Very Old Cooey 84...needs work.

Hey AC:

Yes indeed. Looking good ...



Obligatory foot shot.



Shiny....




Note to the wise: taking it fully apart is challenging. There were a couple of spring / plunger assemblies that needed three hands. The one that devilled me needed my buddy and halibut line (tie up the compressed assembly in the vice) to complete. All in all it worked out well. I also posted about the extractor being problematic. Turns out the spring etc. was installed backwards and in the factory I have to assume.

Got some background as well. Grandpa (passed) bought it for my dad when he was a teenager to go duck hunting. Dad said he used it that day and he got a duck. It has sat until what you see here.

Pretty happy. I know its only a 150 to 200 shotgun to the real world. Priceless to me.
 
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Looks good!

The one I have doesn't have the meanungful history yours has. Purchased mine about 20 years ago as a group of four shotguns from a guy in Calgary. He and his wife had a young child and she decided that there shouldn't be any guns in the house. I was surprised to find the last four numbers of the serial number stamped into the butt under the butt pad.
 
You are going to force me to check the butt.... :) Frankly, I saw another for 150 at the Nanaimo show and although I didn't look it over, I probably should have.
 
I pulled mine apart and I have the last four written under the buttpad as well. I assume that mine is very late production, high 900 000 serial No. and no other markings on the receiver. Finish was likely blued and not case hardened like your nice looking one. I was thinking about trying rust bluing but this one is so plain and beat up that I'll likely parkerize it. I'd love to find one with as nice a finish as yours.

Foot shot? What about that crotch shot?:eek:
 
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