21 Facts About Jeff Cooper

John Dean "Jeff" Cooper was a United States Marine Corps officer and firearms instructor.

Jeff Cooper is the creator of the "modern technique" of handgun shooting, and an expert on the use and history of small arms.

Jeff Cooper was born in Los Angeles where he enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Los Angeles High School.

Jeff Cooper received a regular commission in the United States Marine Corps in September 1941.

Jeff Cooper resigned his commission in 1949 but returned to active duty during the Korean War, where he claimed to be involved in irregular warfare in Southeast Asia, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

In 1976 Jeff Cooper founded the American Pistol Institute in Paulden, Arizona.

Jeff Cooper began teaching shotgun and rifle classes to both law enforcement and military personnel, as well as civilians, and conducted on-site training for individuals and groups from around the world.

Jeff Cooper sold the firm in 1992 but continued living on the Paulden ranch.

Jeff Cooper was known for his advocacy of large-caliber handguns, especially the Colt 1911 and the.

The most important means of surviving a lethal confrontation, according to Jeff Cooper, is neither the weapon nor the martial skills.

Jeff Cooper came up with a color code, consisting of four colors including white, yellow, orange, and red:.

The color code, as originally introduced by Jeff Cooper, had nothing to do with tactical situations or alertness levels, but rather with one's state of mind.

Jeff Cooper did not claim to have invented anything in particular with the color code, but he was apparently the first to use it as an indication of mental state.

Jeff Cooper is best known for his work in pistol training, but he favored the rifle for tactical shooting.

Jeff Cooper often described the handgun as a convenient-to-carry stopgap weapon, allowing someone the opportunity to get to a rifle:.

Greatly influenced by the life and writings of Frederick Russell Burnham, Jeff Cooper published an article in the 1980s describing his ideal of a general-purpose rifle: "a short, light, handy, versatile, utility rifle", which he dubbed a scout rifle.

Jeff Cooper defined his goal: a general-purpose rifle is a conveniently portable, individually operated firearm, capable of striking a single decisive blow on a live target of up to 200 kilos in weight at any distance at which the operator can shoot with the precision necessary to place a shot in a vital area of the target.

Jeff Cooper felt the scout rifle should be suited to a man operating like the scout Burnham, either alone or in a two- or three-man team.

Jeff Cooper was married to his wife Janelle for 64 years.

Jeff Cooper died at his home on September 25,2006, at the age of 86.

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