I also remember bringing in a Cooey 22 to high school machine shop and refinishing the all the parts and stock. We were given marks for anything we restored on the side. Our shop teacher was a big outdoors man, who hand made trout nets (amongst other projects) in class with a custom wood steamer. Trades classes kept many of us coming to school. The .22 is still in regular use,now with my nephew and his boys on their farm.