Cooey Interest???

[H4831]

And you can post the first comment that you did? I'd think that this lowly Cooey would have a rather postive spot in the H4831 family at this point.


In my first post I just realistically pointed out that Cooey were just ordinary, low priced and not high quality firearms.
I don't see how this has anything to do with sentimental values.
This lowly Cooey has a very important spot in the H4831 family historic gun collection.
It looks in exactly the same condition as it did when I purchased it for him new, just under fifty years ago.
When he was thirteen he went deer hunting with me and made a one shot, bang flop on a nice buck, with my Model 94, 30-30 he was carrying. I later gave him that pre 64 Winchester, again with a quality aperature sight.
A couple years ago he gave it to his son, to take on a deer hunt. When his son brought it home, it had a spot of mud on the stock.
Wow, did that son get a lecture on how to take care of rifles!

 

[Peterthiso]

HI
I am looking for a peep sight, mount and screw for my Cooey model 82
any one know where I can get one?

 

[ndb86]

HI
I am looking for a peep sight, mount and screw for my Cooey model 82
any one know where I can get one?

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[BCRider]

H4831, I see where you're coming from now and agree with you.

Nice story in that last post too!

 

[blasted_saber]

I love the old Cooey single shot shotguns. Got one in .410 and would like to add a 20g

They point wonderfully, carry great.

 

[Superbrad]

I cut my teeth on a 12 gauge single... the metal is purple.... I oiled it with chainsaw oil... lol.... every time I had it out it got oiled.....

 

[.45colt]

I'm only 40, but grew up with a Cooey - my grandfathers to be exact.

They are dirt simple, as reliable as the dawn and more accurate than most kids. Quite simply, they are the perfect 22 for the average person.

But that's just my opinion.

x 2

 

[Yogi05]

I still use my Model 39 on a very regular basis. When I just want to "zone out" and shoot for a couple hours.

My elderly uncle has a pristine mod60 that I'm hoping to get, but I suspect his son will get it. Hope he doesn't sell it like everything else he gets handed down, or if he does, he calls me first.

My uncle is nearly 80 yrs old and says he's not ready to part with it yet. Still has too much fun shooting groundhogs with it.

 

[cyclone]

I love seeing firearms made not only in Canada , but oh-so-close to (or even inside) Toronto !....

A reminder of times not all that long ago....

My father's side of the family came from the Russia/Poland area (so split the difference and call it the Ukraine ! ) around 1917, and my great-grandfather settled the family on a farm in Barrie (he was a blacksmith, and worked for the CNR - people there just lived on farm-sized spreads those days). Now, I knew some of my father's family served in WWII in the Canadian forces, but I wasn't aware of any "recreational shooters" in my family tree - until only recently, when my grandfather told me of the times he'd used to plink out on the family farm with a Cooey .22 !....

 

[Peterthiso]

I don't suppose one of you guys has as peep sight for a model 82 Cooey

 

[dr-snake]

i found a scope mount for my model 600 in a gun show in quebec last month but a peep sight, i don't know.

 

[MRFixIT]

I still have the model 60 cooey with 4x scope my grandfather gave me 40 odd years ago.

 

[heavyBullet]

I don't suppose one of you guys has as peep sight for a model 82 Cooey

Read post #43

 

[terrybeb]

I have my model 39 and model 600 with original 4x weaver scope and as new leather strap. might have to look for a shotgun to go with the set.

 

[Dominion Link]

I'm not certain how many Cooey's I have right now- probably about 10 I suppose. My coon gun is a Cooey Model 600, with a small red dot scope and a tactical flashlight mounted to the bottom of the forestock. It's a little rusty and beat up, but it will put 5 Remington Subsonics into a nickel sized hole at 25 yards. Perfect for head shots on coon and more than accurate enough for most shooters.

They a generally accurate, reliable and fun to shoot. Oh ya, they're part of our Canadian heritage too.

 

[Van Isle]

My Cooey is just shy of 100 years old. It was given to me by my father, and he had it given to him by his uncle, who had it given to him by his grandfather...It's reliable, accurate, great for introducing folks to firearms, and looks great. It's a century old piece of Canadiana and family history. What's not to like?

 

[BrotherRockeye]

reminds me of a comment my Uncle made when I showed him the mint 84 in 16ga I had...

he said "a buddy of mine collects Cooeys. He has some really nice ones. Some are worth upwards of $40"

 

[Luke_P]

I like my dads (i guess mine now) cooey, it was never cleaned in like forever its reasonably accurate, it works works works, don't care if its dropped, took it apart and cleaned it and oiled the stock and all that and my dad didn't even recognize it. Not being able to account to the prior history of a rem 700 220 swift and 870 12 before I had it I could be wrong but that old cooey has taken more animals then all me other guns combined and I bird hunt a fair bit.

and I am not old enough for it to be pure nostalgia(although partly for sure) I am only 29.

 

[NAA]

Cooey!

What is it with all the interest in .22 Cooeys?

I picked up a Cooey 600 awhile back.... my first Cooey in ~ 30 + years of firearms ownership.

Refinished the stock and scoped 'er up. She shoots like a champ.

Now I know what "all the interest in .22 Cooeys" is....

"Mfg by Winchester, Cobourg, Ont, Canada"


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NAA.

 

[20gaugepump]

cooey

I am looking for a model 84 cooey in 28 gauge.