Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Guns: Jeff Cooper Dies at 86

From his blog:
At the request of the family it is our sad duty to report the passing of Jeff Cooper on the afternoon of September 25, 2006. Jeff died peacefully at home while being cared for by his wife Janelle and daughter Lindy.
Lt. Colonel Cooper served in the Marines in both World War II and Korea. He was also editor-at-large for Guns&Ammo. He was also a historian and a big game hunter with both rifle and pistol.

He is responsible for most of the technique and doctrine surrounding "modern" pistolcraft and defensive shooting including: the four carry conditions for the M1911 pistol, the color code for combat awareness (later adapted by several military and police organizations), and popularizing the four rules of gun safety. He founded the American Pistol Institute (also called Gunsite) in 1976 to instruct military personnel, law enforcement officers, and responsible civilians in guncraft. He also founded the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and the US Practical Shooting Association in 1976 to promote practical defensive shooting.

I'm going to have to snap up some of his books, like Art of the Rifle, before they fall out of print.

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