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Offline Kodiak

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Jeff Cooper
« on: September 26, 2006, 09:21:30 AM »
A close friend called me this morning, saying he read it on the internet  that Jeff Cooper has passed on. I haven't found it anywhere, so I can't verify that statement. If so, we have lost a giant in the hand-gun shooting world.

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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 01:56:33 PM »
He seems to have had a good life, doing what he liked to do. Can't beat that!
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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2006, 03:49:57 PM »
It's not a rumor. He died at Gunsite in Arizona yesterday.  He had a pretty good run, having been born in 1920.
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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2006, 01:50:43 AM »
Jeff Cooper was a remarkable man. His contributions to the shooting world will continue.

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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2006, 04:14:57 PM »
If you go to the Guns&Ammo website they have a tribute to Jeff Cooper. I always read Cooper's Corner first when I read the magazine.

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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2006, 02:24:54 AM »
That's too bad.  I enjoyed reading his articles and his thoughts on handguns and rifles.  I will miss Cooper's Corner.  I will also miss his straightforward way he made his positions on many things.  Mikey.

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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2006, 04:54:35 AM »
I was watching a show on one of the cable channels a few months back
and he was still shooting pretty avidly then.. HE did what he loved all the way to the end.
I am pretty sure he was a religious man, so I will bet heaven just got a lot louder ! ;)
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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2006, 04:00:03 AM »
I read the Guns and Ammo web site tribute to him and liked it. It's worth your time if you haven't read it.
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Re: Jeff Cooper
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2006, 12:14:23 PM »
Another one of the "GOOD GUYS" gone home. :-[
"Non Gratum Anus Rodentum"