COL Cooper
COL Cooper

What is a scout rifle?

Do you know the answer to this question? Or, do you just think you know the answer? Maybe the more important question to ask is, can the scout rifle be definitively defined? Conducting research and experiments to support my upcoming book, The Scout Rifle Study, I’ve spent the last two years with my head so far up a scout rifle’s muzzle I’m beginning …

Gunsite’s New Sheriff

Ken Campbell is a Gunsite graduate, a Gunsite instructor and a retired sheriff. He is now the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Gunsite Academy. I had a chance to talk with Ken last week and he is as excited as any man I’ve seen with a new job. I expect Ken to help Gunsite carry on the traditions that COL Cooper started …

Mossberg’s NEW MVP Scout

We can trace the beginnings of the scout rifle concept to about 1966. That’s when COL Cooper penned an article entitled “The Carbine Compromise.” In it he discussed various carbines of the day and a semi-custom carbine he had built on a Remington Model 600. This rifle and later variants became the foundation of the scout rifle as we know it today. …