Cooey Rimfire gunsmith

OkayShooter

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Does anyone know someone, that can work on a Cooey single shot rimfire and do the following work?

Mod the bolt to #### on close, and do a little trigger job, drop it around 2.5-3#?

Thanks
 
There are certainly smiths who could... but be prepared to pay more than what the gun is worth. Most smiths charge around $100/hour for labor these days.

If you're on the East Coast, try reaching our to Brian Densmore Firearms. Might be able to handle that request.
 
I doubt there is anyone who would tackle the bolt alteration you want done... or if it is even possible...

Buy a rifle with the features you want... Cooeys at best are a bottom dollar rifle.
 
guntech said:
I doubt there is anyone who would tackle the bolt alteration you want done... or if it is even possible...

Buy a rifle with the features you want... Cooeys at best are a bottom dollar rifle.
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What is the fun in that? The mod has been done, or else I would not have brought it up.

grauhanen said:
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Why bother commenting? Sorry my choice of firearm isn't up to your standard.
 
I doubt there is anyone who would tackle the bolt alteration you want done... or if it is even possible...

OkayShooter said:
What is the fun in that? The mod has been done, or else I would not have brought it up.
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised that that modification has been done... Cooey's have been around basically forever... and at such low cost it didn't matter if a few got screwed over and scrapped...

Good luck with your project. Post with pictures if you are successful.
 
OkayShooter said:
Why bother commenting? Sorry my choice of firearm isn't up to your standard.
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While "..." doesn't amount to a comment, immediately after posting I reconsidered what I had written. It may not have been entirely accurate so I removed it to avoid misleading anyone. Why would you think I might have issue with your choice of a firearm? My first and second .22's were Cooey rifles. You don't owe me an apology. I should offer you an apology for for inadvertently causing you unnecessary concern.
 
guntech said:
I doubt there is anyone who would tackle the bolt alteration you want done... or if it is even possible...

Buy a rifle with the features you want... Cooeys at best are a bottom dollar rifle.
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All it takes is a couple strokes of a file to do the #### on close. You are just cutting off the ramp that prevents the sear from engaging as the bolt goes forward. Pretty obvious, if you get a bolt from a Cooey in front of you. To make it have to be manually cocked each shot, they placed a second ramp mirroring the one at the sear, on the front section of the bolt. Safety issues? Dunno. No less safe than all the other #### on close .22's out there. With no other safety on it, the user must keep it in mind that the gun is hot, as soon as the bolt is closed.

I'm gonna say that the smart money is to do it yourself, to the OP.

Triggers are another DIY type job worth sitting down at the bench and doing yourself. Start with fiddling with different springs. Might be all it takes. If you are comfortable with a Dremel Tool, a hard fiber disk and some polishing compound, and a really light touch, and you can remove any roughness from the working face of the sear and the bolt. Just enough to polish, not move a bunch of metal. Otherwise, it's a process of carefully removing a bit of metal with files or stones, assisted by some bits of straight metal on either side of the work, to act as guides for your metal removal.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
It's a safety feature when you come down to it, I wouldn't mess with it.

Grizz
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Like said, no less safe than other #### on close rifles. I don't hunt with it. I still have the option to de #### it. Again no less safe than dropping the hammer on a semi auto without a decocker.

I did find someone willing to exchange bolts, that was modified to #### on close.
 
guntech said:
I doubt there is anyone who would tackle the bolt alteration you want done... or if it is even possible...

Buy a rifle with the features you want... Cooeys at best are a bottom dollar rifle.
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They were a bottom dollar rifle . now they have gone up like anything else out there . I like them the way they are . and best of all they were made here . and reliable to boot . to the OP I don't know anyone in your neck of the woods who could do that work . there is a gentleman who posted how to do it on here . for the initial cost of one of those rifles I'd ask the gentleman on this page how to do it correctly . and do it myself .
 
Easily done with a file. Must be done in a bench vice. Pull the bolt into the "cocked" position and hold it open with something so you don't accidentally file the sear engagement, and continue the existing flat to the back of the bolt body. In the same setup, use a small very very fine knife sharpening stone to carefully polish the sear engagement surface, making sure it stays perfectly flat. Dremel tools will absolutely #### this up. Tiny polishing stones are easily bought on any of the cheap import sites like AliExpress for the knockoff edgepro systems, should only cost 3 or 4 bucks. Even if you're going slow shouldn't take you more than an hour.
 
traq said:
Easily done with a file. Must be done in a bench vice. Pull the bolt into the "cocked" position and hold it open with something so you don't accidentally file the sear engagement, and continue the existing flat to the back of the bolt body. In the same setup, use a small very very fine knife sharpening stone to carefully polish the sear engagement surface, making sure it stays perfectly flat. Dremel tools will absolutely #### this up. Tiny polishing stones are easily bought on any of the cheap import sites like AliExpress for the knockoff edgepro systems, should only cost 3 or 4 bucks. Even if you're going slow shouldn't take you more than an hour.
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The Cooey rifles I dealt with had a rounded surface on the bolt side of the sear, and a rounded notch in the trigger, so mileage may vary and all that. Simply smoothing out the two has made a difference.
I still think the spring is a good place to start though, cheap to try, and reversible.

I like my Dremel, it has it's place! :)

A bit of plain leather glued on a stick can make a decent polishing tool, if power tools are out, though. Whatever abrasives you use, it's still good to jig up a guide system of some sort, if your technique is perhaps, uncertain!
 
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