Geez! I was like “Hey I’m in Canada and I don’t know about Cooey. What’s that all about?” And then I see those .22 on the table and I’m like. “Hey wait a second...” Went down in the basement, took a look at my old dusty .22 that my grand pa gave me when I was a child, blew on it a bit to remove the dust and what do you know, a Cooey! Ahahah

My father insisted that my first 22 rifle had to be able to shoot short, long, and long rifle ammunition. So of course it was an older model 60 and I think I paid about $20 for it. It got knocked over and Consequently the trigger was somehow torn off. My dad tried to get it welded back in place but the metal was very thin and nobody wanted to touch it. I was about 14 at the time and my dad instructed me to box it up with a nice letter and sent it back to Cooey asking them to repair it. Cooey sent me a brand new rifle. I of course still have it along with many fond memories.

My great great grandfather was Herbert Cooey. Cooey is my middle name. Its cool to see this video floating around. Bravo Forgotten Weapons. Choice vid, and good facts. Super cool man

My mom bought me a Model 39 when I was 15. It cost $15.99 from _Canadian Tire._ As you can tell, that was a long time ago.

I'm in Nunavut and these firearms are still used for hunting and camping

My 20 gauge cooey is my go to “what was that noise outside” gun. My great great Uncle won it in a poker game in the 60s and I inherited it when I was 14!

Like most Canadians, I learned to shoot with a Cooey single shot in my early teens. The rifles were very inexpensive and durable. My sons learned to shoot with my first rifle.

As a Canadian I think it's great that your giving Cooey an honorable mention. Keep up the great work!

I wasn't expecting to see Cooey on Ian's channel. This made my maple syrup filled, Canadian heart proud. I'm on the East coast and know many people who own all these different Cooey models.

When my grandfather passed we found 2 guns hidden in the ceiling of the basement , we didnt know much about them other than they were guns he had when he grew up at the family farm in Ontario Canada. We kept them just because they were my grandfathers even if nobody in the family hunts or shoot guns .Well after watching this Video I am much more informed on the two guns we still have , A Model 60 and a Model 84 . Thank you so much for making this

As a proud Canadian firearm owner I love that you did a quick review of this awesome gun company I’ve owned many Cooeys and plan on doing videos of my collection along with many other guns

Some interesting trivia for you, Ian: When Canada's long gun registry was in effect, the total amount of firearms registered was less than the production run of Cooey over the years, not even counting the millions of imported firearms.

repainted my 90 year old relatives basement, she gave me a cooey .22 as payment, that is how i got my first firearm!

As a Canadian thank you so much for this Ian.

I bought the one in the front when i was a kid for 8 dollars, Still shoot it . when I bought it squirrel hide 50 cents , muskrat hide 1 dollar , beaver about 40 dollars average 22 shorts 75 cents for box of fifty . when I was 16 a pickup was about 3000 dollars and i paid cash from trapping after school

Cooey is the Tim Horton’s of Canadian firearms

Totally true, every Canadian kid I know that shoots, learned on a Cooey.

Please do more sporting stuff like this! I think it's fascinating to hear the origins of what we generally think are mundane weapons

I am 67. My mom bought me a Cooey repeater when I was 12 and graduated from hunter safety. I still have it to this day, hanging on my wall

I am Canadian and at 9 years old I was given an old Savage single shot and my cousin got a Cooey repeater we hunted grouse and rabbits all season long I was only allowed to head shoot or I wouldn't get my monthly allowance of ammo. Thanks a bunch this takes me back to better times I never lived a minute in a city I never wondered for something to do Cooey played a big part in many a country boys life 70 now thx.

As a Canadian I had no clue that Cooey was not a thing in other parts of the world. A single shot .22 up here is so common, fun, cheep and how we teach our kids about hunting and firearms safety. I have to admit I've never seen one that looks as nice as the one you're showing. Ours get passed down by generations and are generally really beaten up. So much fun for plinking... Thanks for the education on the other versions. I only thought they were all .22's. Thanks for educating us on the other variants. They are certainly not forgotten up here and if you live anywhere else in the world and see one that's cheap I recommend you pick one up. Reliable, fun, safe and built to last lifetimes.

Everyone wishes they had their first cooey back. My first cooey was given to me as soon as i was strong enough to pull the stricker back.

I have a rusted old cooey 84 i found in the woods while trespassing in the native reserve. Still hangin above my fireplace.

49 rabbits and squirrels did not like this video, the rest are not around anymore to vote it down.

Pretty decent morning when I can wake up and learn about the Canadian version of the Sears Ted William's line of firearms

ive watched this channel for years and this is the first time hes reviewed something i own its awesome

I'm sure most every Canadian who shoots has had a Cooey, or had a family member who has owned a Cooey. That just how it was! Thanks for making the video Ian!

Who else on here shot a cooey as their first gun

As a proud Canadian that lives close to the Cooey factory in Cobourg and owns a various selection of their firearms it warmed my cockles to see them on your channel. They are great shooters and the fact they can still be had for around $150 or less means they are still the cheap but rugged work horses Cooey had always intended them to be. Cheers from the great white north.

The weapons on this show generally fit into one of three categories. 1) Actually forgotten weapons that should be remembered, 2) Weapons that are interesting but not actually forgotten and 3) weapons that should be forgotten as quickly as possible.

I've got one of the tube fed 22's, damn good gun, accurate, fast to cycle, paid $50 for it... definitely one of the best guns I own

The single shot .22 is still my most reliable pest deterrent...

Thanks, Ian; this warmed my Canadian heart with memories of my youth. My Model 60 is long gone, but my dad still has the old Ace 22 at the farm, keeping the squirrels out of the garden!

Quite a few Cooey shotguns about in the UK when i was a lad , a favourite of my uncle who only used single shot guns ! He said only having the one chance focused you when after game !

I got my model 60 for Christmas in 1960 when I was 8 from Santa (my dad dressed up to put it under the tree). I still have and use it. I taught my girlfriend (now my wife), my sons and now my grandchildren about firearms with it. Great gun. Thanks for your presentation.

The first rifle i ever shot was a Cooey, it was introduced to me as the "cooey ace". I also own a model 84 and recently bought my father a model 60 for Christmas. My love for firearms and hunting was all started by that little single shot ace, amazing company:)

As a Canadian I was wondering why the Hell a Cooey was here but Ian explained it pretty good

I still hunt with a 20 gauge Cooey to this day

Finally a gun on Forgotten Weapons that I own!

The Cooey 600 is the crown jewel of the Cooey collection.

Many hours I spent growing up in the fifties and eagerly awaiting my dads copy of the American Rifleman to arrive. I would then spend quite a bit of time going over the "Ye old Hunter" full page add in the back of the magazine, I know I saw adds for the Cooey .22`s perhaps not from Ye old Hunter buy I remember the guns being offered, however my sub ten year old self could not justify or afford whatever they sold for. I am sure they were not inexpensive when compared to the boatloads of milsurp available. I did break down and spring twelve hard to get dollars for a "Hamilton" .22 single shot, new production that looked to my young eyes like a modern day Stevens favorite, When it arrived the Railway Express man wanted 90 cents additional postage. It took a lot to get the 90 cents and for someone to make a trip downtown for that little rifle. It was a disappointment all around , the receiver was pressed steel, nicely case colored with a brass, rifled liner in the barrel. I shot it a few times and disposed of it as boot in a trade. I should of got the Cooey!

I'd love to see a Cooey/Winchester Model 64 against a Ruger 10/22. Edit: apparently the Savage 64(F) is the modern version of the Cooey.

What a kick to find this video! Thanks Ian! I got my Model 60 from my Dad when I was 12 or 14. One day out of the blue Dad took me for a little drive from Oakville, where we lived, to Cobourg about 75 miles east right on Lake Ontario. He met a friend at the Cooey factory, and we came home with the Model 60. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. That rifle served our family for over 60 years.

As a Canadian im cleaning my cooey 39 while watching this.

sure miss CANADA WHEN WE WERE ALLOWED TO MAKE AND HAVE GUNS UP HERE I STILL HAVE MY FIRST 20 GA SHOT GUN ITS SERVED ME WELL

Grandpa guns always steal a nostalgic tear out of my eyes :')

I'm from Cobourg, there was a Winchester factory here Cooeys were made here aswell.

I found one of those Winchesters you mentioned behind a door at my great-grandmother's house years back. That door hadn't been closed in years so she had forgotten she had it. My great-grandfather used it for small game long before I was born.

I live in northern Ontario, was raised on 2 cooey single shots, a 20 gauge and a 22 , the only guns I ever owned or needed RIPdad😏

Thanks, Ian. The Cooey .22s were reasonably well-known in Australia from what my dad used to tell me.

I had a 12g cooey as my first shotgun here in the uk, i was always impressed how even the plate that holds the forearm latching spring etc was all colour case hardened, great gun well made if not a bit painfull to shoot...

My first firearm was a Cooey Model 39 that I got from my grandfather just before he passed away. I now own six different .22's and the Cooey is hands down still the most accurate.

I have a Savage 64, I believe its the only common 22 made with a steel receiver, it's a great inexpensive plinker

"Less is more" is a good way to describe these firearms. I think they are really cool, just because of how simple and reliable they are.

A little late to seeing this video, but I was overjoyed when I saw you doing a video on Cooey. I grew up and live in Cobourg Ontario, which is not a town many people ever mention, or let alone can even point to on a map. Many members of my family worked at the factory, including when it was purchased by Winchester, up until it's shutdown in 1979. In the video you call it Lakeshore, but it's actually Lakefield Ontario which is approximately an hour and a half north of Cobourg, and where they produced Lakefield-Mossberg rifles and shotguns up until their purchase by Savage. Many people aren't aware of this, but all Savage Rimfire rifles to this date are made at this Lakefield factory, including the Cooey/Winchester/Lakefield/Savage 64 which is still made today. The original Cooey factory is still partially standing, now run down and abandoned but a large part of this small towns history. My highschool metalshop recieved all of the leftover barrel steel from the factory and I can remember making small cannons and such on the lathe. Every year the town has a "Cooey Celebration" where people bring in their old rare versions of the guns, and members of the Cooey family come and tell their stories of a better time. Thanks for your time Ian and showing off a staple in Canadian firearms.

I still have a .410, a 20 gage and a 12 gage Cooey. Also a .22 bolt action Cooey tube fed repeater that has a beautiful crisp trigger and surprisingly nice grain in the stock. 🇨🇦

My brother laughed at me when I started hording Cooeys. Who's laughing now!

As a fellow Canadian I have to point out some info you forgot to talk about with the Cooey . You forgot to show the penny sight. You loose the stepped elevator of the rear sight. Stuff a penny under to shim the sight. No penny: 0-50 yrds 1 penny: 50-75 yrs 2 penny: 75-100+

Great video. I'm in the states and have 3 Cooeys. A 39, and 82, and a 64b. Youre right: none of my friends or even people in gunshops have ever heard of these yet every Canadian grew up with these. It's nice to have something different from what everyone else has. Great simple guns. Very interesting history.

Cobourg resident here! Cooey shut down when my dad was in his teens and being that age they snuck into the abandoned plant and were able to find tons of barrels and stocks but nothing completed, so we have a few old Cooey parts kicking around today !

11:10 controlled feed rimfire, nice. 😁

I've been shooting cooey's since I was a kid, everyone had one where I'm from. Edit: I had the under tube fed model.

6:29 I think you meant to say "Lakefield was purchased by Savage in 1995" not "Lakeside"

Shocking!! He didn’t sign off with. Keep your stick, on the ice.

Never thought I'd see some of these on here, I own the model 39, 60 and 840. Basically everyone I know who owns a gun in Canada owns a Cooey, and you can buy them used and in good condition for around 100$. Like Ian said the model 39 is very safe, whenever I used to go hunting grouse or rabbits with it I would keep the bolt in a safe position until I saw one and you could cock it super quickly when you're shouldering it.

Classic simple lines, makes this a beautiful gun. What I would consider a great little plinker. A pity the family had the tragedy, losing the son. Makes you think what would have become of the company had they still been running it.

I never thought I'd see my first firearm on Forgotten Weapons. Cooey Model 39, got it for Christmas, 1978.

I have an extra full choke my dad kept the freezer full with. She never failed us and I have her now. I still lovingly use her.

My grand father game my dad his fist cooey, I received that cooey when i was 8 years old i dont know how many thousands of round a have put thru this gun. Father said he has shot thousand if not tens of thousands thru this gun and the rifling still looks new. almost every month i put a 555 rnd box thru this gun.

French here, my first gun is a Cooey 60 for some reason. I love it to death.

I had a Cooey/Winchester 12-guage (Model84/840) in the late sixties. It was my first shotgun after getting my license. What a great gun.

Thank you Ian. My first rifle from my grandfather and I have it on the wall waiting for my 2 kids.

Wow that takes me back. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Had a .22 Cooey in the 70's, it was my favorite weapon ever. Similar to the model 39 except the stock extended to up near the muzzle. Unlike other weapons I've owned, I could plink all day with it and spend almost nothing on ammo, and it was more accurate than I am. Lost it when our house was burgled, became a huge fan of gun safes ever since.

My grandmother had a model 60. She always kept it loaded behind a tv in the corner ready for any squirrel or intruder. My sister and I learned about gun safety by not going behind the tv and touching the gun. When I got older she let me shoot it a couple times, pretty cool gun.

I grew up in Canada's Northwest Territories. Everyone seemed to have some model of Cooey firearm back then. I started with the Cooey singleshot .22, acquired the repeater later on for rabbits and used a post Winchester build (Cooey) singleshot 12 ga (36" barrel) for goose hunting in the Mackenzie Delta. I still have all 3 retired to my gun locker. I take the .22's out plinking from time to time. Thanks, Ian for putting together this video on venerable Canadian "tradition" guns. :)

Thanks for covering these :-) My Model 39 was my 9th Birthday present, and brought many grouse to the table, for many years! The only problem area in mine, and I heard that it was fairly common, was that the extractor spring would fatigue out, and break in the middle..otherwise, as you can see, a simple, robust and reliable piece of Canadian firearms history.

I miss my Model 60, spent a lot of hours plinking with it when I was a kid.

The military training rifle Ian mentioned is the model 82. It uses the same single-loading action as the 39 and 75, but it has a full-length stock to simulate a SMLE.

I'm a firearms owner, I'm a Canadian, but was unaware of Cooey until this video. Only after watching this video did i realize my dad's old .22, the first gun I fired over 30 years ago, was a Cooey. Thanks for the video.

I learned to shoot with a 20 gauge single shot Cooey, learned the " one shell, one bird" lesson from my dad.

Back before the days of the 10/22, every kid here learned to shoot on a cooey

Born in BC and dad had a 22 and I got a cooey 16 gauge shotgun for my 12th birthday. Still have it 20 years later and it functions flawlessly. Lots of grouse lost their lives to that shotgun

I have a model 60 that was my first gun. Today I took my 11 year old son to the range for the first time and it became his first gun. I had an ear to ear grin on my face when I tested it before giving it to him. 20 years sitting in the safe and it still shoots like a dream!!

I really enjoy when you cover commercial guns, especially the workhorses.

A truly ambidextrous shotgun for our favorite wrong handed shooter.

I grew up in northern Ontario. A Cooey 840 (the post-Winchester purchase iteration of the 84) in .410 was the first gun I ever shot. I later inherited it from my dad, and still have it today. In addition to being just a natural pointer, it is the lightest, handiest little shotgun you could ever wish for... especially if your hunting includes walking countless miles of trails and logging roads as mine did.

Winchester 37A single shots are Cooeys. It was my family's primary shotgun in 12 gauge and my go-to for grouse hunting growing up. And yes, purchased at Canadian Tire. I now have 20 gauge "Deluxe" model as a simple walk-about. Lovely.

The shotguns, especially in .410" are fairly common in the UK.

A friend gave me a Model 60 some time ago, love that gun

Appreciate the spot light on Canadian stuff, always.

Our family owned a .22 calibre Cooey rifle. it was the gun I learned to shoot on and the most amazing "peep" sight. A great gun and one that brings back fond memories.

I almost positive that the WInchester 12 gauge single I purchased in 1969 from a big box store was marked, "Made in Canada".

COOOOOOOEEEEYYYY i got one its a model 75 its dope af my dad bought it off a farmer over 40 years ago for 10 bucks still shoots great

Model 60. 1964 my dad took me to Simpson's Queen and Bay streets in Toronto. Bought me this rifle. Out of the store we walked, rifle in hand, down Queen Street past the old armouries where city hall now stands to where my dad had parked. Imagine trying that today? That particular rifle has long been gone from my life but in the late 90's I found one in exceptionally good condition and the rest is family history. My youngest daughter used the Cooey to learn about shooting with this great little gun. Still in the safe and does come out on occasion.

In Australia we have an old bush call, Cooo ee. As I was growing up I seen the Cooey shotgun in the cupboard, seen the name and thought she was Australian made, lol. Learn something new everyday. Great show Ian. Love it.

I'm from Canada and live there. Every time I see guns mad from Canada I immediately watch those videos

My dad had one of the .410s, so some of them did make it over the pond to the UK 😉

My dad had an original box fed .22 COOEY, its what I learned my first firearm safety and shooting with... Outstanding firearm !

Thank you so much. My Dad has an old Cooey .22, and it brought back fond memories.