cooey model 60 with broken dovetail on tube attachment

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I have a sureshot 22 repeater a.k.a. A cooey model 60 rebranded for sears that has a loose tube. It's loose because the dovetail where it attaches has broken free. The gun is in decent s otherwise.

Does anyone know to fix it? I haven't been able to fin any information on it.
 
Is the bracket damaged, or is the barrel dovetail damaged?
If it is the former, that is easily replaced. If the latter, I would soft solder the bracket to the barrel.
 
seestheday said:
Wow, thanks for the offer. Do you think mine is damaged from the pic?
Is soft soldering just something I can do with my electronics soldering gun?
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Don't solder it. It is made so that it can easily be disassembled. The bracket looks okay. Try cleaning up the slot and bracket base, then use a center punch on both sides of the slot. This will close up the slot. With the bracket on the feed tube, drift it back together. You can use a couple of drops of red loctite and it should be good.
A loose feed tube bracket is very common.
 
The feed tube bracket on a model 60 is meant to be a little loose on the tube because the tube magazine slides back and forth as the action is worked.
 
catnip said:
The feed tube bracket on a model 60 is meant to be a little loose on the tube because the tube magazine slides back and forth as the action is worked.
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Almost. It is the feed tube itself that needs to have play. Too tight and it will bind, holding back the feed mechanism and therefore the bolt. Too loose and the bolt will disengage. The fit is adjusted by the lock bolt (the bolt that holds the stock on).
The bracket can be a bit loose so long as it does not readily come adrift.
I had the luck of touring the Cooey plant and was showen the assembly of various models of rifles.. Quite the fun tour.
 
points said:
Don't solder it. It is made so that it can easily be disassembled. The bracket looks okay. Try cleaning up the slot and bracket base, then use a center punch on both sides of the slot. This will close up the slot. With the bracket on the feed tube, drift it back together. You can use a couple of drops of red loctite and it should be good.
A loose feed tube bracket is very common.
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points said:
Almost. It is the feed tube itself that needs to have play. Too tight and it will bind, holding back the feed mechanism and therefore the bolt. Too loose and the bolt will disengage. The fit is adjusted by the lock bolt (the bolt that holds the stock on).
The bracket can be a bit loose so long as it does not readily come adrift.
I had the luck of touring the Cooey plant and was showen the assembly of various models of rifles.. Quite the fun tour.
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The photo the OP posted is of the front guide, not the rear bracket.
 
The dovetail in the barrel looks like it saw some hard action and it seems like it's damaged. Hard to say with all that crud in there. First thing is to chip out the junk glue used to try to make a repair. Then you can better assess the damage and which is the damaged part.

If the ears of the dovetail in the barrel have been chipped away then that's one thing and it'll be pretty major to fix. If they are just bent and bruised out to the sides you might be able to lightly peen them back into place enough to get it to hold the mounting clip. The clip looks a little like it's spread wider than it should be as well. If so then that's not helping either. But we're talking about some fussy sheet metal work to re-form it so it fits the dovetail in the barrel.

It's been too long since I worked on my own 60 to know if the front support could be soldered in place and still allow for proper disassembly. But if can be fixed then no, your electronics iron or gun won't do it. You'll need to use a propane torch to get the mass of the barrel hot enough for the solder to melt and flow. If you go that route be sure you remove the bluing in the joint area and use a good paste flux. Not the useless white stuff sold these days as "flux" which doesn't.
 
I had a big problem with mine feeding,and the culprit was the bracket attachment that was too loose.Once that was fixed,no more problems feeding
 
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