JP>-> What?  JC was not advocating this in the least.  I was speaking about
JP>-> other differences we have, such as DA pistols and .40S&W vs. .45acp,
JP>You sure?  It sure sounded like it to me.  Let me repost the relevant
JP>part of his newsletter again.
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JP>In this line a correspondent recently complained to the magazine (not
JP>to me) about my mention of the "shot-cock" system as a means of

JP>does not, but it is not a negligent discharge.  Certainly I do not
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JP>teach this system, since I consider it a sloppy answer to an
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JP>unfortunate mechanical contrivance, but to deny that it exists would be
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JP>foolish.  I have seen it work on the range, and I know of a case where
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If this was Jeff Cooper's writing, then he was not teaching(advocating)
it.
JP>-> The 'system' you mention is oft refered to as the heinlien
JP>-> manoeuvre, as Robert Heinlein once advocated  "get a
JP>-> shot off fast, it'll throw your opponent and allow you time to get a
JP>This is about the only thing Heinlein ever wrote that I disagreed with -
JP>and I've got EVERY book he ever wrote.
JP>Basicly, I think Heinlein learned to shoot at Annapolis in the thirtys
JP>and never found any reason to change or upgrade.
His world was a lot different than ours as well, it may very well be more
effective to do such if we were on a different planet.  Makes for great 
reading though.
þ SLMR 2.0 þ I before E except after C. What a weird society.
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