Cooper Firearms of Montana
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| Private | |
| Industry | Firearms |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Stevensville, Montana |
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Key people
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Dan Cooper, Founder |
| Products | Firearms, weapon |
| Revenue | unknown |
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Number of employees
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38 |
| Website | www.cooperfirearms.com |
Cooper Firearms of Montana was founded in 1990 by Dan Cooper and two other former Kimber of Oregon employees.
Cooper was created to build affordable custom-quality accurate rifles. As they put it "Rifles should shoot as well as they look and vice versa". All Cooper rifles carry an accuracy guarantee. The guarantee for rimfires is 5 shots in .25 in (6.4 mm) at 50 yards (46 m), while for centerfires it is 3 shots in .5 in (13 mm) at 100 yards (91 m).
Rifles are built mostly for hunting, with an emphasis on varmint hunting. As such, a wide variety of calibers is supported, including many common and popular wildcat rounds.
Cooper has achieved a reputation for high-quality accurate rifles. Gun writers have noted that the rifles are both good-looking and well-built as well as accurate.
In 1993 Cooper created their first single-shot rifle in .223 Remington. This rifle later became their Model 21. In 2005 They made their first rifles that had synthetic stocks. Previously all rifles had wood in a variety of grades. In 2007 the first Cooper repeater (non single-shot) rifle was created - the Model 52.
Rifles center on a few particular actions. In 2007 a centerfire repeater (Model 52) was added in a few calibers.
On October 27, 2008 a USA Today article featuring executives supporting Barack Obama for president was published naming Dan Cooper as a financial supporter of the campaign. Scandal soon erupted across gun-related web forums and blogs when it was made public that Dan Cooper supported a pro-gun control Presidential candidate and had donated several thousand dollars to his campaign. Gun owners and blogs reacted to the news calling for a boycott of his company.
By October 28, 2008 Cooper Firearms released a message on their website, noting that the company itself had not contributed in any fashion, and clarifying Cooper's contributions.
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