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Col. Jeff Cooper

TwoDogsTwoDogs Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭
edited September 2006 in General Discussion
I don't know about the rest of you but I read his dribble in G&A almost every month (my sub runs out in 2013) but lately I think he's just about lost whats left of his mind, Lately he's been contridicting himself on earlier articles. Also he just rambles about anything including doing laundry. He's shot in my opinion and as a matter of fact I think some of the members could post some better ramblings, lets nominate one. My vote would be Pabooger, at least theres some substance from his articles[;)].

PJ

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If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA PATRON-LIFE Member, AF&AM, Shriner Life Member, A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois "Chicago Chapter" Founding Member & Board Member
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  • TwoDogsTwoDogs Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    RIP.........
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not even him. Don
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  • TwoDogsTwoDogs Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well...seems he did die today.
    I know this may get in the way of "bad" cop "good" cop BS
    along with all the other useless blather posted here.
    Anyway, like him or not the firearms/writers group lost a good one today.
    Long live the Colt 1911.
    RIP..Coop.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    do you have a link?
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  • TwoDogsTwoDogs Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1911a1fan...
    Not much yet.
    Just an email..from an old instructor..
    Try "Wikipedia"
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm going to miss his writing.

    God Speed Col.
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  • kristovkristov Member Posts: 6,633
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TwoDogs
    1911a1fan...
    Not much yet.
    Just an email..from an old instructor..
    Try "Wikipedia"


    Wikipedia states that Cooper died today.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    I shall miss our monthly visits, Colonel. God rest you, sir.
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  • TwoDogsTwoDogs Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nunn,
    Is it not strange that most the pups here
    have little clue who we are talking about??
    Take care Pinkerton..cover your six.
    I pray for your boy's safety while in service.
    Two kids from my deer lease are over in the sandbox now.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Heard a few folks who didn't like him because they thought the firearm industry had passed him by. I thought he had forgotten more than most of his critics knew.

    God rest his soul.
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  • TwoDogsTwoDogs Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Heff,
    He was a relic...and salty marine.
    They passed him by because he was more educated than the publisher.
    I did not always agree with the old dude...but he was as we say in Texas a "Top hand".
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    We are diminished by his passing. He will be missed.[V]
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Strong opinions, but a lot of knowledge there. There didn't seem to be much middle ground as to the opinion people held of him.
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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  • dpmuledpmule Member Posts: 6,746 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [V][V]
    I will miss his wit and wisdom, only wish I'd gotten his book earlier and sent it to be autographed.
    Whether you agreed or disagreed with his perspective, it was always food for thought.
    RIP Colonel.
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  • SCorversSCorvers Member Posts: 2,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rest in peace. Too mean for hell, and too ornery for heaven.
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  • CHGOTHNDERCHGOTHNDER Member Posts: 8,936 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I always gave him crap but did respect the old boy. God Speed Col.

    PJ
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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry to hear that [V][V]. Whether you liked him or not, or agreed with him or not, he deserves respect for what he accomplished in his life and for what contributed to the shooting sports.
    He wasn't always the rambling old fella he has been in his writings in recent years, and that day is coming for all of us.
    Sure, he was arrogant in his younger days. But my Dad used to say "if you can do do it, it's not bragging", and Col. Cooper could always do it. Sometimes we confuse confidence for arrogance too, and he was always confident and intelligent.
    I didn't always agree with him, but I for one will miss him.
    R.I.P Col. Cooper....................................................
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  • wipalawipala Member Posts: 11,067
    edited November -1
    Sorry to hear of his passing. Although in his later years he had gotten rather odd in his ramblings. In his prime he was the first thing I turned to in the magazine. He was a giant who shrank with age. Now all of the old masters are gone. Cooper, Skelton, Jordan, Kieth. Who will take their place? Bart is a shallow mockery of Skeeter. Where are we going to get the people with the breadth of experience these guys had?
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If he left a legacy, it was for the .45. He didn't need any other.

    RIP
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  • Dean CascioDean Cascio Member Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I loved the man and his writings.
    RIP
    Dean
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  • MrOrangeMrOrange Member Posts: 3,012
    edited November -1
    I remember him writing that he was rather enamoured of the term that a lefty used as an insult towards him: "Bon vivant and recreational killer", and that he wanted that for his epitaph. One could do worse.

    Another bit of his that stuck with me was when he eulogized Enzo Ferrari. He mentioned that Ferrari was entitled to be called Doctor, Commadore, and more I can't remember, but that Ferrari had achieved that true status attested to by a name that was greater than any title. I submit that Col. Cooper stands that test.

    I think I'll go re-read the first book that I ever read until it fell apart in my hands: "Cooper On Handguns".





    He used to post on here? Anybody know his username so I can find his posts?
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  • nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I grew up reading his columns. He was a wealth of information, opinion, and actual writing talent, which is rare today. He may be gone, but his legacy and writings live on.

    Do not go gently into that good night, colonel. do not go gently into that good night.
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  • hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cooper talked me into my first auto, a 1911A1. RIP
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  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's been years since I subribed to G&A but i'll miss him...
    Jeff.JPEG
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  • TANK78ZTANK78Z Member Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A MAN WHO SPOKE HIS MIND AND A TRUE PATRIOT. YOU DID NOT HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM IN ORDER TO ADMIRE HIM .R I P
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  • PATBUZZARDPATBUZZARD Member Posts: 3,556 ✭
    edited November -1
    Forgive me for my ignorance at not knowing much abut cooper, but was he the guy that always had the various short articles on the last page of guns & ammo?
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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by PATBUZZARD
    Forgive me for my ignorance at not knowing much abut cooper, but was he the guy that always had the various short articles on the last page of guns & ammo?

    Yes, that was him PATBUZZARD.
    There is another thread started on him by nononsense in General Discussion titled "Jeff Cooper passes" with alot of good history on things he did. -- Worth reading.
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