Dean Speir
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SaxonPig writes:
One of the participants was a pretty fair urban gunfighter named Cirillo who, when the "Caliber Committee" came forth with its recommendations and the "power floor" for indexing the ballistic pendulum was somehow established at M1911 Ball from a Commander (4¼-inch barrel), pointed out that a .44 Magnum round from a 3-inch or 4-inch barrel would also fit that criterion, Jeff would hear none of it… the sense was that he didn't approve of the "delivery system."
SelfProclaimedExpert states
Tamara notes
The wonderful irony of such a declamation from one posting as 9x19 seems to have escaped most here.Its just another Cooper-ism, as inane as most of the rest.
SaxonPig writes:
Actually, the Gunsite Guru is 83 years old.But, he is nearly 80 years old…
You disremember that he was the prime mover in the formation of IPSC at a time when the "P" stood for "Practical."He was an early designer of realistic courses of fire, paving the way for IDPA and other such organizations.
That was the time of the codification of the largely unorganized discipline of "Combat Shooting" into IPSC at the Columbia Conference at what shortly thereafter became the Chapman Academy.I recall back in 1976 I wrote to him regarding the use of the .44 Magnum for self-defense. He took the time to write, in his own handwriting, a thoughtful response in which he never belittled me or embarrassed me.
One of the participants was a pretty fair urban gunfighter named Cirillo who, when the "Caliber Committee" came forth with its recommendations and the "power floor" for indexing the ballistic pendulum was somehow established at M1911 Ball from a Commander (4¼-inch barrel), pointed out that a .44 Magnum round from a 3-inch or 4-inch barrel would also fit that criterion, Jeff would hear none of it… the sense was that he didn't approve of the "delivery system."
SelfProclaimedExpert states
Um, actually, that particular trigger system is 98 years old this year.…when Cooper coined this happy phrase ... Safe Action triggers hadn't been invented.
Tamara notes
Just so… in his 1983 article on the introduction of a new pistol (and chambering), in explaining why that system had been selected for the Bren Ten, he called it "the final flower of a proven design.""Cooper is a fan of ONE Trad. DA pistol......the beloved CZ75..." Only because they could be carried C&L.