Floppy Cooey 60 trigger

[Bankster]

Hi everyone,

I got a cooey model 60 off my stepfather that hadn't been manipulated or fired for some time. I took the rifle apart to give it a good clean and now that it's put back together the trigger is flopping forward all the time.

Gun still works and action is a lot easier to manipulate, but it's driving me nuts. Don't think I broke anything or lost any pieces during assembly.

Any ideas or tricks to this? Thanks in advance!

 

[tiriaq]

They are like that. If it really bothers you, obtain a trigger assembly from one of the later versions - aluminum trigger. These don't flop around like the earlier ones with the spring loaded steel trigger.

 

[camster]

as stated, early are floppy by design....Does yours' have model 60 stamped on it or "Cooey Repeating .22" (if the latter, it was made between '31-'39)

If you can get your hands on a 3.5" floppy disk, the spring can be used to make a "trigger reset". Probably other fine springs with long tails out there too. Last time I saw triggers with shoe (and spring) in the EE they were 15 bucks.

Fun .22's that seem to be growing in popularity. Enjoy it.

 

[Bankster]

Sorry for the late response, but thanks for the tips guys! Odd, I didn't remember it doing that before but it's still working great.

Model 60. Just punched a inch grouping at 25 yards with iron sights, good enough for me!

Great tip for the floppy disk spring camster, I'll have to give it a shot!

 

[arcstarter]

my old Cooey has the sloppy trigger but it still shoots lights out with the irons. Where does the floppy disk spring go?

 

[camster]

Very bad/blurry picture warning...

**some assembly required*
The trigger on the left is original, the one on the right is newer with reset spring. Not sure you can see my fancy red circle...I tried to show where the spring retaining pin goes.

Drill (if you can see the red circle) through trigger shoe, retain spring with finishing nail, or roll pin of your choice. Size your drill bit with the hole that the shoe was retained with.

Floppy disk springs are narrower than the shoe's cut, I had to bend the spring's tail around the trigger itself. Sadly, there is not enough room in the cut to put the spring on the trigger retaining pin itself (beside trigger).