r/canadaguns • u/Paint_Spare • Mar 18 '26

Buy recommendations Cheap bolt. 22 recommendations?

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Curious what y'all would suggest for a cheap bolt. 22. Caught between a norinco or a used coey model 60. Open to other suggestions too https://www.gotenda.com/product/norinco-jw-15a-22-lr-bolt-action-rifle-wood-w-ammo-combo/

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u/LabRat54 Mar 19 '26

I have that exact Cooey Model 60 in your 2nd pic. More beat up than that one but still works fine.

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u/Paint_Spare Mar 19 '26

How do you like it? Is she an accurate shot? 

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u/LabRat54 Mar 19 '26

As accurate as my eye is I guess. Pretty simple sights but good enough to hit pop cans at 50 yds. Where I'm at in northern Alberta we got no gophers like down south and I don't want to be shooting the crows, ravens and magpies just for target practise tho I have taken a few for their feathers for fly tying and dressing up jigs.

I've never gone hunting and might just join a local fish and game club that has a range and skeet shooting area with various competitions during the warmer months. 3ft of snow out there now. Maybe I can find an old fart like me that likes to head out at noon and find a deer not too far off the road. Someone experienced in field dressing an animal I can learn from in case finding food becomes a necessity in the near future.

I just started cleaning up that old Cooey recently. It came with the house I bought just over 22 years ago along with a little Brazilian made single shot 16 gauge originally from Sears. I need to find out what type of stain and varnish was used on the stock to get it as original looking as I can. I'll try refinishing the rest of the gun and if that goes well do my .303 too. I just had my 10/22 and a 1942 No4 Mk1 Lee Enfield .303 I got in '77 for $60 cab fare a guy couldn't pay. Big sack of ammo with it too.

These 10/22s are a fun little gun and can be very accurate. The scope I just put on my new one was only $50 and new in the box. Cheap Chinese one made for nothing heavier than a .22 and is 3-12X42 with front parallax correction and lighted reticle. Flip up lens covers, and a 1-piece scope ring setup that won't work but I had some that do. I may upgrade down the road but if it works OK then maybe not.

Just don't buy that cheap Bucket-O-Bullets bulk ammo and expect to be punching out bulls-eyes at 100yds. Standard ammo like CIL, Winchester etc are pretty good and very consistent tho for a few bux more you can get better stuff. I've been shooting some German made Pistol Match Grade stuff I got a 500rd brick of on sale for less than cheap bulk ammo. Wish I'd bought the half dozen or so they had left.

Pro tips: Don't put loose .22 rounds in your pocket. Most have a wax coating that will pick up lint and sand and muck up your barrel. And don't scrub out your barrel often. Get a bore snake to clean the loose carbon out and save the nice wax coating in there that helps accuracy once the barrel is conditioned. And get a nylon brush instead of a brass one for when you do feel the need to scrub it out.

Have fun with whatever you get!

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u/Paint_Spare Mar 19 '26

Thanks for the tips! Especially the pocket one. That's really good to know, thanks