Originally Posted by KevinGibson
Originally Posted by Take_a_knee
JWP, Cooper begrudgingly accepted the Glock as a proper fighting pistol, he saw it as having no "soul" in comparison to the 1911, the gun he carried in two wars. He never accepted the 9mm as a proper defensive round, to my knowledge. But lots of his former instructors did and carry 9mm Glocks every day. I'm certain you realize that the 9mm ammo in Coopers' heyday doesn't compare to what we have today.
Cooper also considered the 230 grain truncated cone flat point the prefered load in .45 ACP. He wasn't always right.


In the 70's/80's that was probably the best 45acp load in existence. He had too many students who'd shot people with hydrashocks that didn't work as designed.