Never said mine weren't accurate or beautiful.(though I only fired the first one)
They were a roll of the dice, and I didn't even get into extraction,ejection,igntion issues that others had.
The first one went back, because early 36s had the ejector held in by just a small allen screw.One day, it fell out of the magazine well. Cooper updated the gun with a pin whereby it couldn't work loose. When one looked down the exterior of the barrel, it almost looked like it had steps.The turning left a lot to be desired.I lived with that. Ok, things could be worse,and they did get worse.
The second one had the Cooper name applied very crooked.(who deemed that saleable at Cooper?) They were less than accommodating with dealing with that. Dan Cooper was no sweetheart to deal with(they just wanted to polish it out and restamp it, but it was so deep on one end, that would have meant excessive polishing to remove it, so I resisted that.)They eventually replaced the receiver, but given the variances in their production tolerances, the original bolt didn't function as smoothly as it did with the first receiver. (Out of curiosity, I tried that bolt the first 36, even worse functionality,which also says something about their manufacturing.)
( ps: The segments of the second gun's bolt were floppy. Not the snug assemblage as found on the first one. Cooper wouldn't address that issue.)
To add insult to injury, when it came back after the second trip, there was a very noticeable scratch on the stock next to an action screw. Someone had slipped with the screwdriver, and shipped it out anyway. One more trip to Montana...A lot of travel points for that gun.
I replaced these two guns with Cooper Anschutz rifles. One of my best gun decisions. ..also eventually one my most expensive. Since I liked those two rifles so much, I had LeRoy Barry, their former head stock maker, build stocks for ten new Anschutz actions.
Over time, all other sporter rifle brands left the nest.