duncansuds
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Weyburn, SK
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Probably one of the best one-offs I have seen. Nice work man.
lol now the antis are going to come after cooeys![]()
Fairly standard.
I chose a rather polarizing colour combo, for no particular reason. But I did want it to stand out. I'm not a great photographer, and these pictures are not a completely accurate portrayal of the copper colour - in real life it is richer, like a new penny - but it is not a gloss finish, it has a nice satin to it. The OD green is matte.
The stock I did myself - I've redone stocks many time, but this is the first one where I changed the colour. The stock too me weeks to do - after carefully refinishing down to 1000, I lightened the wood considerably, which was a multi-step process I did 4 times. once that was done, the colouring was a painful process, and I'm not 100% satisfied with it, but it wasn't going to get any better. Some areas you can see it is a little blotchy, and it also collected in gaps. Near the cheek weld there is what looks like a knot that was drilled out and filled with dowel of a similar wood. The job was done nicely, but the tiny gaps collected stain. I was going for a "hi-lo" colour job, and that part turned out not bad. Finally, it is finished with Lin-Speed (the best wood oil I've ever used) using their prescribed 'dual finish' application, which I did 3 times - that was more than a week in itself. I finished it with 0000 steel wool to give it a satinization to match the metal work, and the finish turned out great. Luckily, it was a fairly nice piece of wood, and a lot of character was under the old dark colouring.
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So I was talking to a friend about wanting a bolt action to work on over the winter and he said he had one for me that he didn't want. I thought cool.....free bolt action!
When I first took it home I did some research and found that it is a Cooey 600. So I did some searches for pictures and I realized that mine didn't look quite the same, mine had
a terrible finish on it and it was missing the carved image of the rabbit.
Being that this was a project and that the gun was made in Canada I told my dad (who is a highly skilled carpenter) that we just had to do this gun justice.
here are some pictures of what it looked like when I got it.
As you can see it was in bad shapeWhen I started to strip the stock I uncovered that the stock had been sanded with a belt sander and that there was some nasty marks on the wood.
Seeing that this gun was one of my wife's favorite to shoot, I thought I would get her input on it and asked her what she would like carved in place where the rabbit was. She gave me this image of a wild rose.
Taking her idea I came up with a design, and my dad then spent some time carving and sanding the design on the stock.
Thankfully the checkering on the fore-stock was in good shape so I left that as is.
Next was the color of the stain and I wanted a reddish colour. We decided that it would look nice in cordovan and here is the finished rifle.
My wife absolutely loves how this turned out and cant wait to take it out for some plinking.
For me, it was a chance to take something that was not wanted, and turn it into a beautiful piece of art. This will forever be a reminder of something that was made in Canada and of my father who I love very much.
I've had this gun for a year now and decided to do it over but I have come to a road block on the stock. One of it's many owners cut holes in stock and I am stumped as to what to do next. I thought about filling them and painting the stock one solid colour, but I like wood. any suggestions.
You guys have given me the Cooey fever. I'm considering getting one. The question is, which one? If you guys could only own one which would it be? Seems the model 60 is very popular...
Anybody know where to get parts for these rifles in Canada, mine has a worn out extractor. Doesn't line up the new rounds with the bore and doesn't eject them far enough so I get always get spent shells jamming inside the bolt. I found a place in the states that has them but they want almost 50 dollars for shipping and brokerage fees. I just can't find it in me to spend 80 dollars to buy and ship a replacement part for a rifle I only paid 120 bucks for initially
What kind of scope mount am I looking for for a cooey mod 60? Ive read the weaver #2 side mount...but what rings if I go that way?