rifle sights on an old cooey??

[bdiddlez]

oooook so here we go! I have an old 12gauge single shot....i want to chop the barrel to around 22" (I would lose the bead sight) but I would really like to throw on iron sights for slugs, only birds id be shooting with it are grouse so irons are just fine (grouse would be with shot, not slugs )

I would like to stay away from fibre optics as i feel it kinda ruins the old look of the gun.

anyway anyone have ideas or pointers?

much appreciated!!

 

[triggerman42]

A 12 gauge Cooey , cut down , and lightened to shoot slugs , is gonna kick like a mule. enjoy !

 

[sunray]

As I recall Cooey barrels are quite thick around the 22" mark, so drilling and tapping for after market sight sets(look into William's sights) isn't a big deal. (Wanted to do it with a buddy's Cooey but he kept calling me obscene names and making suggestions about my parent's marriage.)
Plan 'B' would be to silver solder 'em on. Either way it's entirely doable and not horribly expensive. Trick is getting them centred properly. And that's not terribly difficult. Measure the radius of the barrel and try to match it with the sights.
If you want to use it for grouse I'd think one of the folding style rear sights.
And use a pipe cutter vs a hack saw to shorten it. Less filing to get the burrs off and have the muzzle flat and square.

 

[Superbrad]

Keep in mind that if you saw the barrel off you are going to lose the choke as well.... wont be much good for grouse past about 15 yards....

 

[BCRider]

I'd say more like 20 yards. Grouse don't take much to kill them. The pellets on the outside of the pattern then to wander but it's surprising how slowly the core of the charge spreads. At 20 to 25 yards I'd still expect 10 to 12 pellets to hit the bird.

 

[legi0n]

I silver-soldered rifle sights on a shotgun barrel and installed a front blade that I calculated to be optimal.
But I was wrong!
Shotgun barrels are not straight. They arch upwards towards the muzzle.

 

[bdiddlez]

ill be fine for grouse im usually only 15 feet away from them, i mean i could probably just kick them, but shooting them is funner lol

hrmm didnt think about the calculations of the rear sight vs front post. anyone know how its done, or links?

other option is i just throw on a bead after i cut it (I really want to be able to shoot slugs down it)

 

[camster]

I shoot slugs under just a bead, without conventional sights.

 

[gunrunner100]

I have some Williams rear sights, possibly a front as well.

 

[bdiddlez]

gunrunner would they even work for the cooey? im assuming the barrel has a slight taper to it (i get it in the mail in the next few days)

 

[gunrunner100]

Hard to say without knowing the profile of the barrel and taper, if any, on the sight base.

 

[billdick]

I have the front site off my remington 788 on my old short cooey and it works awesome. Its nice and tall and works good for slugs and better for shot.

 

[islandguy]

A 12 gauge Cooey , cut down , and lightened to shoot slugs , is gonna kick like a mule. enjoy !

Mine sure did! Cut mine to 20".
"Now that's impressive" was the comment from a shooting buddy when he first shot it with a slug.