I have a Cooey 64 that has a broken (and also repaired) trigger guard. I also have a Sears Roebuck Model 6C that only has a small piece of it's trigger guard hanging onto one of the screws.
I sort of hate plastic in certain instances, and this is one of them.
Did a bit of Googling and also called Western Gun Parts. Doesn't seem to be a simple replacement for a simple part. Found it mentioned in a thread that making one is probably the cheapest and easiest, so I dove right in.
This is the trigger guard that I want to replace. I actually have this one still intact, but it will also get a new one made to replace it.
Found some appropriate sized scrap metal. I actually didn't decide to take any pictures until I basically had this thing made already, so bare with me as this example piece isn't the correct length.
Approximately 5/8" width, about what the metal trigger guard on the Cooey 60 is.
Also seems to be close enough in thickness to the Cooey 60 trigger guard. I think the one on the 60 measured to be .065", which could be due to a bit of a change in the contour from bending.
I used some real "precision" tools to get a good shape bent. I think that was 1" pipe, I honestly didn't even measure it as I just wanting something round to bend against.
Another precision tool. I needed a way to get a slight concave shape into the part that rests against the stock. Squeezing the flat piece between the round pipe and a piece of angle iron seemed to work perfectly. On the particular rifle I had to fit this new trigger guard to, the rear of the trigger guard needed to be contoured but the front was flat.
Holes drilled and countersunk for the screw heads.
Unfortunately, the rear screw goes straight down into the stock parallel with the front screw, whereas my new trigger guard would prefer a slight angle back toward the grip. I'm sure I could drill a new screw hole, and possibly have the hole in the trigger guard set back slightly further, to keep away from the first screw hole into the wood.
Another thing is that this metal trigger guard can now be countersunk into the stock quite easily.
For anyone who needs new trigger guards for Cooeys, it's easy to make. If you have a few basic hand tools and a grinder, you should be able to do it easily. I think I spent about an hour on this one and the metal was laying around anyways. So in the end, it cost me a bit of my time and not much else.
I sort of hate plastic in certain instances, and this is one of them.
Did a bit of Googling and also called Western Gun Parts. Doesn't seem to be a simple replacement for a simple part. Found it mentioned in a thread that making one is probably the cheapest and easiest, so I dove right in.
This is the trigger guard that I want to replace. I actually have this one still intact, but it will also get a new one made to replace it.
Found some appropriate sized scrap metal. I actually didn't decide to take any pictures until I basically had this thing made already, so bare with me as this example piece isn't the correct length.
Approximately 5/8" width, about what the metal trigger guard on the Cooey 60 is.
Also seems to be close enough in thickness to the Cooey 60 trigger guard. I think the one on the 60 measured to be .065", which could be due to a bit of a change in the contour from bending.
I used some real "precision" tools to get a good shape bent. I think that was 1" pipe, I honestly didn't even measure it as I just wanting something round to bend against.
Another precision tool. I needed a way to get a slight concave shape into the part that rests against the stock. Squeezing the flat piece between the round pipe and a piece of angle iron seemed to work perfectly. On the particular rifle I had to fit this new trigger guard to, the rear of the trigger guard needed to be contoured but the front was flat.
Holes drilled and countersunk for the screw heads.
Unfortunately, the rear screw goes straight down into the stock parallel with the front screw, whereas my new trigger guard would prefer a slight angle back toward the grip. I'm sure I could drill a new screw hole, and possibly have the hole in the trigger guard set back slightly further, to keep away from the first screw hole into the wood.
Another thing is that this metal trigger guard can now be countersunk into the stock quite easily.
For anyone who needs new trigger guards for Cooeys, it's easy to make. If you have a few basic hand tools and a grinder, you should be able to do it easily. I think I spent about an hour on this one and the metal was laying around anyways. So in the end, it cost me a bit of my time and not much else.
