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3 unusual facts about Gunsite Training Center


Gunsite Training Center

Actor James Caan is sometimes included in the foregoing list, but when he told Cooper than he wanted to learn the Modern Technique for his role in the Michael Mann production, Thief (1981), Cooper declined, reasoning that Caan's character, an ex-con and career criminal, would not have been exposed to such training.

King Abdullah of Jordan, who himself was trained at Gunsite, along with members of his staff, while Crown Prince.

Paulden, Arizona

Jeff Cooper founded the firearms training center the American Pistol Institute, now named the Gunsite Academy, just west of Paulden in 1976.



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