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thinking about buying a cooper mod52-- any opinions from those with personal experience, either owning or observing?Thanks-Bill

You won't regret it! I thoroughly like mine and plan to add another to the rack!

Try it, you'll like it.





Cooper 52, Jackson Game Rifle, 25-06 Rem.


JAPPFT,


GWB

I don't have any but know a couple guys with them. They love their rifles and those guys own several. They are accuracy nuts.

I wish I'd never bought one, because now I want to replace all my rifles with Coopers. I can't say anything bad about mine (left hand schnabel in 300 HH). The wood is beautiful, finish is perfect, feed and function are superb, and it shoots. Several sub 1" groups at 300 yards. That's good enough for the girls I date.

I don't think any of the models are "light" but they aren't tanks either. The barrels on even the sporter weights are pretty robust.

Don't buy one unless you plan to own several. They are fantastic rifles and once you have one, the urge to get another is nearly impossible to resist. My experience is limited to the M21 and M22, but I strongly suspect the repeaters are the same.

They are nice rifles. I have had a few, sold a few when I was buying/selling all the time. The one I still have is one of my favorite rifles that will be with me til I die.

I have 2, one in .280 Rem and one in .30-06. Mostly the only rifles I use these days. Very nice and accurate as hell with most anything I feed them, from factory ammo to handloads.

I have always wanted a Cooper rifle, the factory included targets are what great rifles are all about. Someday I'm going to sell about 3 of my A-bolts and buy an Excalibur in 300 wm.

Thanks for all the input-- just sealed the deal on a 52, .257wby. Can't wait to see how close I can come to matching the factory test target. Half as good will be twice as good as anything I've got now.--Bill

Just keep in mind that the test target is fired at roughly 50 yards, unless something has changed. Congrats on the new rifle! I think you will be very pleased with it.

It used to be 37 yards iirc.

No experience with their centerfires but I really enjoy my M57 22lr!

YMMV...............



Cooper M21 Varminter, 20 Vartarg, 100 yds



Cooper M38 Classic, 22 Hornet, 100 yds.




primer test, Cooper M21 Varmint Extreme, 223 Rem., 100 yds. Back to back, 5 minutes between groups, no cleaning of barrel.



Cooper M22, Varmint Extreme, 308 Win, 100 yds.




Cooper M22 Excalibur, 22-250 Rem, 100 yds.




Cooper M22 Classic, 25-06 Rem., 100 yds.

Now I will not begin to say that every group shot with my Coopers were sub MOA,during load development. However, out of over 2 dozen, I've not yet encountered one that would not shoot sub-moa before I was done.

JAPPFT,


GWB

I thought 47, but won't swear to that.

just fer schitz n' giggles,


Cooper M22 Montana Varminter, 6.5 x 284, load development....











shooting the corners @ 200 yds.




should you get a wild hair and decide on one.........





I don't think you'll be disappointed.



as they typically shoot "minute of hoglet"

Best,

GWB

Buy one, you won't regret it!

I'm loving mine. Custom Classic, .30-06.
Bob

Is Dan Cooper still involved with the company?

Dan Cooper has been gone from the company since not too long after his Obama donation at the request of the company Board of Directors. For the still wary non-believers, his removal did not involve smoke and mirrors. He's gone.

Today Cooper is owned by the Wilson Barrel people who have, for the most part, supplied Cooper barrels for years.

And Cooper rifles are like Ripple Chips. Betcha' can't own just one.

Duh!

Wonder if you own any hunting/sporting products that were manufactured in Germany,Austria, Italy, Japan, Korea, China.

Ever use any plastics or petroleum products refined with Saudi crude. Oh yeah, remind me how many of the hi-jackers on 9/11 were Saudi's.

I'd venture to say that folks from the countries listed above have been responsible for the death of many more of your fellow Americans than ol' Dan Cooper.

Or, one could always buy a used Cooper. That way you're contributing to another American business or sportsman and not financially supporting Cooper Arms.

But no, Dan Cooper is not associated with the folks at Cooper Arms and has not been since he was forced out circa Obama's emaculation.

Please don't buy any Cooper's.........




as that will leave




that many more for me. LOL











Just Sayin'

GWB

Good words and nice pics !!

Beautiful rifle!

+1

GWB

Good to hear that. Even better to hear that Wilson supplies barrels to Cooper. I have always felt that Wilson got a bad rap. I figured they made them to Ruger's spec and maybe Ruger didn't have a good enough spec on final interior barrel finish.

WTF are you talking about MORON? F you! I was just asking a simple question and don't need a smart assed answer from a prick like you boy!

Wow!

I'm guessing your wife shoved 5 pounds of stuffing up the wrong ass today.

I ordered a Cooper Phoenix Model 22 in 6.5x284 back in 2007. Ordered it with a fluted barrel and a few other items at $1,767.22. Thought it might make a long range varmint rifle at the minimum. Besides, I just survived having my spinal cord operated on, and I was bored and wanted something to celebrate being above ground. Well it turned out that while the rifle was well made, it never lived up to my expectations. For one thing, I picked the wrong cartridge to experiment with, just too impractical. Next, I discovered that while a great hunting trigger, the Cooper trigger is not to my liking, having been spoiled by Jewel Triggers on the Remington 700's and 40-X, and Target AccuTriggers on the Savage Precision Target Actions. I changed the trigger for a JARD and tried the various spring exchanges until I found one that worked for me. Then I spent many range sessions trying to develop a load, but nothing came close to beating my homemade Savage or Remington varmint rifles, or even the custom AR's.

So after trying Lapua, Nosler and reformed Winchester brass, and numerous bullets and powder combinations, I came to the conclusion that the barrel wasn't all that great. I stashed everything away, placed the Cooper in the safe where it sits today. I decided that the Cooper is a fine semi-custom rifle, offering great to spectacular wood, and many attractive features, if what you are looking for is an accurate hunting rifle. For me, it is just a nice bolt action rifle, but nothing special. I thought about sending it out and having it rebarreled with a Pac-Nor polygonal rifled barrel in .22-250 Remington, or maybe a .308 Winchester, or maybe something in between, but I really don't need another. So it will just sit in the safe, waiting for the day when things get sold off before I croak. At my age, I finally learned that experience dulls the excitement of new stuff, because stuff is always that, just stuff, and expectations are the stuff of optimists. Then again maybe I'm just too picky.