The Cooey Make-Over Thread

[Thunderstreak]

Cooey Model 60 that I cleaned up recently.
Came to me covered in black Tremclad, beat up and rusty. Bubba even carved his initials in the stock. Turned out ok. For sale on EE now.

 

[SeeYouAtTheRange]

Nice work on the restoration project! ^^

 

[NZClaybuster]

i call it a resto-mod. My Grandfather was a John Deere Man, My dad was , and i am, although i don't farm...

 

[cooey43]

Found a Cooey Model 35 Pump

Guy said it was OEM but the stock sure looks different.

Thinking maybe Pine or maybe even Hemlock...certainly not Cooey Walnut.

Field stripping, you could see it was a home made stock.
Top is from a repeater 60 bottom is the stock off the 35.

Pump handle wood was OEM, that is what I tried to match.

Stripped off whatever was on there, once dried, it looked like the above pics, a very light colour.

Gave it a few coats of Miniwax Special Walnut oil, but it did not soak into the lighter grain .

Gave it three extra coats of Miniwax Ebony Oil.

Closest I could get to match the pump handle wood.

Few coats of BLO and Antique oil 50/50.

This is how it turned out.

On a scale of 10 for smoothness of pumping....it's about a 1-2....LOL

No wonder old man Cooey gave up on making a pump!!!!

Next project is to find a Winchester 61 pump...heard they're a bit smoother...

The grain of the butt stock wood does not look right. If someone made this stock they did a great job but with the wrone wood
I think.