Though some would have you believe it, this is not a true “Cooper” scout rifle. It is however one of my favorite rifles. It started life as a Marlin 1894 in .32 H&R but it was too long and too heavy for anything other than playing dress up at the range. I sent it off to Jim Brockman at Brockman’s Custom Rifles and …
We have been looking at rifles the wrong way. Early rifles were heavy and therefore, since they were first, they became the standard. As craftsmen got smarter and methods and materials changed, rifles became lighter. About 30 years ago a savvy hunter from West Virginia woke up one morning with the realization that rifles were not supposed to be heavy. He then proceeded …
Are there too many firearms instructors, weapon experts, and gun writers? Or, are there are just too many of all three who don’t know what they’re talking about? This topic came up during a training break at a Gunsite Academy class where several complained about the abundance of poor firearms training being perpetuated on the unknowing public. Standing on the terra firma at …
