Cooey Collectors ?

[3macs1]

Anybody who pays more than $100.00 for any kind of Cooey must have considerably more money than brains!!

Or more brains and knowledge than most. Show me a gun you paid $59 bucks for new and resold for $500 as I did last year with a cooey model 84 and probaly could have got more if I listed it
Some are good investments

Cheers

 

[kjohn]

I must have missed the part where it says "collectors" can only be old guys wearing expensive clothes, and who ignore everybody in a social setting such as a gun show, speaking only with their old cronies.

Where do we apply for the privilege of calling ourselves a collector? Can collectors only collect real expensive, rare stuff? I have six or seven SKS's at home that likely won't be fired, by me anyway. Each is different from the others. I also have some uncommon rifles of military heritage, and a few rare, expensive rifles, also of military heritage.

To the Cooey collectors - have at it. I would love to get into some of the gun rooms around the country and look at those Cooeys. I appreciate your interest and zeal. Heck, I guess there are people who collect rocks, too!

 

[m12man]

Or more brains and knowledge than most. Show me a gun you paid $59 bucks for new and resold for $500 as I did last year with a cooey model 84 and probaly could have got more if I listed it
Some are good investments.

I think with that statement you are at the end of the gangplank heading for deep water lol!!

 

[stampede]

I am very happily in the 21st century, as opposed to some who think these 1950,s budget specials are " collector " items, must be a lot of one table gun show people on here trying to glorify their " collector " guns to the very naive!

The quality of "budget specials" lies in how well they shoot. Some of the older Cooeys shoot very well indeed.

 

[3macs1]

Or more brains and knowledge than most. Show me a gun you paid $59 bucks for new and resold for $500 as I did last year with a cooey model 84 and probaly could have got more if I listed it
Some are good investments.

I think with that statement you are at the end of the gangplank heading for deep water lol!!

No you just don't have an understanding or clue what a NIB cooey model 84 in 28ga will bring today, and other than it was a good friend who wanted it for his collection I would have never let it go for that. My mistake was not salting away 50 or more of them at the time
Cheers

 

[Wishalot]

Not a collector myself - just like simple, tried and true, all purpose firearms that southpaws can use. Personally, I am in the group that puts the value of these practical, proven shotguns from Cooey ( a la model 84, model 840 Winchester Cobourg gems) at $150 -$200. Hey! Your Grandpas used these things and if you are fortunate enough to be a Grandpa you can still use 'em.

 

[SuperCub]

Anybody who pays more than $100.00 for any kind of Cooey must have considerably more money than brains!!

$100 is the 10 years ago price. Like them or not, they don't make them anymore and don't go down in value.

 

[madashell]

I know nothing about Cooey's except they're Canadian.

And by the time I figure out what the good ones are to own, they will be too expensive to be a good buy any longer !

 

[BigUglyMan]

You could buy a ####load of Cooeys for the price of one fine Pre-64 M70.

 

[handofzeus]

Funny thing, I have 6 or 7 Cooeys and not one is a shotgun! Time to remedy that methinks.

 

[M12shooter]

Funny thing, I have 6 or 7 Cooeys and not one is a shotgun! Time to remedy that methinks.

Nice one...Cooey is kind of a colloquial term used by Canadians when referring to a bolt action 22 rimfire. A lot of kids...including myself learned to shoot with a "Cooey".. My first shotgun was an 84 16 gauge that my dad bought at a pawn shop for 18 bucks. It was choked tighter than a bulls ass in fly season and kicked like a mule. Great gun for a beginner...