The Cooey Make-Over Thread
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handofzeus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Trout Creekish Ontario.
i have two of these in "like new" original condition. My father bought them for me when i was 12, sat for years until i got licensed up and got them 6 months ago. They shoot like a dream. The sights are my favorite seeing as its the style and exact gun i learned to shoot on. Will post pics if anyone cares to see.
- Location
- Mission,B.C.
Maybe try the shotgun forum?
handofzeus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Trout Creekish Ontario.
Pics please! Lovin' the old Cooeys!
- Location
- Mission,B.C.
I posted this earlier(post 15) before I had re-finished the stock and rust blued all the metal so here is an update on the final outcome.
I have also just picked up a pre '61 Cooey 75 that has seen better days which I will refurb back to as close to original as I can.
Keep those Cooey's coming!
I have also just picked up a pre '61 Cooey 75 that has seen better days which I will refurb back to as close to original as I can.
Keep those Cooey's coming!
gunsaholic
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
Very nice looking rifle sir! Lets keep the Cooey name alive so the "young" generation knows of these rifles.
handofzeus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Trout Creekish Ontario.
Wow, That scope is wearin' a gun!I posted this earlier(post 15) before I had re-finished the stock and rust blued all the metal so here is an update on the final outcome.
I have also just picked up a pre '61 Cooey 75 that has seen better days which I will refurb back to as close to original as I can.
Keep those Cooey's coming!
...kewl! You wouldn't happen to be that guy who jewels any metal in sight, would you?! Nice job.Peterthiso
New member
- Location
- Bawley Point NSW Australia
It is Pretty, not sure that is a good thing in this case
This post ended up on the wrong page, I was commenting about a 62 that ended up metallic orange.
This post ended up on the wrong page, I was commenting about a 62 that ended up metallic orange.
Pics of my restoration are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/dpoisson/Restoring22?authkey=Gv1sRgCN-C15Ph3pGzSg#
Bought the metal parts: All rusted and almost no blue left. Sanded everything back up (followed a lot of advice from midwayUsa's youtube videos) with 200, 400 and 600 grit wet sandpaper. Then used steel wool 0, 00 and 0000 and finally gave it a good polish. Then cold blued the metal parts.
I tried making several handmade stocks for it...then finally gave up (I came real close to making something nice though. Best suggestion ever: Practice practice practice on CHEAP wood) and purchased the original stock. Removed the original varnish, sanded everything down and put 3 coats of watco danish oil. Looks real nice enough thought there are still some slight bumps on it. Drilled and installed swivel studs.
Unfortunately, I sold the rifle just recently. It shot GREAT (we had a fun afternoon of plinking clay pigeons mounted in trees around the camp and it was hard to miss any of them, even when they were super far away). The rifle was just too heavy to lug around in addition to my moose hunting rifle (it was mainly for grouse).
Before:
After:
And she still shoots great, taking it out today as a fact.
wow love this thread. Found Grandpas old guns in the old barn a couple years ago.
Been fixing on rebuilding them, broke them down starting cleaning and sanding all the rust off. even had plans of polishing the bolts. Like a fool on payday. I jumped right into all four projects. Soon realized that bringing these back from the dead was going to take alot more fortitude and two years later they still lay in parts on my bench.
This thread has given me the motavation to take on a project.......And get her done !
Now where to start ?
projet list.
cooey repeater 22lr
cooey single shot 22lr ( not sure the model its the one were you pull bolt back to #### when bolt is closed )
cooey 64 22lr
cooey 12 ga bolt action with a 2 round clip ( not sure on model)
Been fixing on rebuilding them, broke them down starting cleaning and sanding all the rust off. even had plans of polishing the bolts. Like a fool on payday. I jumped right into all four projects. Soon realized that bringing these back from the dead was going to take alot more fortitude and two years later they still lay in parts on my bench.
This thread has given me the motavation to take on a project.......And get her done !
Now where to start ?
projet list.
cooey repeater 22lr
cooey single shot 22lr ( not sure the model its the one were you pull bolt back to #### when bolt is closed )
cooey 64 22lr
cooey 12 ga bolt action with a 2 round clip ( not sure on model)
gunsaholic
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
The 12 gauge shotgun will not be a Cooey. Most likely a Mossberg. While Cooey assembled double barrel guns for Iver Johnson, Cooey themselves only made single shot shotguns.
made a new stock for my model 75 out of laminate. copied my savage 10fp with a choate tactical. Turned out real good for next to nothing spent, added a second action screw drilled and tapped for weaver #2 side mount, free floated the barrel. super accurate.
hometownhero
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Toon Town, Sk
Got any pictures??? Sounds like a cool project
- Location
- Where the sun shines
So I posted these two a little while ago now:
Well, I've started work on the old model 60. Hit it with some steam to raise as many of the old dings as I could, and it worked brilliantly. After that, I hit it with sandpaper to strip away the nicks I couldn't solve, and to wear away the beat up old finish that was barely even there.
After that, I got to work with the Tru-oil.
At the moment I am only on the second coating, but I wont be stopping until I can buff this old meat-getter to a mirror sheen. Even so, the transformation this early into the process has been drastic!
These old utilitarian rifles have some pretty nice wood under the scuffs!
Once I have a bit of spendable money in my pocket, all of the metal will be going to Jim here in the Hat to re-blue back to factory condition. The scope mount will be getting the same treatment, but I'll have to settle with cold-bluing the scope itself. That's fine.
It will be gorgeous.
Well, I've started work on the old model 60. Hit it with some steam to raise as many of the old dings as I could, and it worked brilliantly. After that, I hit it with sandpaper to strip away the nicks I couldn't solve, and to wear away the beat up old finish that was barely even there.
After that, I got to work with the Tru-oil.
At the moment I am only on the second coating, but I wont be stopping until I can buff this old meat-getter to a mirror sheen. Even so, the transformation this early into the process has been drastic!
These old utilitarian rifles have some pretty nice wood under the scuffs!
Once I have a bit of spendable money in my pocket, all of the metal will be going to Jim here in the Hat to re-blue back to factory condition. The scope mount will be getting the same treatment, but I'll have to settle with cold-bluing the scope itself. That's fine.
It will be gorgeous.
gunsaholic
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
It's looking great so far.
Here's an old Cooey 64, made by Winchester in Coburg Ontario. I got this one when I was 16 and never really used it until I moved from home. I stripped the fugly finish and sanded it down and hand rubbed the linseed oil finish. Took me about a week to do and it was actually a really good project for me.
Gonna take her out to Alberta this spring for a dust up with some sod poodles.
Gonna take her out to Alberta this spring for a dust up with some sod poodles.
