Ray Chapman
– Chapman Acadamy – Columbia, MO
– Friend of Jeff Cooper
Author Archives: gwebs
Massad Ayoob
Massad Ayoob
– 1972 – Begain Instructon
– Lethal Force Institute
– Massad Ayoob Group
Clint Smith
Clint Smith
– ITC Inter Training Consultants
– 1st Compant
– 1970-1980 Police Officer in Indiana
– 1973-1980 in charge of training
– 1978 Attended GunSite
I cant tell you that you WILL be in a LFI next week, but you can’t tell me you WON’T be.
So, how will you train for the next three days?
– 1978 Taught at Gunsite
– 1980-1983 with Jeff Cooper
– 1983-1993 Traveled Training (DEA,
– 1983 Started Urban Rifle Course
– 1986 Started Training for H&K
– 1993 Thunder Ranch, Curvul TX
“Repitition is the mother of Skill”
http://mfceoyeager.libsyn.com/website/39-clint-smith-of-thunder-ranch
John Farnam
John Farnam
– Cornell College, BA in Biology
– US Marine Corps Second Lieutenant, Vietnam
– infantry platoon leader
– three Purple Hearts
– Trained Marines
– Active in the Reserves until 1987, rank of major
– 1971 Police Officer
– 1972 – Begain Instructon
– DTI Defense Training International
– Inspired by Jeff Cooper
“Each of our students is an instructor”
Books:
– “The Farnam Method of Defensive Handgunning”
– “The Farnam Method of Defensive Shotgun and Rifle Shooting”
– “The Street Smart Gun Book”
Rex Applegate
Rex Applegate
– OSS
William E. Fairbairn
William E. Fairbairn
February 28, 1885 – June 20,1960
British Royal Marine and police officer
Sykes
Sykes
Book – Shooting to Live
Edward (‘Ed’) McGivern
Edward (‘Ed’) McGivern
October 20, 1874 – December 12, 1957
– Exhibition shooter
– Shooting instructor
– 2010 – Inducted into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame
– Author: 1938 – “Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting”
Elmer Keith
Elmer Keith
– During World War II, was an inspector at the Ogden, Utah Arsenal
– Rifles that he inspected are cartouche stamped with the initials “OGEK” in a rectangular box
Jelly D. A. Bryce
Jeff Cooper
Jeff Cooper
– May 10, 1920 – September 25, 2006
– Created the Safety Rules
– Created the Shooting School
– 1977 American Handgunner Magazine
– 1941 Marines
– 1957 Shooting Compititons in California
– Southwest Combat Pistol League (Southwest Pistol League)
– Bigbear, California
– 1975 Became International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)
– first IPSC President