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Cooper has achieved a reputation for high-quality accurate rifles. [4] [5] Gun writers have noted that the rifles are both good-looking and well-built as well as accurate. [6] [7] In 1993 Cooper created their first single-shot rifle in .223 Remington. This rifle later became their Model 21. In 2005 they made their first rifles that had ...
John Dean "Jeff" Cooper (May 10, 1920 – September 25, 2006) was a United States Marine and firearms instructor. He is the creator of the " modern technique " of handgun shooting, and an expert on the use and history of small arms .
The scout rifle is a conceptual class of general-purpose rifles defined and promoted by Jeff Cooper in the early 1980s [1] that bears similarities in the design and functionality of guide guns, mountain rifles, and other rifle archetypes, but with more emphasis being placed on comfortable portability and practical accuracy, rather than firepower and long range shooting.
The Steyr Scout (German pronunciation:) is an Austrian bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher, and chambered primarily for 7.62 NATO (.308 Winchester), although other caliber options in 5.56×45mm NATO (.223 Remington), .243 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoor, .376 Steyr and 7mm-08 Remington are also offered commercially.
The .450 Bushmaster is descended from the Thumper concept popularized by the gun writer Jeff Cooper.Cooper was dissatisfied with the small-diameter 5.56×45mm NATO (.223 Remington) of the AR-15, and envisioned a need for a large bore (.44 cal or greater) cartridge in a semi-automatic rifle to provide one-shot kills on big-game animals at 250 yards.
Jeff Cooper however insisted that the new gun be chambered in what he termed the .40 Special. His ballistic requirements were that a 40 caliber 200-grain (13 g) FMJTC bullet fired from a 5-inch (13 cm) barrel have a minimum target impact velocity at all reasonable combat ranges out to 50 meters of 1,000 feet per second (300 m/s).
Cooper worked with Frazier between 2012 and 2015 and said he spent "long hours" fighting to spare Frazier from execution. ... Armed with a .22-caliber pistol, Frazier woke Brown up and demanded ...
Had it not been for Colt making the unexpected decision in 1987 to bring out their Delta Elite pistol (a 10mm Auto version of the M1911) and later, the FBI's adoption of the caliber in 1989, the cartridge might have sunk into obsolescence, becoming an obscure footnote in firearms history. [16] Colt Delta Elite