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Hi all. I recently acquired a Winchester 37a / 20 gauge , marked " Macleod 60TH ".
I'd never heard of this variant , but after some research , discovered that Macleod's was a big Hardware / lumberyard type store common to the western provinces. I'm from Ontario and was unfamiliar with the stores. It's just another Cobourg made variant , from the old Cooey factory after the Winchester takeover.
I have several 20 gauge guns already , so am thinking on letting this one go.
Would this gun be of interest to a cooey collector? It's the first one I have ever seen , but maybe they'r quite common out west? Being a 60th anniversary gun , I assume they were only made for one year.
Would I be out to lunch if I offered it up in trade against a 28 gauge cooey?
The 28's are the rarest gauge , but a variant only made for one year must be worth something as well to a collector. I found very little information on the web about this . I couldn't even find out what year Macleod's 60th anniversary was. The 37a was made from 1973 to about 1980.
What does the cooey guys think? Should I just keep it? Trade it ? Take it to an upcoming local gun show and see how it goes? Like I said , they are pretty rare in Ontario . I'd never seen one before.
 
This gun wouldn't hold any more value then its Cooey stamped equivalent. In fact, I would say it would hold less value than the Cooey 84 stamped guns made prior to Winchester’s takeover. Cooey made lots of variants of their 84’s for retailers and stamped them with all different names. You would definitely be out to lunch trying to trade for a 28g Cooey....but if you found someone willing to do so, you just tripled or quadrupled your value
 
Ordinary used Cooey guns are pretty much 100 to 150 dollar guns. In perfect collector condition a Macleods marked gun "might" be worth a small premium to a collector, but not near the price of a 28 gauge.
 
quadrupled your value ? That doesn't seem right to me. Assuming my gun is worth $125 - $150 , as is common on here for any Cooey , your pricing a 28 gauge at $500 - $600. Something doesn't add up with that. Nobody would pay that. But I thank you for your opinion . I did ask for it.
 
triggerman42 said:
quadrupled your value ? That doesn't seem right to me. Assuming my gun is worth $125 - $150 , as is common on here for any Cooey , your pricing a 28 gauge at $500 - $600. Something doesn't add up with that. Nobody would pay that. But I thank you for your opinion . I did ask for it.
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A 28g Cooey 84 in very good + condition priced at $400 will sell faster than you can complete a bowel movement. Without photos or accurate description of your gun, hard to place a value on it. But my opinion is that $150 would be VERY GENEROUS. Especially because guns made after Winchesters take over are of much lesser quality then a Cooey 84
 
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I guess I got my answer. Thank you both for your replies . I'll just hang on to it I think . It's not worth what I had hoped , but , it adds to my Winchester / cooey / menagerie.
 
Interesting comments. I had almost forgotten I have a Model 84 in 28 ga. It maybe on the market soon but not before I treat it to a trip to our local club. I've had it almost 50 yrs. Used to carry it in my day pack in the fall while I was timber cruising. Us old Ont L&F/ MNR guys did those kinds of things 50 yrs ago. Times have changed!
 
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Interesting comments. I had almost forgotten I have a Model 84 in 28 ga. It maybe on the market soon but not before I treat it to a trip to our local club. I've had it almost 50 yrs. Used to carry it in my day pack in the fall while I was timber cruising. Us old Ont L&F/ MNR guys did those kinds of things 50 yrs ago. Times have changed!
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I'll give you $400 but first I gotta go take a dump. Brb
 
MacLeod's Stationary Gas Engine (c1922) The MacLeod's hardware store was a staple in most Manitoba towns, until the company went bankrupt in 1992. Cotter & Company then acquired it and changed its name to TruServ in 1999. RONA purchased TruServ in 2010 and changed the name to Ace Hardware in 2015.
 
I only wish Cooeys were more pleasurable to shoot. I love them for what they are, love the history, love that they're the picture of simplicity/functionality, etc. Still, they're guns I never reach for. I'm down to one, an 84 in 20ga and it makes me smile every time I look at it. Only sees the light of day a couple of times a year, but worth more to me than what I'll ever get for it. I'd love one in 28 to look at, but considering that's all it'll pretty much be used for, the modest $ fund in my life trickles out in different directions instead. lol
 
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