Cooey Model 60

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Got this little gal from a Nutters here.
Spent some time with her today.
Cleaned her up some more.
Foung how the bolt comes out and gave it a good cleaning.
With the scope on there, the action is a bit stiff to manipulate
the bolt closed.
Would be hard for a small shooter or someone without forearm muscle.
I have read that things can be eased up a bit.
How does one go about this?
Put a lighter spring in the bolt?
Less stiff spring behind the trigger?
Great shooter, would like to ease the action up a bit.
Thanks.
 
Mine gets stiff if i don't get the tension right on the nut holding the magazine in. Under the stock takedown screw. You would have loosened it if you removed bolt...
 
Cooeys have a bit in common with a 303 Lee Enfield.
Both are simple, plain, strong, designed to be rolled around in the snow or dirt, but still would go bang when the trigger was pulled.
Don't expect them to be smooth, or easy to operate, just expect them to always work.
When I introduced my sons and grandsons to a 303 Lee Enfield, my first words were always, "Don't baby this thing." Grab the bolt like you mean it. Wham it open and slam it shut and it will work.
Think the same lines for a Cooey.
In my mind, Cooey and single shot go together, because the vast majority of them that I have seen, were single shot. In homestead days every settler and bush hometeader had a single shot 22 which he always carried with him, on foot or with the team and wagon/sleigh, wherever he went. They had many brand names on them, like Ranger, Eatonia, Hiawatha, Rabbit Rifle, etc, but I suppose they were nearly all just Cooeys.
They were a tool, to be used in helping to get food on the table or protecting the chickens from predators, and as such, were used like any other tool. Some were taken into the house at night, while others spent their life in a shed, or hanging in the little porch in the damp and/or cold.
But when they were needed, they always fired the 22 short that was constantly in the chamber. When a shot was fired, the chamber was immediately reloaded with another short, and it stayed there, regardless where the rifle went, or was stored, until it was again fired.
The stump farmers always had to clean the action of their big rifles in the late fall with kerosene, then leave it dry, so it would work to kill a moose in the bitter weather of January.
But their single shot 22 rifles were never cleaned, or "winterized," and they always worked, summer or winter.
 
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