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Hi all,

I just had a great day shooting with my cousins yesterday, and thought I would share this. My Dad had an old Sears 6c (I would swear it was an 8c) that my cousins have had up at their ranch completely disassembled for the better part of a decade and a half. Sometime mid-November I went up and we got the thing in firing condition again, prompting me to get my PAL.

That picture is of 2, 5 shot groups (the oval may be 6 because we shot the heck out of the box after we sighted the scope in) at 50 yards with a considerable cross-wind.

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And the rifle (in it's brand new, overkill for a 22 case). The scope is an old Bushnell 3-9x40 that I had on my paintball gun, because I was a nerd.

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Nice to see old rifles brought back to life, and even better to see new shooters getting their PAL/RPAL. Nice work, and welcome to the community.
 
camster said:
You picked one of my favorites to start with too! Cooey 64 (same as 6C). My first, and still fav .22. (Bought mine 25 years ago...)

Have read a few posts where they are referred to as an 8C. I'm guessing a poor stamping.

Nice groups!
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I heard that it was a stamp error too, but the thing looks remarkably like an 8, rather than an error...
Here's a pic. I think my dad bought in the late 70's-early 80's.
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I know right? I searched here when I first joined for this thing (I needed to find a magazine, as they had been lost), and I think since there is such a lack of knowledge that it must be an error. Do any of you guys have trouble with the magazines jamming/not feeding properly with hollow points?
 
Looks like a cooy 64b, and i have one, got it when i was 16, no licene required, i an 53 now don't think i put 300 rounds threw it, but i did let a girl friend try and put it back together and she did not want help and messed up a screw on me oh well,
 
They are very fussy eaters. I've had good luck with Federal Champions (525 bulk), AE, anything CCI. Mine won't eat Winchester...other CGN'er's like Winchester. Mine hates the "truncated" points of Remington too.

Another "secret" for enjoyment? Take it down, and thoroughly clean every 500-1000 rds. I don't lubricate mine...causes issues. Run it dry, oil only for storage/rust prevention.

Don't "twist" your barrel out of the receiver...a broken ejector is the reward!
 
There's one for sale right now, and I'm hoping that once my PAL finally arrives (it says it has been issued online) I can buy it so that the wife and I can go shooting together. Then I can convince her to let me buy more guns...
 
They are very fussy eaters. I've had good luck with Federal Champions (525 bulk), AE, anything CCI. Mine won't eat Winchester...other CGN'er's like Winchester. Mine hates the "truncated" points of Remington too.

Another "secret" for enjoyment? Take it down, and thoroughly clean every 500-1000 rds. I don't lubricate mine...causes issues. Run it dry, oil only for storage/rust prevention.

Don't "twist" your barrel out of the receiver...a broken ejector is the reward!
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I noticed that too, I went and got a bunch of different ammo and was going to try it out when I get the chance. I can't wait to try the Hi-velocity CCI stuff. 1600fps is pretty quick for a 22.
 
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Well, when my wife and I went shooting handguns in Edmonton a few years back, she closed her eyes everytime she squeezed the trigger. And she barely even hit the paper... so I think I'll be alright ;)
 
I sold an item one day and the chap was a tad short on funds.
He said he had an old 22 laying around and would I accept it on the rest of the $$
owed. Sure I said. I let him off on his word and a few weeks later he comes over
with one of these. Missing the mag and she looked unpretty. Spent some time with
her, found a mag and I am almost certain she has been blessed.
Great shooter and now I lost it to my buddy. Borrowed for life I guess........ :)
 
The sears 8C is a Cooey/ winchester/Lakefield-mossberg model 64 Sears had many rifles made for thier retail market and had thier own logo stamped on. 8C is thier stock number perhaps, more than likely the US market.
. It would take the Savage model 64 mags. All my model 64s despite manufacturer took the same.
 
definitely

mikeystew said:
Better than you maybe lol.:p
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Definitely!

The last example, Me and a g/f went shooting at our local pits with a pair of Cooey 75's. Other folks were were there. One of them sighting in his Sako .308 w/ Zeiss conquest. He had set up some "fine" targets at 100yds. So did we...

I was pretty proud hitting a clay, on it's edge (one shot), on top of a 2x2.... The g/f hit:babyfood lid, ceramic shot-glass, and golf ball... Announce target, and hit it. One shot. No "eyes closed" there. I'm pretty sure she showed "sako guy" his visi-colour bulls-eye too...

I love shooting, no doubt. I'm not as good as the girls I've shot with!
 
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