Cooper, firearms expert, dead at 86 - Instrumental in firearms training to thousands

He was the Father of the Steyr scout. I dunno if they paid him, but it was at HIS urging that the rifle came into being. I Do know that they provided him with samples in various calibers (suggested by him) as well as new variations like the model with the integral magazine holder in the stock.

I've shot both his first example, Scout I, based on a Remington Model 600 in .308, about which we chatted after I showed up for a Gunsite 270 rifle course with my own modified Remmie Mohawk 600/.308 and a Garand. If you have an early [circa 1997] copy of Cooper's Art of the Rifle, you might want to pick up or at least take a look at one of the later colour editions, which includes additional material on the scout rifle concept and development- which still has a few interesting corners to be developed. Steyr has not to my knowledge offered a left-handed version, fairly important for a boltgun, and the ScoutSemi development will go on to Honor the good Colonel's memory, even if the turnbolt versions were closer to his heart.

No, Steyr did NOT pay him monetarily, at least, but did indeed call upon his input for the rifle's debut and subsequent improvement....which in several respects they ignored for various reasons of their own.

In the meantime, there's additional info here:

ScoutStuff archive [Ching]

Cooper on the Scout

Father Frog's Steyer Scout info page

You must be the only other Freeper to have read Hans Delbrück's History of the Art of War.

Nope. I know of at least two others besides myself, all via the Renfroe translation, I believe. All of the three are in that line of work, so it's not too surprising. Four-volume works are not usual fare for the casual reader....

I haven't read Delbruck's History of the Art of War though based on your recommendation I intend to.

It's History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History. It runs four volumes worth in the Renfroe translation version from Greenwood Press- ISBN: 0-837-16365-X.

If you don't read anything else, check out Vol II on the Barbarian Invasions...and it'll help if you have Fox News or CNN on in the background.

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