The Cooey Make-Over Thread

That looks great!

What product did you use, what color/shade name, for the green stock? Some kind of stain?



TargetAcquired said:
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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I bought a cooey 600 on the EE. Suddenly I got two other cooeys by donation. These are all older. The first is in very good shape. The 60 is similar to the 600, but is rusty and the wood has a few dings etc. I also got a 75, which seems to have a much longer barrel than the repeaters. I plan to de-finish em fully, re-blue, and re finish the wood. I paticularly like the 75, and the 60, because they are likely pre Winchester era, and the. quality of the wood stock seems better.

I don't mind the cleaning process, it is kinda fun cleaning them up, and restoring them to their full glory.

They say they are pretty good shooters. Guess I will find out.
 
tashiaka said:
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 shape :( When 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.
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That is a fantastic looking job of carving. Woodwork like that is hard to pull off, and unforgiving of mistakes.

Beautiful, classy looking result.
 
oo bad posting photos is near impossible here...

I cleaned all the rust off the barrel and re-blued. Cooeys seem to be very simple designs, but very good designs.
 
Cooey Ranger

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.




 
I'll get around to posting pictures, but I just got my cooey 600 back from General Gun in Windsor for a re-blue. They did an awesome job, looks amazing now. I'll try and wrangle some pictures soon.
 
Capecrusader said:
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.
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Check EE Rimfire Parts forum for a new stock.
 
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...
 
Gard said:
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...
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You cant go wrong with either one you pick. If you want a semi auto you need to go with the 64. If you want a bolt action, either a Model 60 or a 600 bolt actions are great. I personally like the 600 with the rabbit checkering.....its a neat looking stock
 
It depends on if you want a "true" Cooey. The model 600 and 64 are Winchester made guns. About 99% of the Winchester guns will have hardwood stocks and plastic trigger guards where as about 99% of Cooeys will have walnut stocks and metal trigger guards. If you want an original Cooey repeater then the most popular one to find is the model 60. Just make sure it only says Cooey on the barrel. If you want a single shot then the model 39 or 75 are the most popular. There are lots of other modles (especially single shots) but they become a little to a lot harder to find depending on what you are looking for.
 
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
 
TSPIRI said:
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
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Western gun parts makes extractors. Seen a write up in a magazine. Might have been in the Canadian firearms journal.
 
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