'm looking into restoring it into a like-new condition. So I plan on rebluing the barrel and receiver, fixing a few parts as well as refinishing the stock.

Can call this a project thread of sorts shortly.

Anyway, I have some questions for you guys. What year were the original "Ace" models produced? I can't seem to find anything on the Ace itself, just the Ace 1 and following models. Also, what of the Cooey .22 bolts are compatible with it? The extractor is sheered off, but it functions otherwise. I would love to replace it.

I'm just a bit nitpicky... I'd love to be able to just replace the extractor itself, but it seems the extractor itself is permanently affixed to the bolt assembly.

Another thing i'd like to tackle is reducing the pitting on the bores surface. I'm tempted to sandblast it to get rid of most of the material within the pitting, but we'll see. I'd like opinions from you guys before I start peeling at this thing.

Here are some photos.

"Out of the safe" condition:

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Cleaned up a bit of grime from the receiver and barrel. It's gone from being a brown looking metal to a nice silver again, aside from the pitting.

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Think sandblasting would be my best bet to clean this up?

Thanks.
 
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Four 0000 steel wool and oil.
If it were me, I'd clean and oil her all up and leave it alone.
Why take all the history off the old gal?
Sort of like giving a firearm Alzheimer's.
Just my opinion.
 
Nah, this is how the gun came out of the safe. So with that said, the stock is not matching to the rest of the gun? The triggerguard is made from plastic.

Do you have an image of what this thing should look like?
 
kamlooky said:
Four 0000 steel wool and oil.
If it were me, I'd clean and oil her all up and leave it alone.
Why take all the history off the old gal?
Sort of like giving a firearm Alzheimer's.
Just my opinion.
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i agree. i see both sides to it but i wouldnt go too too crazy
check out hte cooey restoration thread, its a sticky up top there ^^
 
Thanks for the replies. I'm just going to try and clean out the pitting the best I can and oil it up.

Any idea how the extractor is removed/reinstalled on these things?

Thanks!
 
Definately not the original stock or trigger guard. Below is a blurb from the net on replacing an extractor, if you find one. The gun may have a small bolt.


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Do you have a new or replacement extractor? It will be easier to describe if you have one in front of you. But I will try. To remove the broken extractor, with the bolt in a vice, slide a small screwdriver under the extractor from the front of the bolt, now try to get a pair of needle nose pliers in place of the screw driver because you have to lift a small amount and pull the extractor towards the front of the bolt. There is a small tab that locks the extractor to the bolt. Be careful you don't lift too much and snap it off shorter, which will make it very hard to remove. To replace. slide the end of the extractor into its hole then pushing against the edge of a wooden bench , push in and out a very slight amount to allow the locking or positioning pin to clear the front of the bolt , once it is clear you just push it in until it clicks into place. But don't bend it too much or it will snap. You may want to shape the nose of the extractor because I replaced one and it snapped of the tip after working the bolt a couple of times, it may have been just this one rifle but it happened.
 
Hmm, if thats the case. What does the original stock look like? I'd like to get this thing as close to the actual thing as possible.

Thanks for the extractor replacement blurb. Thats a headache I won't have to worry about,
 
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Below is an Ace 1. There is the Ace 1,2 and 3. Some had different length barrels and different sights. The Ace2 is hard to come by. There was also an Ace Special which was a larger gun.


 
If you are refurbishing this firearm because it has sentimental value then have at 'er. I've had a couple of Cooeys, they're in the Cooey resto thread somewhere, and I love mine. While I did alot of cosmetic work to the one, other than shortening the barrel and re-crowning it, installing a second action screw to keep things nice and tight, and free floating the barrel in the fore end, I left the rest alone. They look great as they age and are accurate as well. No ground squirrel ever told me different!! ;-}
Cheers!!
 
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