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Cooper’s shooting tournaments were initially called Leather Slaps and were essentially blank-firing fast-draw contests. They became very popular with the viewing public, but soon evolved into true combat-style action shoots, combining movement with time limitations. Cooper held them exclusively at the newly-opened ski resort atop Tejon Pass, in San Bernardino county, California. He called his group the Bear Valley Gunslingers. (This ski resort is still there today and is now called Snow Summit.)

As the popularity of Cooper’s contests spread, the two-handed Weaver stance and grip were being emulated by the shooting public all over the southwest. The name of Cooper’s organization had now become the South West Combat Pistol League. New shooting clubs formed teams to participate in this new and exciting form of pistol competition.

It is at this point that Cooper began to form the nucleus of what was to become his Modern Technique of the Pistol. It contained the basic elements of his form of modern pistol shooting and its combat nature, compared to the older Camp Perry style of static competitive and recreational shooting of the past. The Big Bear shoots gave impetus and seed to combat shooting for the public at large and many big-name shooters rushed to join Cooper and compete in them: Bob Munden, Ray Chapman, Eldon Carl, Thell Reed, John Shaw, Mickey Fowler, Mike Dalton and Armend Swenson, to name just a few.