Magazine Articles By Jeff Cooper
(The Jeff Cooper Bibliography Project)


Miscellaneous Magazine Articles (50+)


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1946
»September, Marine Corps Gazette, United States Marine Corp, What Good Is A Pistol?, p. 29 (Jeff's first article!)

1953
»February, FM 23-35, Department of the Army, "Advanced Firing Course," p. 213 (While not actually written by Cooper, this was the course of fire developed by Jeff and Howe Taft, that was adopted by the DOD.) 

1956
February, Road & Track, CBS Publications, Newport Beach, CA, The First Race, p. 10
June, Road & Track, CBS Publications, Newport Beach, CA, Sixth Sebring, p. 13

1960
Unknown month, Toros Magazine, Copyright © 1960 by Jim Fergus, Home of the Brave, p. ?

1961
Unknown month, Westways Magazine, Automobile Club of Southern California, Inferno on Foot, Copyright © 1961 by ACSC, p. ?

1967

»February, Gunsport, Westport Publishing, Falls Church, VA, , The SIG 210 Pistol, p. 14

1968
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unknown month, Gunsport, Westport Publishing, Falls Church, VA, 1968, Norma's New 45 ACP Hollow-Point, p. 23
»February, Gunsport, Westport Publishing, Falls Church, VA, , P-38 Plus 22 - A combination, p. 34

1972
»The Mighty .22 Rimfire,
Petersen Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1976, The .22: Springboard to the Bogbores, p. 94, ISBN 0-8227-200701


1973
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"Favorite Handloads of the Top Handgunners - Jeff Cooper," Shooting Times, August, 1973. vol. 14, no. 8.

1974
»The Best of Guns & Ammo - 1958-1962,
Petersen Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1974, The New Look In Handgun Holds, p. 188, ISBN 0-8227-0081-6

1975

»June, True Magazine, Petersen Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, Get Charlemagne!, p. 41

»Guns For Home Defense, Petersen Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1975, Best Home Defense Gun, p. 46; Handgun Stopping Power, p. 102; Test report: Ruger Mini-14 Carbine, p. 126, ISBN 0-8227-0088-3;

1976
Handguns from Pocket Pistols to Mighty Magnums
, by Jeff Cooper and the editors of Guns & Ammo Magazine, Petersen Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1976, ISBN 0-8227-0123-5

»The Mighty .22 Rimfire, Petersen Publishing Co, 1976, The .22: Springboard to the Big Bores, p.94

Magnum Handguns, Guns & Ammo, Petersen Publishing Co, c. 1976, Deer Hunter's Choice .44 vs .30-30, p.12

1980

Spring Issue, Guns Annual Book of Handguns, Firearms Marketing Group, San Diego, CA , Cooper Debunks Those .45 Myths, p. 54

Guns & Ammo-Book of the .45 Auto
, Petersen Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, King of Handguns, p. 2

».45 Auto - King of the Handguns, Petersen Publishing Co., Los Angeles, CA, Hero Handgun, p.2, ISBN 0-8227-2151-1

1981
EAGLE
»December, Volume 1 Number 5, Command Publications Inc., 79 Madison Ave., New York, NY, Stanley R. Harris, Publisher, Nocturne in the Ten-Ring, p.14.

1982
»Street Survival Handbook, Stanhope Communications, 79 Madison Ave., New York, NY, Streets of Fear, p. 6

»The Auto Pistol Handbook, Modern Day Periodicals, New York, NY, Stanley Harris, publisher, The Bren-Ten: New Firepower to Challenge the .45, p. 78

1983
»International Combat Arms, Petersen Publishing, Action Series 1983, #4, Combat Handguns, p. 56.

Safari Magazine-Worldwide Hunting Annual, Safari International, Tucson, AZ, Elg, p. 36.

»The Complete Book of Assault Rifles
, Harris Publications, New York, NY, The Purpose of Shooting is Hitting: The Assault Rifle Debate, p. 6

»The .45 Auto Handbook
, Harris Publications, New York, NY, Hero Handgun, p. 3

»Police Product News
, May, publisher unknown, interview with Jeff Cooper - "Jeff Cooper-A Straight Shooter," p. 40

Special Weapons, Vol. 2, No. 1, Harris Publications, New York, NY, "The Fighting Rifle," p. 18; "The Social Shotgun," p. 82
»Special Weapons, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 1983), Harris Publications, New York, NY, "The Bren Ten Has Arrived," p. 94

1984
»Unknown month, Safari Magazine, Safari Africa, Tucson,AZ, Okavango! p. 16
Unknown month, Internationaler Waffen-Spiegel, C.A.Civil Arms Verlag GmbH, Lichtenwald,  Germany, Das praktischePistolen-Schiessen 1984, p. 5

1985
»Beginner's Guide to Combat Shooting
, Guns & Ammo Action Series #2, Petersen Publishing Co., Combat Shooting: The Practical Revolution, p. 2

»Armed Conflict, Harris Publications, New York, NY, (Vol 1 No. 1) This may be the only issue printed
Dragon of Liberty, p. 34
Central American Front, p. 6
Aerobatics in Combat, p. 12
Culture Shock, p. 5

1986
Basic Guide to Guns and Shooting, Vol 4, Petersen Publishing Co., April 1986, #0-8227-2540-1, ,Self Defense with The Handgun, p. 38

1989
»Nosler Reloading Manual #3
, Nosler, Inc., Bend, Oregon, 10 mm ACP Cartridge P. 330, The .45ACP Cartridge, p. 342

1990

Rifles & Shotguns, Guns & Ammo Action Series, V8, No1, Petersen Publishing Co., 1990, The Ultimate Sporter, p. 16

1991
»Handguns for Sport & Self Defense, Guns & Ammo Action Series(?), V5, No7, Petersen Publishing Co., July, 1991, The State of the Modern Art of Combat Pistolcraft, p. 60

The Complete Reloading Manual for the 10mm/.40 S&W/.41 AE,
The 10mm Auto, Loadbooks USA, Sylmar CA, 1991, ISBN unkown.


1992

»October, SA Man/Magnum, SA Man PTY(Ltd), Northway, South Africa, Principles of Personal Defense-Part 1, p. 85
»November, SA Man/Magnum, SA Man PTY(Ltd), Northway, South Africa, Principles of Personal Defense-Part 2, p. 30
»December, SA Man/Magnum, SA Man PTY(Ltd), Northway, South Africa, Principles of Personal Defense-Part 3, p. 32

1996

»Handguns '96, DBI Books, Northbrook, IL, Jeff Cooper Named Outstanding American Handgunner, p. (inside cover)
»Handguns '96, DBI Books, Northbrook, IL, co-author of, Expert's Top Picks for Home Defense, p. 76

1998
Pallasch-Osterreichisher Milizverlag, Salzburg, Austria, Winter 1998/1999, Blood River 1838 (English title), p. ?

2000
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April, SA Man/ Magnum, SA Man PTY(Ltd), Northway, South Africa, New .376 Steyr Blooded on Bison, p. 27

»The Complete Book of the 1911,  2000, The Hammer of the Century, p. 4

2003
»January, The Accurate Rifle, no publisher data, Jeff Cooper: A Fireside Chat Part I, by Robert Boatman, p. 13
»February, The Accurate Rifle, no publisher data, Jeff Cooper: A Fireside Chat Part II,  by Robert Boatman, p. 34

Unknown Dates and Publications

Straight Talk on Practical Shooting,
p. 16 (have article first page but no ID data)


Jeff also wrote some articles for Motor Trend magazine (circa mid 50s) but we currently have no information on them.


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