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    Cooey M82

    Hey All,

    glad I found this site, I was beginning to really miss it at CGN!

    I've come across a Cooey and I was hoping the serial number or stampings would mean anything to you knowledgable bunch!



    I'm thinking its the civilian version, but hey what do i know!

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    With the C/l\, it will be one of the gov't. purchased ones. I suspect that the serial on yours was added for registration purposes. Any marks on the stock?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tiriaq View Post
    With the C/l\, it will be one of the gov't. purchased ones. I suspect that the serial on yours was added for registration purposes. Any marks on the stock?

    No other marks really, just the Usual Cooey .22 Model 82. would the 67 included in that stamping be the year of production or something else?

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    I would guess that it is an inspector's number. These rifles are '40s vintage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tiriaq View Post
    I would guess that it is an inspector's number. These rifles are '40s vintage.
    I agree with tiriaq.....

    It has the look of a Canadianicon acceptance and inspector's mark. Here's a pic of the oval kind of thing off one of my Canadian pieces....

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    M82 was made on govt contract with inspectors cartouche (C/\ and inspector #) on barrel and serial # on bottom of pistol grip and commercial model with no cartouche or #. M82 was used by cadets post WWII . Bolts were withdrawn in 1949 and it was used for DP into the 90s. Numbers made on contract c1941 -45 34810 or 50000 depending on source. Officially "Rifles,Cooey Pattern, .22 in. Instruction No1".

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    I have never seen the serial number stamped on the frame like that. As Tiriaq mentions, likely for modern registration. Guessing by the number of digits, it is likely the FIN number, which would otherwise be the white sticker the CFC hands out. Is it the same number as in the FIN block of the registration certificate?
    Kind of a shame the numbers were added, as it changes the historical characteristics of the firearm.
    Further to Green's post, the M82 was later known as the C2B1 in DND lingo.

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    Ahhh i love this site already =)

    I don't own the rifle but was offered it at a slightly high price, so i've passed. I wasn't sure about the serial numbers which is why i was hesitant to buy it.

    I wish there was more info on these and cooey's in general (is there and i'm just slow?)

    Thanks for your input!

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    Belton's book is about the only Cooey book of which I am aware.

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    An interesting side story to the 82 drill rifles: In 99, while travelling to Suffield from Shilo, we stopped for the night in MooseJaw. I paid a visit to the base weapon techs, as MJ was my previous posting and I wanted to say hello. In a triwall, the weapon tech had a dozen or so of the Coey stocks. He mentioned that they were returned from the local cadet corps, and he was supposed to destroy them. He torched, then threw the barrelled receivers into the scrap metal bin, and was saving the serialised wooden stocks in case he had to account for the remains.

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