The Cooey Make-Over Thread

It was sears that sold "ranger" Here is a page form their catalogue

ht tp://www.goantiques.com/sears-low-price-1416603

Not sure where sure shot was sold they are the same thing as a cooey.
 
According to the Cooey book, the Sure Shot brand was sold to Simpson Co. Those of you old enough to remember Simpson's-Sears, this came out of a merger. Later it just became "Sears". I've got a Sure Shot and apart from the receiver stamp it is identical to a Cooey.

Seems you just have to ID these Cooey models just by looking at it and deciding what known Cooey branded model it therefore must be.
 
Alright - got around to starting my make over. The gun is a Cooey winchester 600. Shoots flawlessly, despite its age.

Before shots




Stripping the finish off with circa 1850 - It was on there really good. Took some steel wire brushing to get the old stuff off.



And here it is stripped, sanded with 150, and rinsed with water to see the colour of the wood.





I will be staining this project, although I'm still not certain what shade.
 
I just bought a cooey 64 that I intend to refinish. Have some questions on the process and validity of the gun that I'm hoping some can answer.

1) What should I use to strip this down, remove the dings, and put it back the way it was, reasonably close finish colour to the original? the refinishing needs to be delicate, because there's a rabbit on the stock I don't want to lose. I've read most of this thread, and seems like there's a variety of methods. Do I just strip with paint remover and a toothbrush, sand very carefully, then refinish with tru-oil? Or something else?
Answer, see post 318:
Except could still use advice on what to use for the final coating/stain/refinish part.

2) Is there a place that has a listing of parts, and a place to order them? I know I need a buttplate, and I need a screw as well. The plate around where the magazine goes in has two screws, one is a phillips, the other a slot. I'm guessing the slot screw should be replaced with a phillips? (Do I buy a buttplate here, and just find a phillips screw that's similiar? Or are replacement screws available?).

3) the magazine is the steel lakefield/cooey one. I gather that some part of the mechanism has been replaced and is non-original? Just curious.

4) the front sight, how do I tell if this is original? See post #90 in this thread, there's a dovetail that runs across the front end of the barrel that the sight slides into. The sight itself is actually loose and will slide right out of the dovetail. So I guess that raises two questions, how do I tell if this is original, and how do I make sure the sight doesn't slide out on it's own?

4) the rear elevator, anyway to tell if this is original? I'm suspicious that this one's not.

5) I haven't shot it yet, but have been told it fires. potentially a dumb question, but does anything to do with the rifling inside the barrel ever get re-done? Or is that something that either works or doesn't?

As for the bluing, that seems straightforward from this thread, I need to look into cold bluing. But that's much later.
 
1: Well, I like circa 1850 furniture stripper myself. Wipes the finish off with a rag.
To preserve the rabbit and chequering cover it over with masking tape while you sand. A couple layers is all you need to avoid a slipup.
If you want to match the colour of the stain, you will probably have to trial and error choose the right colour. With age, it's impossible to say this or that colour is the "right" one.
Tru oil is great, I've used it to excellent effect. High gloss finish, easy to apply.

2: For parts, ask on the EE
3: can't help you
4: dunno, scoped mine

5: If your rifling is gone, you need a new barrel. Basically, another gun, for the price of these. When you look down the barrel it should be shiny, clean, and crisply edged. No dark spots, grooves, cracks etc.

Here's a cooey 840 12g I refinished to give you an idea of what a week or two of 30 minute sessions can do.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?931015-Cooey-840-12ga-restoration
 
Start:
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Finish:
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Does anyone know how to completely remove the takedown nut on a 75? Once it comes out enough to let go of the action, it is smartly designed to not loosen any further. I have not done too much investigating - either with the gun or online. I'll start with the lazy route and just ask here.
 
i stripped and sanded in stages up to 1000 grit. then applied a few heavy coats of boiled linseed, couple light coats, and a light sanding in between to nip the raised grain. all in all quite pleased with the turn out
 
TargetAcquired said:
Does anyone know how to completely remove the takedown nut on a 75? Once it comes out enough to let go of the action, it is smartly designed to not loosen any further. I have not done too much investigating - either with the gun or online. I'll start with the lazy route and just ask here.
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I have a 750, which I believe is the newer Winchester-made version of the 75. The action screw comes out all the way on mine. It is fine thread, it is possible someone buggered the first couple threads on yours and it's catching.
 
need a little help.
I just got a cooey 64a with the mag release in front of the magazine. The port for the mag is a metal surround.
So my question is this.
Do i need a new conversion kit when I buy the new magazine for it form Western gun parts or has this already beef fitted with it. ??
I can't really tell and I have no idea how old this one is. I read online but got confused. The older ones had the release behind the mag and therefore need to be converted or the new ones are in front and have to be converted to being behind?
Someone please school me.
Thanks.
PS, a pics might help as long ans they are indicated which is original and which is converted.
 
Thanks guys - all done with this one for now. Could use a new trigger guard and spring, maybe a different butt pad.. but it's still good enough to shoot shotgun shells in half :)



 
Bought this mod 64 at the show from a man who needed cash for another purchase. Was missing front sight, had decent stock crappy scope, was dirty with surface rust and cracked trigger guard..but nice thing about I was a metal mag conversion it had installed. So bought it then remembered I had newer stock at home matching the conversion. Purchased the sight at the show.
At home installed the sight, took it apart and cleaned the dirt. I don't think anyone has ever done this to it. Cleaned the rust and installed the stock, applied bit of wax. Test fired it. This gun is very simple built and should be reliable choice for someone who wants a classic semi .22. It's my first 64 a nice addition to the Cooey collection.
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