Refinishing Cooey Model 75, Action Screw HELP!

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Hi, I searched the forum high and low, but didn't find the answer I was looking for. I'm refinishing this .22 for my wife's uncle, to put on display. It hasn't been fired or cleaned in 35+ years. The barrel is badly pitted, but I'm currently working on that as I go.

The problem I'm having is that the screw that holds to action on the stock seems to be captive...like I can remove the barrel/action and the lug, but I can't figure out how to get the screw out of the stock...it's not a big deal for refinishing the stock, but I would like to clean up that screw and re-blue it.so it matches the sling loops and trigger guard, which turned out quite nice.
 
greyman441 said:
Its pressed in with a little washer. I just pull the bolt and they pop out.
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Thank you so much! After I read this, I had a good hard look, at first I didn't know what I was looking at, but this time I saw the "washer"...it's a cup shape. After a good tug, it came right out! (insert innuendo here>:)

here's what I'm working with:





 
Here's some progress pictures...things like the butt plate and the inside of the trigger guard, had A LOT of rust on them (don't even get me started on the receiver and barrel) and I was not able to blend out the pitting, so I put a wire wheel to it, then polished and blued it as-is.


thanks to greyman441, the action screw gets a bath:



The stock


and all the bits. I'm only refinishing what I can without removing the trigger and sear. obviously the visible portion of the trigger
 
TacticalCanuck said:
Nice work, may I ask what you used to do the bluing with?
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Thank you. I used Birchwood Casey "perma blue".

for the bits that didn't need sanding and polishing (sling loops and screws), (after initial soap and water wash) basically they got an overnight soak in rust remover, a good scrub with a wire brush, rinsed again, dunked in acetone for a minute or so, rinsed dried, then I blow dry them with the wife's hair dryer, and apply the blue generously (use sponges, or swabs, cloths don't work well). then let them sit for a minute or so, then rinse again, then blow dry until they turned a blue-ish grey, and applied hoppe's gun oil, and that's how they turned out. the other parts have more than one coat of blue.
 
So I got the stock pretty well finished, turned out ok, there were some pretty deep dings, I tried steaming them, but I couldn't take any more material off the butt, so the plate would still fit flush, sanded by hand, 100, 200, 320, 600 and then 1000...after that I used some kind of weird thing that wasn't sand paper...it was smoother than 2000 grit, and had a strange texture, I had to stop using it, cause it made a few spots too shiny, and shining to whole thing would have taken forever, so I stopped...for the finish I decided on linseed oil.

 
it's actually kind of fun.. very time consuming, but I do a little here, a little there...never refinished a gun before...I wish I still had the guns I had when I was a kid...I'm not that old, but the guns I had were old as Grandpa!
 
Nice work! I just finished refinishing 2 old model 75's this spring. Really not a good bluing job on my part but I think I will take another swing at it this summer. I to really enjoyed seeing the old guns come back to life, and you know what? The steel they used to make these, high quality. The rifling in both of the ones I have are excellent they are both accurate. Keep the pics coming.
 
Really nice job there.
I have a 75 too, and am wondering how I can tighten up the trigger.
It has a lot of side to side slop.
 
this one does as well...if you take a really close look, you'll see why, and that the fix might be a new trigger, or some fine welding and filing.
 
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