I'm thinking seriously about a Cooper Mod 57 Classic repeater in 22lr but I know nothing of this rifle other than it's expensive price and I'd love to hear from some guy's that do or have owned one, It looks a lot like a Kimber Mod 82 and I've had several of those over the years even a Super America that had some stunning wood, but I did have ejection issues with one or two...One of those was an 82 Cascade from Oregon and from what I gather I wasn't the only guy to have trouble with these..I'd really like to hear about the accuracy of the Cooper as I'm buying it for IR 50/50 competition........Thanks men........547.

I bought one last year and have been very pleased with it. Accurate, trigger perfect out of the box. I did have an issue with the last round out of the magazine feeding when I used the Winchester subsonic conical bullet and a little tweak of the lip of the magazine on one side fixed it. I have to attribute that to the funny shape of the bullet since it fed everything else well.

Highly recommended.

I should know more in a week or two. I just picked up a Jackson Squirrel Rifle in 22lr. I is showing alot of promise, I just need to pick up a high power optic and build a decent bench before I can tell you how well it actually shoots. Initially I was getting one ragged hole for 5rounds at 50yds, on the bigger side though, and for the most part staying sub-moa at 100yds fairly easy.

I also have a Jackson Squirrel Rifle in 22lr and you will not be disappointed in a Cooper 57.

Mine shoots in one little raged hole at 50 yds. with 3 different ammo types, and the wood on the Coopers makes you proud to carry it.

I've only found these rifles on gunsamerica and gunbroker, they seem to run in the $1325.00 to $1400.00 range, could I do better through My local dealer, he charges Me cost plus 5% but he cant find a supplier for these rifles, maybe he should call Cooper directly.................547.

Give Hendershots a call. They were willing to deal a bit on theirs and I paid a couple hundred less than that last year for mine.

http://www.hendershots.net/

7x57Steve also has some connections for Coopers and may have some ideas.

I've known folks that got one through their local dealer, but Cooper prefers to sell to their regular stocking dealers. IIRC, the dealer cost was about 25% off retail. I wouldn't order one direct, the wood quality has taken a nose dive on standard rifles of recent manufacture and I'd want to see it before buying it.

Green Top Hunting and Fishing in Glen Allen is/was a stocking dealer.

Thanks Men for the help, it's been hard trying to get My hands on one of these things in My part of the country, I'll just have to order one in the blind, Hell most gun shops around here never even heard of a Cooper rifle of any kind. Thanks for the link to Hendershots. One more thing do you guy's know of any problems with these rifle's?.........Thanks again......547.

Might also try to give whittakers guns in Kentucky a call, they are one of the better priced suppliers when it comes to Coopers. i have bought 4 coopers from them so far & have been quite happy.
Downside to whittakers...no pix, you buy it unseen. they will not send photos.

Thanks Man, I got a phone number for Whittakers and I'll call em in a few minutes and get a price................547.

Pugs, I recently bought My first Cooper mod 57 Classic, I like the rifle but about half the time it wont feed the last round out of the mag no matter what ammo I use, (it jams)exactly what did you tweak on your magazine? one of the feed lips? I have no experience with Cooper, ya think they might just send Me a whole new magazine? after all these things ain't exactly cheap and for that money I expect flawless function.Thanks..................547.

Indeed I was a bit surprised at the malfunction too but I called them and ask if I should mail it back. They said they would be happy to fix it but he suggested before I went to that trouble I simply bent the lip in a tiny little bit on each side of the very front of the magazine. I did so a very little bit, you could hardly tell I did it, and it worked fine with the Super X conicals I like.

I do need to get another magazine for silhouette season and I'll be curious if that one needs tweaked too.

You can try First Stop out in S.D. too. They list there guns on GunsAmerica and have 5 pix of each rifle. They have a lot of Coopers.

I have a Cooper Jackson Hunter in 22lr.and it easily groups five SK Standard Plus into less than 1/2" at 50 yards.It has a very good trigger and feeds everything but CCI very well.The bolt can be quite hard to close with CCI loads,so I don't use them any more.

"do you guy's know of any problems with these rifle's?........."

Yes - I can't afford more of them.

Accuracy of the cooper 57 is not a problem.

The target on the left is 15 rounds at 25 yds, the one on the right is 10 at 50 yds. These were federal gold metal that were not seperated for rim thickness. Just pulled them out of the box and put them in my LTV. The next target was shot at 100 yds from a very solid bench. They were seperated for rim thickness and and weight.

Here is a picture of my 57M LVT. It's got a home for lift.

Bill

Thanks Pugs, I'll give it a try, I shot mine a little more yesterday and now it jams the 4th and 5th round out of the mag. I called Cooper and the guy said to send the bolt back because it sounded to him that he needed to loosen something up on the bolt( I can't remember what ) I suggested He send Me a new mag but he wasn't interested which frustrated Me even more, I feel with a rifle in this price range that this guy could have at least acted like he was trying to help Me..............VaHillbilly.

Oh yea, I've tried several brands of top notch lr ammo (Lapua Midas +, Lapua Center-X, Federal Ultramatch, Wolf Match Extra) and I'm not really over impressed with this things accuracy either, the factory supplied target was awesome, a one hole group not much larger than a 22 caliber, but so far I have not come close to duplicating this accuracy..............VaHillbilly.

Interesting. I can't picture issues with the bolt when it doesn't pick up a round out of the mag but what to do I know. I'm waiting for a scope to come back from Leupold to get mine back to the range.

Pugs, I agree, it sounds like a magazine problem to Me too............VaHillbilly.

I read someplace that the Savage magazines fit the Cooper Model 57 so I ordered one from Brownells and it fits and works fine. It looks different from the one Cooper supplied because it has 2 grooves in the side of the magazine where the factory mag has only one groove. Also the "floor plate" doesn't have the nice contoured bottom but the function is normal in my rifle. Never yet had a feeding problem with either magazine but I never have tried the odd shaped bullets, only round nose or hollow points. The Savage mags are only about $11 in my last catalog. Might be worth a try. (I see Midway has a 6 round Savage mag from John Masen company but I don't think that's the same one Brownells has.)

Good to know thanks.

That's some good information, Thanks..........VaHillbilly.

I've got three Coopers now. Had to do some gun tradin' because they are a bit spendy, but well worth it. I prefer buying them online because that way I have been able to find ones with particularly nice wood. My .22 LR is an older model 36 that was my first one. I have never been able to shoot that one hole group either, but I haven't shot it with a 36X scope in a tunnel either. Doesn't matter though; this rifle is accurate enough with winchester super x ammo that I have often used 12 ga shotgun shells lying down and shooting at the bases as targets... at 100 yds (off a bench rest and no wind) with good success. My 22-250 routinely shoots in the .3's, bench and no wind, and my 270 is shooting .5 consistently.

Your right cobrad, I didn't have a 36x scope and a tunnel but I'm not still not overly impressed with this rifles accuracy, I have several rifles that will at least shoot as good. I have an Anschutz 1416d HB that will out shoot it, hell I got a Remington 504 that I got NIB for $350.00 that will shoot with this rifle using comparable ammo, I guess the accuracy issue to Me has got Me down more than the feeding issue (I think it's a bad magazine no big deal) but I paid some damn big bucks for this thing, for Me anyway, and it is only slightly more accurate than My $300.00 6 year old CZ 452, the factory supplied target that came with this thing really had Me fired up.................VaHillbilly.

Yes, that is something to be fired up about as they are spendy rifles. I once had a Kimber I thought did not perform up to par and they had me send it back to inspect it. Have U asked Cooper to do the same? A one hole group is attractive, but the rifle has to shoot very small groups consistently to live up to it's guarantee.

I tried a box of Lapua Midas M that my test target was fired with and it really was a more accurate load than any other round, nearly matching the factory target but on an open 50 yard range with an 8x scope but at $15 for a box of 50 I can't see doing that much

I never have tried the match ammo mine was tested with, too expensive and slow to hunt with. I tried several different brands that I would actually use, and found that Winchester Super X was the best in my rifle. And it does shoot very small groups consistently.

Yep, that's where I settled too. 7x57Steve and I split a case of it so I'm stuck with it now!

I have tried several lower end target loads,as well as some high velocity loads,and SK Standard Plus shoots much smaller groups than anything else that I have tried.

Gotta love a Cooper. Super slick bolt travel, built to order, accurate and will be a firearm that your kids can pass onto their kids.
One word of caution though, their .22's are built with match chambers so there is a good chance they will not chamber most of the cheap ammo being sold.

I'll tell ya what this Cooper Mod 57M reminds me of is a Kimber of Oregan Cascade model 22lr I had years ago, and as I remember it didn't feed well either, I wonder if it is the same rifle?....................VaHillbilly.

I bought two magazine when I purchased my Cooper.One feeds perfectly,the other was replaced under warranty because it didn't like to feed the last round on occasion.The replacement magazine feeds perfectly,as long as I don't try to shoot CCI standard velocity ammunition in it.It takes much more effort to close the bolt with those loads,and accuracy isn't great either.I just received my order of 5000 SK Standard Plus loads,so I am good to go for a while.

I sent My bolt and magazine back to Cooper, the guy at Cooper (Mike) thinks between the two that he can fix it without boxing up the whole rifle and sending it back.........My fingers are crossed ..............VaHillbilly.

I once had a problem with mine, which turned out to be a broken extractor. I sent it back and they made it good as new. I am still happy about that. Through many factory rifles and a number of customs, I have not found a better value than a Cooper. The last custom I had built was an ultra-light .338 mag. Metal work was great, except for the 3/4" wide burr on the side of the action where they had milled it down, The stock work was unbelievably poor, simply unfathomable that it ever left the shop. Accuracy, guaranteed to be sub-moa, was 1.5 moa with their loads, and I shoot well enough to tell the difference. My Coopers have all easily met their accuracy guarantee, look superb, and cost half what a custom does. Did I say I like Cooper rifles?

My SK Standard Plus loads arrived from Hirsch Precision,so I shot a few groups with my Cooper 22lr to verify the accuracy.At 50 yards,five shot groups under 1/2" were easy despite the +5C temps and 19km wind.I have no doubt that the rifle is capable of even better accuracy,but I am not willing to spend the high price of top end match ammunition to prove it.The SK Standard Plus loads are under $500 per 5000,and offer good accuracy for a reasonable price.

That's nice accuracy but for competition you need a little better, but just for fun shooting or hunting this is more than acceptable.................VaHillbilly.

Well? Quit beaten around the bush, do You like Cooper's or not? .............VaHillbilly.

The gun is a sporter weight Jackson Hunter bought for plinking and some small game hunting.In fact,I actually prefer the 17mach2 for ground squirrels,crows and magpies.My 17mach2 is also a Cooper Jackson Hunter.

You have some extremely nice rimfires, Mach2 and ground squirrels? sounds like loads of fun! I had a Mach2 once in a CZ 452 and it was unreal how flat the trajectory was out 100yds with that little lightening bolt of a cartridge...............VaHillbilly.