The Scout Rifle Idea - by Jeff Cooper - Jeff Cooper Legacy Foundation

The Scout Rifle Idea – by Jeff Cooper

July 31, 2025 Jared Larsen Comments 0 Comment

From the 1984 Deluxe Edition of Gun Digest:

The Early Days

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Our latest scholarship recipients at the Sconce October 2, 2026. Eric Brooks, Mike Metzler, Lindy, David Lis and Mildred Chernofsky.

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Our latest scholarship recipients at the Sconce October 2, 2026. Eric Brooks, Mike Metzler, Lindy, David Lis and Mildred Chernofsky.

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Jeff with some of his earliest and youngest students, perhaps? Big Bear Lake, California.

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Jeff with some of his earliest and youngest students, perhaps? Big Bear Lake, California.

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If you are a shooting/gun club with a place to meet and space for a library, we are offering to seed your own version of The Cooper Shelf with a selection of Jeff Cooper’s books to get you started. Please visit our website for details. jeffcooperfoundation.org & Spread the word! Thank you!!

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If you are a shooting/gun club with a place to meet and space for a library, we are offering to seed your own version of The Cooper Shelf with a selection of Jeff Cooper’s books to get you started. Please visit our website for details. jeffcooperfoundation.org & Spread the word! Thank you!!

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Jeff out with daughter, Parry, doing some shooting. August 1970.

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Jeff out with daughter, Parry, doing some shooting. August 1970.

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Our Latest Scholarship Recipient, Melonie Kennedy, from Southern AZ with Lindy at The Sconce. September 3, 2026

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Our Latest Scholarship Recipient, Melonie Kennedy, from Southern AZ with Lindy at The Sconce. September 3, 2026

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An API graduate receives his graduation certificate from The Colonel in the Late 1970’s. If you know who this fellow Raven is, let us know! #gunsiteranch #jeffcooperlegacyfoundation

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An API graduate receives his graduation certificate from The Colonel in the Late 1970’s. If you know who this fellow Raven is, let us know! #gunsiteranch #jeffcooperlegacyfoundation

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Shooting some clays with the granddaughter. You might recognize the rifle as “Scout 1”- A .308 Remington 600 with a Leupold M8-2X. As far as we know, nobody knows where this rifle is today.

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Shooting some clays with the granddaughter. You might recognize the rifle as “Scout 1”- A .308 Remington 600 with a Leupold M8-2X. As far as we know, nobody knows where this rifle is today.

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The Foundation awards scholarships for training and education in the Cooper tradition. In addition, it preserves, archives and maintains Colonel Cooper’s writings and personal collections so that they may provide study and learning opportunities and inspiration for generations to come.

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Jeff, at about kindergarten age.

The Gunsite gate in winter.

Janelle became a master at scoring matches.

On the Stanford campus, preparing to elope.

Jeff and the Roe Deer of Germany in the 1970's. It was written up in 'Fireworks' as 'Venison Harvest'.

Jack Weaver on the right, with Colonel C.F. "Bud" Reynolds, a family friend who often helped out with administering the matches.

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