the most Accurate 22Lr iv ever shot that cost under $130 was a cooey 22lr tube feed bolt action repeater with a small scope made around in the 1960’s in Canada thing was a tack driver was used around friends farm for pest control made a day if it in a hour took out around 14 pests with 14 shots no prob Highly Underrated Rifle id take one over a Ruger 10/22 any day , dollar for dollar id recommend anyone pick up a old cooey if you get the chance can’t go wrong they just keep going. Any one else Have good Memories using a cooey.
Most Accurate 22 LR iv ever shot in my life that did not Cost Much
- Thread starter Frozen Tundra
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A friend had one he accurized and with a 10 power Lyman scope was competitive in Small Bore Metallic Silhouette.
Just as there are cheaper rifles that offer excellent accuracy there are expensive rifles that offer poor results.
The question now is . . . where is it today?
Just as there are cheaper rifles that offer excellent accuracy there are expensive rifles that offer poor results.
The question now is . . . where is it today?
"they just don't make things like they used to"
My first rifle was a BRNO Model 1 - if you don't know, BRNO is basically CZ now - from 1954 (I think). I could shoot 1/2" groups with winchester super x all day long with that thing. Pretty sure my Dad and I eradicated half of eastern SK's gopher population over 2 summers with it and his Cooper .17 hmr.
I think my dad picked it up for $350. Not the deal of your cooey, but still makes my jaw drop when guys are spending $2k plus to get that kind of accuracy out of ammo that costs 4x as much as that junk I was shooting.
Incredible.
easyrider604
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Greater Vancouver, BC
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easyrider604
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Greater Vancouver, BC
My most accurate cheap .22 rifle was a Savage MKIIF. Tapered barrel, synthetic stock. It shot as well as my CZ452 Varmint. These two rifles could put 5 shots in 1 inch at 100 meters, 6 out of 10 tries. Bulk Winchester Dynapoint 40 grains standard velocity. Bought this Savage in 2009, used, for $200 shipped, including an older Japan-made Bushnell 3-7X32 with adjustable objective. I don't have the Savage anymore, but kept the scope.
6.5 shooter
CGN Regular
- Location
- Medicine Hat
Two very accurate rifles. A model 39 Cooey finally retired the rifle after it blew more powder in your face then went down the barrel. My cousin and myself use to have contests to see who could hit reeds about half the size of a pencil out in the middle (~100 yds.) of our slew, with iron sights no less. Then I bought a used ($65) Cooey model 600 with the running rabbit stock (made by Winchester ?) My "gunsmith" mounted a Bushnell 4x Fine cross hair 7/8" scope on the rifle and I shot it till the thing wore out as well. I now have several CZ rim fires 452 and 453 they all are finer rifles then the Cooey's but I paid about 8 times as much for them.
The Cooey .22’s were always great guns for the money, just about every farm kid I knew had one. I bought my Model 39 in the mid 70’s from the local hardware store for $29.95. It shot ok but the most accurate .22 I bought for the least amount of money was my BRNO model 2. I paid $250 brand new at Jo -Brooks in 1985. I entered a local rifle shoot with it in 1987 and won two first place trophy’s. 1st place with a .47” group in the 50 yard .22 scope class, and 1st in the freehand 75 yard clay pigeon shoot. I would never sell this rifle.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Yup had my Cooey out last week, and shot a better group than my target 10/22 @ 100m
Paid 180 for my first anschutz. My first cooey was a gift, an 82 with full wood stock. The anschutz shot better, but it never came close to the fun i had with that cooey. - dan
