The Cooey Make-Over Thread

Question for you all. I have finished my Cooey 60, looks great, eventually I will post pics.
I have one question though.
When i pull the trigger back it fires no problem, but what I am noticing is that the bottom tip of the trigger touches the back of the trigger guard.
I have the barrel/receiver set into the stock as normal, and this slight touch does not impeded firing at all but I'm wondering if that is normal or if maybe my trigger guard needs to be adjusted a bit.
I have no idea how old the gun is (it was rescued from a slow and painful death of rust) I got it from a former employer.

Any one have any thoughts on if this is normal?
 
I've owned two Model 60s now, and on both the tip of the trigger touched the guard, enough to leave a little mark.

thebutcher said:
Question for you all. I have finished my Cooey 60, looks great, eventually I will post pics.
I have one question though.
When i pull the trigger back it fires no problem, but what I am noticing is that the bottom tip of the trigger touches the back of the trigger guard.
I have the barrel/receiver set into the stock as normal, and this slight touch does not impeded firing at all but I'm wondering if that is normal or if maybe my trigger guard needs to be adjusted a bit.
I have no idea how old the gun is (it was rescued from a slow and painful death of rust) I got it from a former employer.

Any one have any thoughts on if this is normal?
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Heres a second question.
I took my cooey 60 out today for a fun-run and found that the bolt when loading ammo into the chamber was somewhat tight and hard to push in it was smooth sliding until the ammo casing hit the chamber then it got real tight. I am wondering if that's normal or if it should slide nicely closed like the feel of a cooey 39 bolt closing.? My thought was maybe that screw that tightens against the mag tube was maybe too tight and that was causing the tightness of the bolt?

Thoughts or advice?
 
the studs for a sling will just screw in no problem they sell kits it tells u what size drill bit to use just realy take your time ive done lots and there is one set that looked perfect until i put a bypod on the rifle and it is pretty crooked they should go in like a wood screw

for the scratches or gouges on the stock take a rag soak it in water place it over the gouges and apply heat from an iron to the rag for a couple seconds if it doesnt do anything try for longer make shure the rag doesnt go dry the steam will help raise the crushed wood grain and you might not have to sand as much and will be easyer to finish the sanding might show depending on product you wish to finish with
to seal the oil its up to you i would recommend going to your local hardware store and asking them what they recommend for the specific product you are using to finish and colour the wood but several coats and light polishing or a clear coat should work fine you might need to go more aggressive of a striper than alcohol if its real old itll either be easy or real tought to get off

hope this helps good luck on the project
 
New to me Cooey Ranger

Picked this up last night from EE with no photo. I was expecting a birch stock, pine, something that I'd want to paint. Maybe a camo job like the one earlier in this thread. Nope. This is an older model, Cooey Ranger no serial, no plastic trigger guard. Beautifully grained walnut(?) stock. The original lacquer was cracked and chipped. Nothing deep. Removed it, sanded lightly enough to avoid reshaping the butt plate, hand-rubbed teak oil 2 coats. Wow. Beautiful. Looks like the burled walnut trim in an older benz. The rest I cleaned, though it didn't need it. Minor chips and worn spots in the blue but otherwise in remarkably good shape for a boy's gun if its age. Looks like it's been indoors a while. There is nothing missing. Factory screw holes for a side-mount. Nice patina. I'm thinking I should have left the stock as it was. If it was a car or a coin, "original" would be more interesting.

Now I gotta problem. It's too nice!

Pics came out sorta ok. Camera doesn't like florescent tube lights, but that's all I had.

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All cooeys before 1961 (before the Winchester take over) had walnut stocks and no plastic anywhere. Some of the early Winchester/Cooeys right after the take over were walnut. Probably using up old stock before they started cutting costs.
 
Great thread with some beautiful work! I can't believe i haven't looked in here sooner! I'm currently working on shrinking a lakefield 64b to fit my kids, and tiying up a Cooey 600.
 
I wish I had taken a photo of my dad's old cooey last week before I sanded it down. The stock was beat up pretty bad. Just finished sanding and steaming out some of the bigger dings, I'll post up a pic of before and after the staining. Just waiting for the Tru oil to arrive to get started. I'm excited to get this finished up to show my dad how great the old rifle looks after some TLC. The wood has some lovely grain and should really pop when its done.
 
Speaking of photos...I wonder if anyone here happens to have a pic of the chamber face of a 600 or 60 Cooey? I am trying to refurbish a model 600 that was fished out of a river. I have never seen a new Cooey, so I am wondering how much of the chamber damage was caused by rust or if it was "shot out". I have no point of reference.
 
I have an old Cooey Model 39, that my grandfather gave me, from the mid 60's. It fires fine, but does not discharge the shell. There are not many pictures of just the bolt. Based on some pictures and some research I have done, could it be that the extractor is broken. Does anyone have a picture of what a properly working bolt looks like?
 
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