Naw, this guy pretty much has his number.
Yes, Cooper contributed immensely to the knowledge base. Yes, his study of the issue was constant. Yes he did adapt when a new method proved more effective.
But he was also a curmudgeonly old codger set in his ways, and this was all obvious after only a brief exposure to his writings.
I didn't get into reading his stuff until this blog started in 2007, just after he died, but I knew all the negatives from the jump. It was obvious. He did become the default though. I took his advice, and acted on it, until I learned better. All knowing that I might very well learn better in the far, or near, future.
"Eschew .223 ARs and plastic 9mm's? Gravitate toward steel 1911s and .308 rifles? Can do, until I am more seasoned."
It's not like it is wrong-wrong to take Cooper's advice to heart. It's not even wrong, singular. It is a good starting point, especially when there were no other giants with a huge body of comparable published work to take guidance from. Plus he is entertaining.
"So you are all about the plastic 9mm now, and 1911s are yesterdays news, T-Bolt?"
No. I still like 1911s. But I use, and have trained with to much higher proficiency than 10 years ago, both. And enjoy both. In a zombocalypse, when I wake up from a coma in an abandoned hospital, and someone hands me a 1911, I say "Cool!" If instead they hand me a Glock 17, what do I say? "Cool!"
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"But he was also a curmudgeonly old codger set in his ways, and this was all obvious after only a brief exposure to his writings."
Perhaps, perhaps not.
'Fact is, he was a giant, while you are a pipsqueak.
'Just sayin'.
I would have to agree with nunoyerbidneh. What credentials do you have that would top the Col?
All of them. All of the credentials.
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