JP>system, by means of which the pistol is cocked with the left thumb as
JP>it comes up on target, is technically unworkable.  In class work I
JP>always permit any student who is stuck with a trigger-cocking pistol
JP>either to thumb-cock or to use the crunch-tick system, whichever seems
JP>best to him.  Thumb-cocking wins almost every time.
I wrote to the Coop a few years ago, pretty much just thanking him for 
being the curmudgeonly font of information and commentary he is, and also 
mentioned that I personally preferred DA autos.  I'd probably as he says, 
actually perform a bit better if I went to sa autos and used condition 
one, but I'm not about to pay the price in money and time to make the 
conversion.  Besides, I like being able to adapt to various types of guns 
in tense situations.  Generalization vs. specialization and all that.
JP>It seems that my correspondent is operating from an unsound base, not
I agree with Jeff on this one 100%.  Telling Cooper that what he teaches 
is impractical is about the most ignorant/presumptious thing I've heard.
JP>worrying primarily about the deadly danger of negligent discharge.  I
JP>have taught thousands of pistol shooters, and I cannot remember the
JP>last time we had a negligent discharge on the range.
JP>Curiously enough, the hostility I detect expends itself in personal
JP>insult rather than attention to the facts.  One does not win arguments
Jealousy.  I see it in supposed firearm 'professionals' all the time.  
They are not nearly as bad as politicians, but worse by far than most 
technical professions I have come across.
I'd welcome anything Jeff Cooper has to say to me at any time.  I may not 
always follow it, and may occasionally disagree with it as a personal 
issue, but I'd hardly deign to think of it as an encompassing wrong.
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