All the gun enthusiasts familiar with Jeff Cooper?

[wQuay]

He wrote the excellent Gunsite Gossip column, now known as Jeff Cooper's Commentaries. He was also directly involved in the development of the Jeff Cooper Scout Rifle, more commonly known to CStrikers as the Steyr Scout.

Enjoy!

 

[glenn1]

he set up the Thunder Ranch shooting camp, didn't he?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Jeff Cooper is a Gawd. Steve Jobs is just a wanna-be.

 

[wQuay]

Excerpt from Volume 1, No. 3:



<< We all flew down and visited Clint and Debbie Smith at the opening of their splendid new academy at Thunder Ranch in Texas. If this is an example of the culmination of my life work, I can rest easy about the future of the art. >>



So yes and no


Also, check this out:



<< J.D. Jones, the prominent advocate of pistol hunting, dropped by the other day to show us a most curious ballistic development. He has taken the 223 case, blown it out to 30 caliber and installed a match bullet inside which takes up practically the entire case. A pinch of the proper powder pushes this bullet out the muzzle at subsonic velocities, thus permitting silent fire. There have been similar endeavors in the past, one of which I developed myself, but this one is unusual in that it is adapted to the M16 rifle, hence the finished cartridge will work through the magazine system of the M16. J.D. assures me that when the piece is fitted with the proper noise suppresser, a full magazine of 30 rounds may be sprayed out the muzzle, with good short range efficiency in dead silence. I am not clear about the tactical niche of silent full auto fire, but there it is, if you want it. It sounds like the sort of thing the BATmen would be interested in. >>



New location of the Commentaries.

 

[Russ]

Yep, he WROTE the four rules of firearms.

Russ, NCNE

 

[AndrewR]

Sounds like Jones is looking for a nice military contract with the Special Operations community.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Just took a Concealed Carry Class &amp; the best part about it was the Jeff Cooper video they showed. He reminded me of George C. Scott in the movie Patton.

 

[Jumpem]

My step Grandfather was Debbie Smith's dad, and Clint's father in law. They used to go down to the ranch in Texas until Debbie died from cancer a few years ago.

 

[wQuay]

So is the sound from a gun being fired a sonic boom, and not just the propellant exploding?

 

[AndrewR]

wQuay: Yes, the sonic boom from the bullet is often the most problematic part of silencing a weapon.

 

[xraymongral]

Thanks for the links...Jeff Cooper is one hell of a great man.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

<< wQuay: Yes, the sonic boom from the bullet is often the most problematic part of silencing a weapon. >>



Thus the reason for some ammo being soft-loaded for use in pistols with suppressors. Silencing rifles is another problem, although the SEAL armourers have come up with some interesting concepts in which the entire rifle barrel has a baffle system which acts to help suppress the noise.