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  Jeff Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeff Cooper (10 May 1920–) is recognized as the father of what is commonly referred to as "The Modern Techniques of Shooting".
Born John Dean Cooper, but known to his friends as "Jeff", Cooper is a former Marine Lt. Colonel who served in World War II and Korea.
Cooper's emphasis in the "modern technique" of shooting, or practical shooting, is the use of firearms in their intended roles as tools for personal protection and hunting rather than just instruments of recreation.
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 Jeff Cooper -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff Cooper (10 May 1920 -) is recognized as the father of what is commonly referred to as "The Modern Techniques of Shooting".
In the early 1980s, Cooper published an article describing his ideal of a general-purpose rifle, which he dubbed a (Click link for more info and facts about Scout rifle) Scout rifle.
Cooper's emphasis in the "modern technique" of shooting, or (Click link for more info and facts about practical shooting) practical shooting, is the use of firearms in their intended roles as tools for personal protection and hunting rather than just instruments of recreation.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jeff_cooper.htm   (339 words)

  
 STEYR SCOUT RIFLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff Cooper has quite justifiably criticized "the benchrest mentality" with its obsession for accuracy, stating emphatically that it has set practical field shooting backwards.
Jeff Cooper has stated that an essential element of the scout rifle is handiness.
Cooper believes that the scout rifle is not just a short range rifle, but can also be deployed in three different hunting scenarios: very quick target acquisition, i.e.
www.remtek.com /arms/steyr/scout/scout.htm   (2347 words)

  
 About Jeff Cooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff became a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Marines after serving in the Pacific during World War II and having re-enlisted for Korea.
Of special note are Jeff's writings on the combat mindset, particularly in Jeff's books "Fireworks" and the later "To Ride, to Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth." Jeff holds an MA in History and Jeff's clear and precise writing style complements the intelligence of Jeff's writings.
Jeff is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association of America.
www.dvc.org.uk /%7Ejohnny/jeff/aboutjff.html   (261 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper's Guide to The Trading Reports
Jeff Cooper is the creator of the Hit and Run Methodology and the author of the best-selling books Hit and Run Trading (The Short-Term Stock Traders' Bible), Hit and Run II (Capturing Explosive Short-Term Moves in Stocks), as well as a video course, Jeff Cooper on Dominating the Day Trading Market.
Cooper that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction or investment or trading strategy is suitable for any specific person.
Cooper cannot provide personalized investment advice or recommendations, he welcomes your feedback at jeff.cooper@thestreet.com.
www.thestreet.com /pf/comment/jeffcoopertsc/10156729.html   (877 words)

  
 Robbins Diamonds Jeff Cooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff Cooper Inc., an industry leader in Platinum, is based in deep traditions.
Jeff Cooper, President and Director of the design department, entered the jewelry trade as a young man. While working in New York City's famous Diamond District, he absorbed everything around him, from new trends in design and manufacturing to new stone shapes and sizes.
Jeff's eldest son David has taken over the Gemology department at Jeff Cooper Inc., hand selecting diamonds from all over the globe.
www.r8w.com /jcooper.html   (209 words)

  
 IN> Jeff Cooper, Soldier of God
Name: Jeff Cooper, AKA The Sand Guy Appearance: An aging ex-hippy with a ponytail, dressed in cut off shorts and usually carrying a spade in his hand.
Jeff was just one of the many victims of it, finding himself estranged from his family and dead-ended at a cheap beach resort on Maryland's Eastern Shore, panhandling for food and enough money to buy another tab of LSD or a ounce of Mary Jane.
And Jeff couldn't have told you why he kept listening to the man, who kept coming by night after night, but he did follow the fella's one suggestion to read the Bible to get more material for his work.
mail.sjgames.com /pipermail/in-nomine-list/2004-December/011585.html   (530 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper C.A.R.E. Foundation
This began when his younger brother needed a transfusion, and Jeff was the first to volunteer as a donor.
Jeff looked forward to someday enjoying the American dream of a wife, children, and a home of his own.
Jeff will always be remembered for his sense of fun, his love of life, and most of all, his kind and caring nature.
www.jeffcoopercare.org /coop.htm   (674 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper Scout Rifle - Bob Tuley
Jeff served as a United States Marine in both World War II and Korea.
Jeff's efforts are responsible for the what is now known as the "modern technique" of defensive shooting.
Jeff Cooper's leadership also led to the development of the "Scout Rifle" (see notes below).
www.bobtuley.com /jeffcooper.htm   (172 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Nuggets can Bzdelik; Cooper to fill in as coach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cooper will get to audition for the rest of the season for Denver's head coach vacancy, created Tuesday when the Nuggets fired Jeff Bzdelik.
Cooper, an assistant under Bzdelik, was named as the interim coach.
Cooper said Bzdelik was more offensive-minded and that the Nuggets will have to buy into his defensive coaching philosophy.
www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/nba/nuggets/2004-12-28-bzdelik-fired_x.htm?csp=36   (668 words)

  
 Powell's Books - The Art of the Rifle by Jeff Cooper
Jeff Cooper's accomplishments in the field, as well as his efforts to advance the field of shooting, are legendary: founder of the American Pistol Institute, founding president of IPSC and member of the board of directors of the NRA.
Cooper wrote this book because "the subject has been completely ignored since World War II." To remedy this situation, he tells you everything you need to know about shooting the rifle, whether you intend to use it for hunting, combat or target shooting.
In his no-holds-barred style, Cooper instructs you in everything you need to know about shooting the rifle, while entertaining you with tales of marksmanship, combat and big-game hunting.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0873649311-2   (192 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper platinum jewelry
Jeff Cooper is a modern designer of classically styled platinum bridal jewelry, engagement rings and wedding bands.
The Jeff Cooper Heirloom collection brings the influences of the past together with the styles of today to form one of his most popular collections.
Jeff Cooper brings 30 years of jewelry design to his bridal jewelry, engagement rings and wedding bands.
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 THR - Is It Just Me, Or Does Jeff Cooper . . .
January 6th, 2003 08:47 PM Cooper is certainly entitled to his opinions, and it is difficult to prove him wrong on much having to do with weaponcraft, though I am more in the Applegate camp than Cooper's.
Cooper's style of writing was the subject of mockery even in its own time, by Mark Twain among others.
I love Jeff Cooper's writing - it is his style - and it isn't sugar coated or slick - and when he writes specifically about shooting techniques and training it is very concise and economical.
www.thehighroad.org /printthread.php?t=2590   (2389 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper: What Makes Him an Expert? - THR
Jeff is a treasure to the shooting community.
That being said, he is long outdated, both in his understanding of current technology and in his tactics, even his instructors have to correct their students occasionally when he teaches something that has been updated in the curriculum.
Cooper fails to even acknowledge this, and that makes me and others disregard much of what he has to say, especially concerning equipment.
www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=51995   (2336 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper ::: Welcome to J. B. Lacher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff Cooper, designer of men and women's platinum and bridal jewelry is a thirty-year veteran of the Jewelry Industry.
Appreciated for the highest quality of design and craftsmanship, Cooper is one of the leaders responsible for the high degree of popularity platinum jewelry has today.
From then till now Jeff has developed his styles into timeless elegance in Platinum and 18K gold, designs for today and tomorrow.
www.jblacher.com /cooper.html   (129 words)

  
 About Jeff Cooper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff has also been influential in the development of the modern rifle, notably with his "Scout Rifle" concept.
Of special note are Jeff's writings on the combat mindset, particularly in his books "Fireworks" and the later "To Ride, to Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth." Jeff holds an MA in History, and his clear and precise writing style complements the intelligence of his writings.
Jeff is Editor at large for "Guns & Ammo" magazine, where edited versions of the "Commentaries" can be found.
users.binary.net /thomcat/Cooper/Aboutjff.html   (267 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper's Commentaries [Free Republic]
Cooper always has more than one nugget to peruse and ponder.
Anyone is entitled to call anything he wants whatever he wishes, but if we regard a bachelor's degree as nothing more than a meal ticket we will have to come up with some other word for education.
I'm thinking of getting the Cooper 80, but would be annoyed to find that a $2500 pistol needs to be fixed with a piece of piano wire.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a2aa20975b7.htm   (3204 words)

  
 WWGPro.DE Buchtipps: Principles Of Personal Defense (Jeff Cooper)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cooper's principles of alertness, decisiveness, aggressiveness, speed, coolness, ruthlessness, and surprise are pretty well-known today but were groundbreaking when this volume was first published back in the late 80s.
Jeff Cooper revised this book, and other than adding a few stories, couldn't improve it.
Jeff Cooper meant for these principles to be applied to the attacker--"anyone who choses physically to attack another human being does so at his peril." These simple principles are universal.
www.wwgpro.de /books-isbn-0873644972.html   (458 words)

  
 ProfessorBainbridge.com: Jeff Cooper on Iraqi Privatization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff Cooper blogs at Cooped Up on news reports that "the Iraqi Governing Council is moving ahead with plans to privatize Iraq's state-owned industries":
Cooper's wine tasting notes than his politics, but I think he nailed this one.
In his book, The Politics of Prudence, the great conservative intellectual Russell Kirk argued that "a soundly conservative foreign policy, in the age which is dawning, should be neither 'interventionist' nor 'isolationist': it should be prudent." Exactly.
www.professorbainbridge.com /2003/09/jeff_cooper_on_.html   (478 words)

  
 Guns & Ammo Gun Columns - Cooper's Corner, Gun Notes, Down on the Boarder
Jeff Cooper is the founder and director of the American Pistol Institute and President of Gunsite Raven Corporation (1975-1992) and he’s also the founding president and honorary life chairman of the International Practical Shooting Confederation.
A Lieutenant Colonel in the Marines (retired), Cooper was commissioned three months before Pearl Harbor, serving through WWII and in the Korean War.
Cooper is credited as designing the Bren Ten pistol and the Steyr Scout rifle.
www.gunsandammomag.com /gun_columns   (346 words)

  
 TheStreet.com - The Trading Reports
Jeff Cooper began his trading career in 1981 at Drexel Burnham working for his father, a hedge fund manager.
Jeff left Drexel Burnham in 1986, choosing to trade exclusively for himself.
In addition to his books, Jeff has also released a video course, Jeff Cooper on Dominating the Day Trading Market, where he teaches viewers exactly what it takes to trade full time for a living.
www.thestreet.com /k/jc/bio.html   (127 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper & Tom Buchanan with a My Weigh Digital Kitchen Scale
Jeff lost over 200 pounds in one year by maintaining a strict diet and exercise regimen, Jeff used his My Weigh kitchen scale for weighing all of his meals to ensure his body received the nutrients it needed.
Jeff was a participant on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover” last season; he had surgery to remove excess skin that was left over from his dramatic weight loss.
Jeff continues to record his weight loss progress with his My Weigh Bodyflight scale at home.
www.myweigh.com /jeffcooper.html   (262 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper: "Target Angle"?? - TheFiringLine Forums
I wouldn't presume to read Col. Cooper's mind, but waaaayyyyy back in my old nautical days, target angle referred to your relative bearing from the target (as seen from the perspective of the target).
In other words, if the target angle was zero (or 360), the target was facing directly at you.
He was a Marine stationed on a ship during much or most of WWI as a gunnery officer IIRC.
www.thefiringline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=48455   (715 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper and Safari Calibers - TheFiringLine Forums
For those that don't know what the Dragoon is, it is the.376 Steyr version of Cooper's Scout rifle.
Even Cooper originally said that it didn't fit the basic intent of the Scout rifle.
In his commentaries, (not Cooper's Corner) the good Colonel has told us that the problem is that the rifle stock flexes under recoil just enough to allow the additional magazine (held in the stock) to fall out.
www.thefiringline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=14604   (852 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper - Factory Corridor - silver gelatin
Jeff Cooper - Factory Corridor - silver gelatin
All silver prints meet ANSI archival standards, are printed on the highest grade, double weight, fiber-based paper, and are signed by the artist.
All photographs appearing on these pages are the copyright of Jeffrey R. Cooper, and may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, including electronic or mechanical, or used for any purpose without the expressed written consent of the owner.
www.jeffcooperphotography.com /Home/Page1/factory_corridor/factory_corridor.html   (119 words)

  
 Jeff Cooper Platinum Jewelry Collection by Norman Landsberg - Creative jewelers since 1948
Jeff Cooper is a modern designer of classically styled platinum bridal jewelry.
Jeff Cooper's platinum classic, classic elegance and timeless looks for today's brides.
Armand Jacoby, Asch_ Grossbardt, Charles Krypell, Chris Correia, Christian Bauer, Christopher Designs, Daniel K, Favero, Gregg Ruth, Honora, JB Star, Jeff Cooper, Jose_ Hess, Jordan Meryl, Martin Flyer, Michael Beaudry, Norman Covan, Quinteset, Richard Landi, Roberto Coin, Sheldon Speyer, Simon Sobie, Varna, Verragio, WR Designs and Diamonds featuring GIA Grading Reports.
www.normanlandsberg.com /2001/jcooper.htm   (141 words)

  
 ArmsLocker Forums - Random thoughts by Jeff Cooper
Generally he is right on the money, but every once in a while he appears to go way out in right field.
Just leave out the armor issue, and take a look at the 223, which Jeff is so insistent about being "feeble".
When Jeff proposed making the 223 suffer the "minor caliber" scoring handicap, for IPSC rifle matches.
www.armslocker.com /forums/showthread.php?s=ffdd03eb729c2e5864f1ab5a34e674df&threadid=26167   (790 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Principles Of Personal Defense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jeff Cooper's accomplishments in the field of firearms are almost too numerous to list.
Cooper elaborates on the book's title, "Principles of Personal Defense." He does not deal with tactics or shooting techniques at all.
Any reader of Cooper's writings knows that he rightfully puts great emphasis on mindset; this book is a discussion of that aspect of fighting.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0873644972?v=glance   (1215 words)

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