Made in Canada Rimfires ??

[Dimitri]

So I just got a 22LR marked Sears and made in Canada on it can anyone tell me anything about it ??

Girl at the CFC said its a Cooey.

Dimitri

 

[Cowboy]

Is it a model 6C, if so she's correct-----Cowboy

 

[Dimitri]

Yes its a Model 6C

Dimitri

 

[wcmd]

I am pretty sure all Savage rimfires are made in Ontario.
wcmd.

 

[Barbecue]

I know Cooey made the "Ranger" rifles for Eaton's too, thats interesting they made them for both.

 

[mr00jimbo]

my friend has a sears semi auto made in canada...sound familiar? is yours a semi auto?

 

[Cowboy]

Cooey made 22's and shotguns for most all the major retailers in Canada at the time. Ashdown had the rabbit, Eatons had the ranger and eatonia, Marshall Wells had the sniper and Simpson which later became Simpson Sears had the sure shot. Woodwards had mercury,Northern Hardware had hawkeye.These of course were existing models with only the model name stamped on them. So the sears model 6C is the same as a cooey model 64.

The savage rimefires made today are in the old Cooey plant in Cobourg,Ont.

Its interesting to note that Cooey made no center fire arms but it is rumoured that some employees on there own time built 30-30s out of the single shot barrel/action. It would be a rare find for sure-----Cowboy

 

[marks 36 hamon]

they also made the Ace .another interesting bit of history when Canadian Arsenals LTD was between the the No 4 series of rifles and the Fn series they kept the workers busy building H+R .22's and shotguns there are not many around I own one with H+R Longbranch Ontario on the Receiver and I have seen a SS shotgun also marked .My .22 is built like a brick sh%t house with that nice wartime blueing LB used to do .also CAL built Nylon 66's for Remington so if your lucky enough to have a Nylon 66 with made in Canada on the barrel you have a little bit of history to shoot. I remember the Remington sign on the CAL building in the early 70's

 

[sidney]

These two sites cross reference the original manufacturer who made some guns for CIL and their equivalent models:

http://www.hoosiergunworks.com/catal...reference.html
http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional...house_guns.htm

 

[Dimitri]

mr00jimbo,

Yes its a Semi-Automatic.

Dimitri

 

[CanAm]

That plant has been making cooeys, winchester, savages, etc for decades now.

 

[Colin]

I bought my Winchester 490 with scope from Sears around 1978, still have it and it still shoots nicely.

 

[Colin]

another shot

 

[x westie]

I bought my Winchester 490 in 1984...used ..from a gun shop in Kitchener, Ontario...saw the ad in the GunRunner paper..in the days before the internet.

I really am impressed with this .22..very well made..with a nice smooth trigger

 

[BigUglyMan]

Cooey Model 64B. I've got one, but need to search out a mag for it.

 

[Kit]

Just a little corection here....savage rimfire's are manufactured in Lakefield Ontario not in the old cooey plant in Cobourg....old cooey plant has not been running for a few years now....later



Kit

 

[savage112]

Its interesting to note that Cooey made no center fire arms but it is rumoured that some employees on there own time built 30-30s out of the single shot barrel/action. It would be a rare find for sure-----Cowboy

At one time I owned a Cooey Mod. 71 in .225 Win. which was indeed a center fire rifle.

 

[Fremen]

At one time I owned a Cooey Mod. 71 in .225 Win. which was indeed a center fire rifle.

Yeah they made 308 and 30-06 as well. Don't remeber model numbers but can get them once at home.

 

[tiriaq]

Models 71 and 710. My 870 barrel has the Made in Canada mark.

 

[dinsdale]

Cooey Model 64B. I've got one, but need to search out a mag for it.

Elwood Epps has a ton of them for $20 each IIRC.

Bought 2 in the fall for my (now my GFs) Sears 64b.