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Jeff Cooper Legacy Foundation

An armed man is a citizen; unarmed, he is merely a subject

Deputy Sheriff Martha Sosa

Deputy Sheriff Martha Sosa

February 3, 2010 Jared Larsen

Deputy Sheriff Martha Sosa from Santa Barbara, California, completed her 250 at Gunsite in mid-January. She did very well and pulled off a second place in the final day’s shoot off! We are very proud of her!


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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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Jeff with his first Big Game rifle, A Remington M30S in 30-06 acquired when he was 16.  It was re-stocked and re-furbished, probably in the 60’s.  Here he is using a target sling and conventionally-mounted scope.  He had not yet developed the Scout Rifle and CW Sling concept.
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Jeff with his first Big Game rifle, A Remington M30S in 30-06 acquired when he was 16. It was re-stocked and re-furbished, probably in the 60’s. Here he is using a target sling and conventionally-mounted scope. He had not yet developed the Scout Rifle and CW Sling concept.
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Jeff Cooper and Eric Ching, May 1986, While attending a rifle class at the American Pistol Institute (API, later Gunsite Academy) in Paulden, Arizona, under Jeff Cooper.

Eric Ching (1951–2007) took the rifle class that year, grew frustrated with the limitations of the then-standard CW/military-style shooting sling, and designed the three-point “Ching Sling” as a faster, more practical alternative. Jeff endorsed and adopted it for the scout rifle concept, naming it after him.

Eric was a Gunsite student and later a long-time Rangemaster/instructor.
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Jeff Cooper and Eric Ching, May 1986, While attending a rifle class at the American Pistol Institute (API, later Gunsite Academy) in Paulden, Arizona, under Jeff Cooper. Eric Ching (1951–2007) took the rifle class that year, grew frustrated with the limitations of the then-standard CW/military-style shooting sling, and designed the three-point “Ching Sling” as a faster, more practical alternative. Jeff endorsed and adopted it for the scout rifle concept, naming it after him. Eric was a Gunsite student and later a long-time Rangemaster/instructor.
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Our Mission:

Our purpose is to promote and perpetuate the teachings and philosophy of Jeff Cooper, with special emphasis on the proper techniques for the use of small arms, the importance of self-reliance and the individual right and duty of self-defense.

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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 Miradero in 1904.
Miradero in 1904.
 A very young, blond Jeff with nurse on the lawn at Hoover Street, circa 1921
A very young, blond Jeff with nurse on the lawn at Hoover Street, circa 1921
 The "Pennsy" got some press of its own later in the war.
The "Pennsy" got some press of its own later in the war.
 Uncle Les' obituary. (Text)
Uncle Les' obituary. (Text)
Jeff and his Canadian caribou, 1939
Jeff and his Canadian caribou, 1939
 Jeff's 1911
Jeff's 1911

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“An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.”

Jeff Cooper

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