Other Developments
Jeff Cooper lists advances in pistol-craft prior to the Modern Technique:
- The work of William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes in Shanghai Municipal Police during the Twenties and Thirties.
- The FBI 'Practical Pistol Course' of the Thirties, which consisted of timed shooting at seven, twenty-five, fifty and sixty yards holding the pistol in the strong hand, and then the weak hand. This was a great improvement over the basic bullseye shooting taught previously.
- Jeff Cooper's own work in conjunction with Taft on the 'Advanced Military Combat Pistol Course' in 1948, which was incorporated into the Army Field Manual.
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