Cooey model 60, .22 cal - rimfire cartridges..

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I have a question about my dad's old Cooey .22 cal rifle who were bought by winchester..
I would just like to verify what I found on the internet. There are no markings
to specify which rounds to use. But what I found was "short", "long" "long rifle".

In part I'm confused about is the grain on the box. They vary from 36 to 60..
Is that simply to measure how far your round may reach or its kenetic energy,
or can certain .22 calibre rifles only handle a certain grain?

I'm only looking for plinking, or target rounds for a beginer.
Thanks for your time
Geoff
 
The grains shown on the box are the weight, measured in "grains" of the bullet. Not of the entire cartridge, just the fired projectile itself.
Heavier grain bullets do not necessarily develop more speed, better ballistics or have heavier felt recoil.

Your Cooey 22 can shoot any kind of short, long and long rifle 22. In my humble opinion, if you have iron sights, just grab whatever ammo is cheapest! Winchester sells boxes of "333" or "555" which are usually very affordable, and accurate.

22 being so cheap, I suggest you buy 5 or 6 different types and try them out yourself. You can set up clays or old bottles, or paper targets, whatever you want. I like printable targets from the internet myself -
http://www.reloadbench.com/pdf.html

Have fun!
 
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my cooey 600, wich is almost the same of the 60 but a little younger, really don't like remington ammo(lost of misfire and jamming on bolt cycling) but i got great result with federal bulk.
 
it will feed any short long or long rifle ammo

common weights here is 36gr hollow points and 40gr soild for LR and 29gr for .22short i said weight as grain is a measuerment of weight 7000 grains to the pound
 
ty for the link.
Definitely worth printing some targets instead, some great and easy to use ones at that site.

I'll definitely look out for those kind of problems but there are plenty of choices to shoot with, and cheap way to target practice.
Thank you for verifying that. I wanted to make 100% sure before I tried loading it.
 
I thought it might be useful to keep the conversation going, because I have
some questions about storage.

I already own a gun safe, and a seperate one for ammo (yes, I already bought them)
I was wondering if a) its better to use a portable de-humidifier instead of decicants
b) should I put the rounds in another case, or use the box they came in?
 
It depends on where your case is. Does the temperature fluctuate a lot? Is it a damp environment? My case is in my basement which is climate controlled and dry and I don't use anything to control moisture with no problems yet. It could also depend on what your storing, I wouldnt be too concerned about cooeys, keep them oiled and when you come in let them warm up before you put them away. As far as storing your ammo, I would say that as long as you plan to use 22s in a year I'd leave it in the box, for longer than that or ammo that makes multiple trips into the field before being used I would transfer it to a jar or bottle, I use medicine bottles for the field. Just like 90% of the content on this forum the above statement is my opinion and only based on my experiences, make your own decisions.
 
freeballer said:
I thought it might be useful to keep the conversation going, because I have
some questions about storage.

I already own a gun safe, and a seperate one for ammo (yes, I already bought them)
I was wondering if a) its better to use a portable de-humidifier instead of decicants
b) should I put the rounds in another case, or use the box they came in?
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Ammo is in a "safe" or a "cabinet"?
In the event of a fire, I don't think I'd want to be around a safe full of ammo.
 
The temperature probably fluctuates because a max/min thermometer I put in around the cabinets had a wild spike between the two.
We keep a de-humidifier going during summer. So perhaps the R/H% is pretty low. Its in a basement, but in the same room as our
dryer/washer.. Not a heavily traffic'd area.

Its more of a Cabinet. There are holes to mount it ontop of the gun cabinet.
 
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