Last month the Cooper family hosted 13 Austrian shooters for almost two weeks of fun in the Arizona highlands around Prescott.

The group included Andreas Rippel, the president of IWO (the Austrian equivalent to the NRA) and two of his associates from Vienna.  The group from Salzburg numbered 9, all members of the largest shooting club in the country, the Schutzenverein Neun Millimeter in Hallein (home of the Cooper Range).

We managed two guided museum tours (in German), a tour of Gunsite, two days of shooting at Jeff’s private range adjacent to Gunsite, day trips to Jerome and the Grand Canyon, shopping, eating, drinking and lots of camraderie.  It was a great time with great friends.  Shooters are the BEST!