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Shortly after Olin acquired Cooey in [[April 1961]], the model 84 was cheapened and re-branded as the ''model 840'' in the [[1967]] production year<ref>Almost all Cooey designs suffered the same fate of having a zero added to their model numbers</ref>. | Shortly after Olin acquired Cooey in [[April 1961]], the model 84 was cheapened and re-branded as the ''model 840'' in the [[1967]] production year<ref>Almost all Cooey designs suffered the same fate of having a zero added to their model numbers</ref>. | ||
− | At about the same time, Winchester "introduced" ''the same shotgun'' as the [[Winchester Model 370]]. After the [[H. W. Cooey Machine & Arms Company|Coburg plant]] closed, [[Winchester]] dropped the Winchester Cooey Model 840 and did a little upgrade work to the outside of the Model 370, calling it the ''Winchester Model 37A''<ref>Not to be mistaken with the similar but different [[Winchester model 37]] single-shot shotgun (1,015,554 made. Never serialized. All production took place in New Haven, CT.) discontinued in [[1963]], of which neither the 370 nor 37A are direct descendants.</ref>. | + | At about the same time, Winchester "introduced" ''the same damn shotgun'' as the [[Winchester Model 370]]. After the [[H. W. Cooey Machine & Arms Company|Coburg plant]] closed, [[Winchester]] dropped the Winchester Cooey Model 840 and did a little upgrade work to the outside of the Model 370, calling it the ''Winchester Model 37A''<ref>Not to be mistaken with the similar but different [[Winchester model 37]] single-shot shotgun (1,015,554 made. Never serialized. All production took place in New Haven, CT.) discontinued in [[1963]], of which neither the 370 nor 37A are direct descendants.</ref>. |
Cooey manufactured 221,578 Model 370s from 1968-73 and 395,168 37A units from 1973-79. | Cooey manufactured 221,578 Model 370s from 1968-73 and 395,168 37A units from 1973-79. |