Malcolm Douglas Cooper, Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire, was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International.
Background
Cooper was born in 1947 in Camberley and learned to shoot small bore rifles whilst attending Westlake Boys High School in New Zealand, where his father was stationed with the Royal Navy: he subsequently attended the Royal Hospital School.
Career
He started shooting competitively in 1970. In 1978 he established his own rifle making company Accuracy International. Cooper died in June 2001 after an eight-month battle with cancer.
He died at his home in Eastergate, West Sussex.