Don't you just hate when that happens?

 

:t I have been known to do things like that!

 

I sold a CZ455 Varmint and a BSA Martini Int'l Mk II to buy a Cooper 57M JSR I 22 lr. and I am reqlly happy with it.
When I got to selling four scopes and a tuner also went to new homes.
I mounted a Leupold 36X BR on it and used it during the winter for 100 Metre Rimfire. All that ended just after our 100 Metre Rimfire Provincials with COVID-19.

 

Beauty !

 

I sold a Remington 541S, a 1969 era Browning T-2 T-bolt I'd bought new and Browning Auto .22 to buy my Cooper 57M Classic Sporter .22LR. That was about 15 years ago, and within short order I had a matching Sporter in .17 HMR. They are both very accurate and will stay with me. I've added a CZ switch-barrel 455 Sporter and a beautiful 10-22 custom sporter but the Coopers still rule.

 

Sell whatever you need to buy any quality firearm is good advice👍
I sold 4 or 5 guns to buy my first Cooper 57M .22 custom classic, one of the most beautiful and accurate rifle I own next to my model 36 custom classic I tracked down after buying my first Cooper😁
Great guns , just waiting for my next Cooper find!

 

Doesn't it just drive you crazy when you get something in your blood like that?

 

I arrived at the range one afternoon just in time to watch another member slam car doors and drive off with gravel flying. I asked another guy at the range what was up.It seemed that he was shooting a cooper with a high end scope and ammo. The guy next to him was shooting a 10-22 with a 2x7 scope and Federson barrel. The cooper had two flyers and the 10-22 blew out the 10 ring. When the cooper guy saw the two targets he put his gear away and threw his tantrum. I tend to believe it was the shooter and not the rifle.

 

Probably one of the two things that cause inaccuracy in shooting . . .
1). The Nut that holds the gun, or
2). The jerk that pulls the trigger

In his case the "or" should be replaced with AND!

It is a real bugger when you have no one to get mad at but yourself . . . oh well he is the one who has to live with it . . . pity his poor wife if he abuses her like he does himself!

 

It could easily have been a sub-standard Cooper. I suspect the 10/22 was a good shooter.

I have the barrel from a new JSR 22LR if anyone wants it for $25 shipped...Tom

 

I will take the barrel for $25 shipped

sending PM

drover

 

If you Cooper fans don't ever want to buy one, this one might change your mind (in the Trading Post here -- https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/vbclassified.php?do=ad&id=252259).

Doug

 

Doug, most squirrels around where I live would consider it an honor to get shot by a rifle as beautiful as that one! In fact, they would probably line up waiting their turn!

 

An acquaintance of mine saved his diollars and finally went all in on a custom Cooper with all the stock and finish options. After shooting it, he was disappointed that it shot no better than some of his other rifles that he paid half as much. Even Cooper can't bat a thousand.

 

Shot no better than some .. possibly looked
some what better ?

 

Did your friend try to have the accuracy issue resolved by Cooper? My experience is they are very responsive to such issues, especially when someone has spent the money for a highly optioned rifle.

TBR

 

Coppers

That's a beauty!,

 

That's a beauty Doug.

 

I kinda wander if it is just like when you got a new pair of shoes when you were kid. You could outrun, or felt like you could, all the kids in the neighborhood. Maybe that is what a Cooper does. New and shiny and you think you can out shoot all the kids with it too,LOL

 

Couple years ago a bought a JSR. All excited to get to the range. Shot poorly. Very disappointed. Went home with plan to adjust trigger. Found action screws loose. Torqued to spec and went back to range. Shot very good. Happy with it now. Simple fix for me. How did they shoot the one hole test target?

 

I sold of some nice muzzle loaders to fund the JSR.

 

Hush,

You're accumulating a very nice collection of beautiful toys....

Bob

 

Nice JSR, HUSH! I'd go for that too over some muzzle loaders (even nice ones).

Doug

 

One of the great joys of this site is the great taste in firearms so many of the members exhibit and are willing to share with us...

 

I first saw one of these Cooper Mdl 57m LVT rifles 20 years ago at one of my Collector gun shows. Unfortunately, I didn't have the funds available at the time to make it mine, but I never forgot it. Such is life

Fast forward to 2020 and I found my rifle and I had the available funds to make it happen, so here is my newest acquisition:

I've fondled it a lot, but I've not had an opportuntity to take it to the range, but have high hopes.
So far the only problem was that some previous owner had disassembled the mag and reversed the mag floor plate on reassembly so that it didn't feed well and didn't latch correctly. A few minutes and all was as it should be.

 

That is the finest LVT that I have ever seen , beauty.

 

VERY nice! It's great when you can finally make it happen.

Doug

 

It will shoot as good as it looks!

 

A minute of a Squirrel, or worst case, woodchuck head at 100 yd.s will do just fine for me. Especially, considering who's pulling the trigger

 

I have a JSR and just started making payments on another Cooper.

Sold an Anschutz 1416D and made the final payment yesterday.
Should arrive Wednesday the 17th.
Has a 6 oz. Jard trigger and Leupold standard bases.
I have a photo but the image is not available on PhotoBucket.
The closest image I can find is a Montana Varminter.

 

Hey horseman, you're on the right track. I started with a CustClassic and then added a Jackson Squirrel. Great rimfires, and US made.
S.