Cooey to Savage
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ESQ said:
There was a site I was looking at the other day that you could find which maker made the rifle by cross referencing the serial or model#, but I can't for the life of me find it now.
Maybe someone else has it bookmarked and can get it to you.
I posted that site earlier in the thread. Its e-gunparts.com and look on the right side of the page for cross reference. Thats shows all the house brands and actual makers of the various models of guns. Sears brand was on numerous makes.
Cheers
dB
Cheers
dB
superd222
CGN frequent flyer
Thanks for c.1850 tips !!!
Hi CyaN1de,
Thanks much for the Circa 1850 tips - as a matter of fact, I picked up a can tonight on the way home from work.
I have to clean-up the metal before I start on the wood - I have it ripped apart into many pieces now - maybe I'll take some pics of the stock before I attack it with the stripper!!!
Just curious, do you know how to raise dents in wood using steam?
Is is difficult? I'll ask my wood-smith when I see him soon - It will be worth figuring this out.
Thanks again - SD Dave
Hi CyaN1de,
Thanks much for the Circa 1850 tips - as a matter of fact, I picked up a can tonight on the way home from work.
I have to clean-up the metal before I start on the wood - I have it ripped apart into many pieces now - maybe I'll take some pics of the stock before I attack it with the stripper!!!
Just curious, do you know how to raise dents in wood using steam?
Is is difficult? I'll ask my wood-smith when I see him soon - It will be worth figuring this out.
Thanks again - SD Dave
superd222
CGN frequent flyer
BTW - CyaN1de - very nice work on the stock - it looks GREAT !!!
When you get it all done and put together, please show her off !!!!
Just applied first 'coat' of 1850......now I'm committed to this project !!!!
When you get it all done and put together, please show her off !!!!
Just applied first 'coat' of 1850......now I'm committed to this project !!!!
I just created an extended bolt handle for one of the cooey, so far so good
perhaps I will do to all of them .....
using a steel tube from an airgun's valve sleeve, JB weld and steel reinforced
epoxy putty and then close it up with a delrin cap.
perhaps I will do to all of them .....
using a steel tube from an airgun's valve sleeve, JB weld and steel reinforced
epoxy putty and then close it up with a delrin cap.
Sniper22 said:
You can make me one up while your at it
if they are not too heavy to let the bolt cycle Good job on the Walnut Stock BTW.
superd222 said:
What I did to take a few dents out of a table I refinished was to use a clothes iron, set fairly high, on a damp terry cloth rag (just the tip of the iron) did it in small steps to avoid scorching until the dent was raised up. I can't remember if I got them out 100% but I do know you couldn't tell where they were if you didn't know. You will undoubtedly raise the grain around the dent so some sanding will be required.
PM me if you have any questions, I'll be happy to help if I can.
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And for some good news on my behalf........ YAY
I think I finally figured out 90% of the FTL problem. When I took the gun apart to clean it I noticed that the back bolt holding the trigger assembly to the receiver was loose, so after cleaning I tightened the bolt and took the rifle out this past weekend (as per my earlier post). Well my buddy took it apart so I could refinish the stock and he found that the bolt was loose again. He applied some LocTite to it and we took it out after work today with 6 different Ammo's.
Federal Game Shok - No FTL's
American Eagles - A few FTL's in the Old Mag (New Mag worked flawlessly)
CCI Stingers - No FTL's (Loved these, wish they were the same price as the Eagles
)CCI Blasers - I think we had a couple FTL's with these (might have been the Old Mag) I am not 100% sure on these ones, I should have kept a log
Winchester Super X - No FTL's
Winchester Dynapoints (again) - No FTL's
I think I fell in love with this rifle all over again, I was getting quite deterred by the FTL's and was almost ready to put it to the EE.
daBear said:I posted that site earlier in the thread. Its e-gunparts.com and look on the right side of the page for cross reference. Thats shows all the house brands and actual makers of the various models of guns. Sears brand was on numerous makes.
Cheers
dB
Sorry daBear,
I couldn't remember what the site was, where I had seen it or who posted it, thanks for putting it up again.
superd222
CGN frequent flyer
dent removal
Hi CyaN1de,
Thank you for the dent-removal tip - this is great advice!!!
I thought that's how it was done - this tip confirms it, and then some - awesome!
I have the finish removed now - looks pretty good - not as many dents as it looked like with the old finish still on. The wood came out quite clean except for a few 'gray' areas that won't come clean with 1850. Maybe a light sand will clear this up.
I might float the barrel while I'm doing wood-work. This usually helps accuracy - any experience with floating Cooey 64 barrels.....anyone...???
Will keep working on it - and will post pics upon completion.
Thanks again for your help - DAVE
Hi CyaN1de,
Thank you for the dent-removal tip - this is great advice!!!
I thought that's how it was done - this tip confirms it, and then some - awesome!
I have the finish removed now - looks pretty good - not as many dents as it looked like with the old finish still on. The wood came out quite clean except for a few 'gray' areas that won't come clean with 1850. Maybe a light sand will clear this up.
I might float the barrel while I'm doing wood-work. This usually helps accuracy - any experience with floating Cooey 64 barrels.....anyone...???
Will keep working on it - and will post pics upon completion.
Thanks again for your help - DAVE
CyaN1de said:You can make me one up while your at it
Good job on the Walnut Stock BTW.
Thx.
I will test how the bolt works .....
The stock fits me very well, since it was built to fit ....and also the barrel
is floating ...
CyaN1de said:Federal Game Shok - No FTL's
American Eagles - A few FTL's in the Old Mag (New Mag worked flawlessly)
CCI Stingers - No FTL's (Loved these, wish they were the same price as the Eagles
CCI Blasers - I think we had a couple FTL's with these (might have been the Old Mag) I am not 100% sure on these ones, I should have kept a log
Winchester Super X - No FTL's
Winchester Dynapoints (again) - No FTL's
I think I fell in love with this rifle all over again, I was getting quite deterred by the FTL's and was almost ready to put it to the EE.
Excellent you found the problem ....
........ LOL ....... I just fell in love with six of them .... lol
superd222 said:Hi CyaN1de,
The wood came out quite clean except for a few 'gray' areas that won't come clean with 1850. Maybe a light sand will clear this up.
I might float the barrel while I'm doing wood-work. This usually helps accuracy - any experience with floating Cooey 64 barrels.....anyone...???
Will keep working on it - and will post pics upon completion.
Thanks again for your help - DAVE
If the gray areas are on the end grains, you'll turn the whole stock to sawdust trying to sand em out
(Shown in the Pic below)
I used a Palm Sander to get the bulk of the dirt off and hand sanded the tricky parts.
I have read people on here stating how they sand in stages from 120grit all the way up to 600grit sandpaper. Knowing how coatings work, polishing wood with anything more than 220grit is pointless and will make it so the coating has nothing to bite to. I used 120grit on mine and the fine side of a Med/Fine Sponge sander to finish it off and in between coats (found at any paint store ICI, General Paint, Benjamin Moore and even...UGH....Home Depot, just make sure to "Massage" the hard corners off before sticking it to your stock).
I ended up putting 2 coats of Laquer on it today rather than the Minwax Urethane as I needed a "Quick Dry" coat on it to go test out the rounds today. I am really happy with it, it looks awesome. After I coated it the first time with laquer, I sanded it down with the sponge sander, gave it a wipe with a terry cloth rag and it looked really nice (kinda like a satin finish) but after spraying on the final coat of Laquer I think I will leave it glossyish for now. I don't reccomend a High Gloss but that is purely preference unless you get every pit, dent and other bemish out of it as it will stick out like a sore thumb.
I have spent a good amount of time this evening "Fondling my Wood" in the garage
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superd222
CGN frequent flyer
Hi CyaN1de,
Thanks some more for the sanding tips - I agree that you need to leave a bit of 'tooth' in the wood so the finish has something to stick to.
The gray areas are the same on my stock - I won't try to sand them out now!!! I might try the Circa furniture cleaner on it to see what happens.
I used laquer on a stock one time - it worked great and was fast to dry - you definitely need a good prep job and a dust free envorinment before you shoot the laquer - I'll bet yours looks great!
Good luck with your testing! SD
Thanks some more for the sanding tips - I agree that you need to leave a bit of 'tooth' in the wood so the finish has something to stick to.
The gray areas are the same on my stock - I won't try to sand them out now!!! I might try the Circa furniture cleaner on it to see what happens.
I used laquer on a stock one time - it worked great and was fast to dry - you definitely need a good prep job and a dust free envorinment before you shoot the laquer - I'll bet yours looks great!
Good luck with your testing! SD
superd222 said:
I hand sanded the end grains as best I could, it now has a few sand marks in it if take a really good look at it but nothing some 220 couldn't take out if I was really anal about it. If any one gets their nose that close to it I'll just bump them in the forehead with the Butt. LOL
I used a spray can of Lacquer as the stock is small, and sprayed it on the bench standing on it's butt end on a piece of wood in the garage.
Going to the indoor range tonight so I will take a pic of it all together. I am still awaiting my PAL from the CFC so I can't bring it all home to take pics here, the working parts stay at my buddies place for now.
