Where can I learn about the Cooey?

The baby high chair I used as a kid in the early 70's was a chrome plated Cooey!

I have a model 60 marked 'Ranger' that was my fathers. Does anyone have an idea when/where it was actually made? Not a lot of markings on it. Shoots surprisingly accurate for what it is.
 
"...relationship between Cooey and LakeField..." None. Cooey was bought out by Winchester. Lake Field by Savage. I suspect Savage may have bought the Model 64 rights from Winchester during one of the many corporate restructurings at Winchester. That'd be a wild guess though.
"...building still in Cobourg?..." Don't know for sure, but I doubt it. The building was old when I was there long ago.
"...thru first metal mag..." You have any idea when the steel mag came out? I've never seen one with a plastic mag. Bought my Cooey 64 about 38 years ago(drunk from Crappy Tire). Always had a steel mag. Just curious.
 
John A. Belton's "Cooey Firearms: Made in Canada 1919 - 1979". -
Historical Arms Series No. 28 book, 32 pp.

You can get the book from Museum Restoration Service, Bloomfield, Ont. Canada
K0K 1G0
 
Both the Cooey and Winchester-Cooey buildings are still standing !!.One cooey building was bought and burlap was made there and the other half of that building which was the test firing part was bought by the Cobourg news paper.The Winchester-cooey production plant was bought by Columbus Mcinnon and chain and hoists were made there and now just a depo for the chain and hoist and a couple dif small companies are in there now as well.The Winchester Western ammo plant still stayed with Winchester USA until a few yrs ago as a warehouse depo and now sold as well.I worked at the chain place just shortly after it started.Winchester-Cooey closed it's doors in 1980 and chain started in 1981.I know lots of people that worked for both companies.
If you have a cooey with a flat bolt handle it's made in Toronto,when they moved to Cobourg the handle went to the round nob.Serial #'s on 22's started when Winchester bought the plant.
Hope this helps
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Woogs the only Cooey book available was COOEY FIREARMS MADE IN CANADA 1919-1979 by John A. Belton it was published by MUSEUM RESTORATION SERVICE Bloomfield Ontario Canada,K0K1G0.This was a part of the Historical Arms Series , it is 32 pages of good info. from model #, Cooey history,experimental models, but an better refernce book is needed.I am thinking of writing an reference book on the Cooey firearms, would anybody be interested in this book?I am the crazyies Cooey nut.Hope this helps Dale in T-Bay
 
Some of you guys will recall that I posted on a thread that I have a Cooey card table and four chairs. They were made in Cobourg, but a different Cooey, although probably a relation. My wife fluked out and came home with this set to give to her grandson. Nah, table stays here!! I had to pay her $60 so she could buy another table and chairs for the grandson. Hah, well, I did save a Cooey!!!!:p:p
 
When i was a kid growing up on the farm in East central Alberta in the 60's and early 70's... it was a common sight to see a Cooey .22...preferably the Model 60 with the tube mag in the gunrack on a farmer's 1/2 ton pickup .....those were the good old days.... if you did that today.... some "Lieberal-anti" would phone the cops...yelling "there is a man with a gun in his truck""
 
28 gauge said:
Think you are right.Seems to me that the Winchester/Cooey Model 71 was a version of the Winchester Model 70.Could be wrong .Does anyone know this for sure?
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your right.

cooeys are great .22's, no canadian collection is complete with out at least one. ive had everything but a 35, 82, and 71.

one of my favorite guns is a model 84 shotgun with a custom .25-20 barrel with williams peep sights. It was made by a gunsmith and i scored it on the EE.
 
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