Cooey bolt handle

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Grizzly Adams

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I'm curious, toying with the idea of making my own Cooey bolt from scratch, 1/2 In. cold rolled rod A simple machining job with the exception of the extractor and attaching the bolt handle as I see it. I've already managed to make a bastard version from some assorted parts, which works. I have a sample to work off, but I'm puzzled how the handle, locking lug is attached, it looks like some press work is involved.

Grizz
 
Early Cooeys had a female dovetail machined into the bolt, with a male dovetail on the root of the handle. After assembly, the joint was brazed and cleaned up. Later ones had a shallow recess milled into the body, with a corresponding peg on the handle root. This looked to be induction silver soldered. I suspect the former was stronger, the latter faster with less cleanup required.
The handle root was left a bit too wide, front to back, and the rear surface ws filed to allow the bolt to close and to set headspace. The bottom edge was beveled to assist in closing.
If you are going to duplicate the original extractor cut, you'll have to duplicate the extractor as well. These aren't readily available.
 
If your gonna do the set up for 1 bolt, might as well do 3-4 of them. if it all works out you can sell the extra and maybe go into business making them.
 
Leeper said:
That's a very un-Canadian thing to say, Dennis.
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guntech said:
The total Cooey line of .22's should be left to die... there are much better rifles out there...
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I have spent many hours trying to turn one of those sow's ears into a silk purse. I do feel like they serve a valuable purpose, though. They are something that an amateur can refinish and scrape away at until it's almost as bad as it was when it left the factory. A great gun to make mistakes on.
If there is a day where Cooey .22's don't exist anymore, I won't mourn their passing. They are truly awful.
 
tokguy said:
About hate on Cooeys... some are under the Winchester built label I understand
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Also built under one time by Lakefield, Mossberg and still made by Savage. (Savage 64)
Precision engineering and Cooey are rarely in the same sentence without the the word not.
 
Pardon me for taking this post a bit sideways but I want to put more of a bend on the bolt handle of my own Cooey in order for the gun to fit better in the case. After removing the internals from the bolt ( assuming I’m capable), will getting it red hot ruin anything? I’m not sure how the bolt handle is attached to the bolt.
 
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