How much design input do you feel Cooper offered for the Ruger Gunsite rifle? Considering, of course, he was dead for 5yrs before it was released...
I don't know. Do you think he taught anyone at Gunsite ? Maybe they spoke over coffee ?
But, yer probably right. Since Col. Cooper was a quiet man, never known to voice his opinion, he likely never told anyone at Gunsite about his ideas. Certainly, he may never of mentioned his Scout Rifle concept to the folks at the shooting academy he founded. They were likely extermely surprised when Ruger wanted them to design a Scout Rifle!
It's likely a fluke that EVERY rifle marketed as a 'Scout Rifle' has a detachable magazine:
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