Testimonials
Witness testimony of 600 yard record
Gentlemen,
I'm currently the Chapter Director for Ben Lomond Gun Club at the Tri-Lakes Chapter in Monument, Colorado. I'm also one of the range officers at Ben Lomond and I shoot in several of the disciplines, such as, sporting clays, skeet, trap, military high power matches, and I'm a Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol, and a CCW Instructor. I've been shooting all types of firearms as long as I can remember, I was raised with them. This long story is just to give you some background on myself and to help lend credence to my testimonial of what I witnessed yesterday at Ben Lomond Gun Club's high power range. I own and shoot numerous 45 autos, but never have I handled or fired a 45 pistol of this quality and accuracy in my life. I only fired it offhand at the 100 yard line with swirling winds that were 35mph gusting to 50mph and I shot a group that amazed me for those conditions, all killing shots in a man silhouette target. I personally observed other members and guests fire the A2 with the same results. The real icing on the cake, so to speak, was when Karl Lippard sat down with a sand bag rest and proceeded to put 3 out of 5 and then 4 out of 6 rounds on an 18 inch gong at 600 yards, not once or twice but 4 or 5 times. The other rounds would have kept the enemy's heads down and provided ample cover fire all with a 45 semi auto pistol, that was truly amazing. I can only imagine what properly trained Marines, DEA, Border Patrol, Swat teams, Seals and Special Forces could add an element that has been missing, the offensive weapon capability of their sidearm. George Patton called the M1 Garand the "finest battle weapon ever made" but he isn't around to see and shoot the Lippard Combat NCO A2, he just might change his mind. This weapon takes the fight to the enemy in a form that no one would suspect. The United States Marine Corps needs to put the A2 in the in the hands of the best fighting men in the world. Please feel free to share this with those doubting Thomas's , whoever and where ever they are.
Semper Fi, Fraters Infintas,
Testimonial submitted 6/12/2011 by: We spent Saturday at the Ben Lomond Gun Club open house, shooting the Combat NCO on the rifle range. We demonstrated the pistol on 100 yards because of severe winds, 35 mph gusting to 55 mph. Most consumers who shot the gun got nice groups on the 20 inch silhouette targets we set at 100 yards, despite the severe winds. What was most amazing was the repeated demonstrations throughout the day of Karl, seated at a shooting table with his hand on a sandbag rest, and shooting an orange painted, 18-inch gong target at 600 yards. Yes, 600 yards! The shot groups were within a 6 foot radius with many shots hitting the target. We counted four shots on target out of six in one group, three out of five on target in another. And Karl did this all day long. Such fire demonstrated that the Combat NCO is effective at providing suppression fire at 600 yards and killing fire at that range as well. He only had a very few flyers that went outside the six foot radius where vast majority of shots hit. Most shots that missed the target were within a foot or two of the target. Therefore, if an enemy had been in that position, the odds of killing him with the shots was great. Definitely suppressed the enemy and prevented him from advancing. To give you an idea of wind adjustment, Karl had a quarter value wind, shooting at the angle he was shooting and the wind coming from behind the range firing line. At 600 yards, the wind adjustment was 13 feet to the right of the target. We know it was 13 feet because the gong targets are set up in tandem at each end of a 12 foot long arm; one target on the left and one target on the right. Karl took aim on the right target, moved his sight a foot to the right and fired, striking the left target. Had the gun been equipped with adjustable sights, he could have set his dope on the sights. With the fixed sights, he had to take target holds to compensate for this harsh wind. This demonstrates that the Combat NCO is effective at battlefield range (500 yards), the first such handgun ever capable of such firing capability. I do not believe that a person shooting a rifle would have shot a much better grouping than Karl accomplished with the pistol. In fact, we had one man on the firing line who shot a Barrett .50 caliber rifle with scope, shooting from the prone, shooting at an 8 foot wide by 4 foot high target and his bullet dispersion was greater than Karl was achieving with the Combat NCO. I do not discredit the man’s marksmanship, because the winds were horrible, fishtailing right and left and blowing 35 mph constant and gusting to 55 mph. We also had sand blowing into everything, and the Combat NCO just ate it up. This gun is made for harsh conditions, heavy sands and demanding use extremes.
Comments from all the people who witnessed this gun’s capabilities and shot the gun is that it is the best pistol they have ever seen.
Read the Shooter's Comments on the 600 yard 1911A2 Combat NCO Pistol record...
Testimonial submitted 6/15/2011 by: This past Saturday 6/11/2011 I was able to be at Ben Lomond Gun Club near Ramah,Co. Where Lippard guns were demonstrating the above noted weapon. As retired Navy Master Chief I have been around military weapons most of my adult life. In all that time never have I seen a hand gun that was as easy to,handle, or, as accurate. While standing back observing all the people that handled and fired the gun it seemed that all were impressed with the weapon.
All of the testimonials I have reviewed are from former military with combat type experience. They speak with much more knowledge about that side of what can be expected from the gun than I. As a life time hunter, it was amazing that the 45 pistol that everyone I have seen has the hardest time being able to qualify with.
Testimonial submitted 6/6/2011 by: I took our two NCO's out this last Friday morning down to Carlsbad's gun range to try some longer distance shooting. We were on a 200 yard rifle range and no longer distance available on this range. We were sighting in a couple of rifles first with the wind starting to build coming in mostly from our back. Satisfied with rifle sighting, I started warming up the NCO's. Blew plenty of holes in an old 1 gal coffee can scarcely moving it. It didn't sink in on me that the ammo I was shooting was pretty hot, no real recoil with that sweet counter-balance on the end. I kept expecting to skip that can around; walked up to it and realized that higher velocity ammo was just sailing through the two layers of can with little movement. Decided to plink around on a couple of tennis balls and had more luck skipping them around. By now the wind had gotten up to about 15-20 mph and 45 degree cross to line of fire, but decided to try my hand at the 18" "gong" target out at 200 yds. I braced my hands on the nice shaded bench rests there, used the NCO manual techniques for elevating to 200 yds and to my great surprise SMACKED the gong with the first shot! Now this is surprising to me for two reasons, I'm a very shaky 62 yr old fart and I barely can see the target even with glasses correcting my vision. Subsequent shots proved it was not a fluke, hitting the gong at least half the time and only slightly missing the rest of the time. Had it been a live target, it would have been seriously disabled or running sh**less! I decided, what to heck, just stand up and try the same routine. Sure enough, had surprisingly good hits on the gong. There was just enough lag in shooting and hitting the gong to hear it every time even with hearing protection and howitzer impaired hearing (past military experiences). I had the same shooting experiences with both of our NCO's before it got up to about 100 degrees and we decided to go eat some ribs in town. So who are the DIPSTICKS that think you can't reach out and touch someone or thing with these NCO's?? I am seriously considering hunting Elk with my NCO's in our brushy hills this fall if I can draw out for a good hunt (will know next week). Of course, I would use some of my Hornady +P ammo 230 gn hollow point, 950 fps. Most of my luck has been closer range, calling in those majestic creatures, but I wouldn't be afraid of reaching on out there 200 yds. Besides, carrying around a 15-20 lb rifle is getting to be a lot more effort for an old "codger" ! Bottom line is, this is the finest, most accurate shooting pistol I have laid my hands on. As a past Liaison NCO, Forward Observer for 8" Self-propelled Howitzers, packing a Colt 1911, NO Colt ever shot like these and believe me, I've cranked out thousands of rounds in my day on many military ranges and a few other less hospitable circumstances. Incidentally, that trigger pull is REAL SMOOTH, even after MISTAKENLY messing with it. BE SURE AND ADVISE EVERYBODY TO LEAVE THAT TRIGGER SET SCREW ALONE (the Allen wrench supplied is for rear sight adjustment only)!
Thanks Karl for bringing us into a new era for the 1911 format!! I'm looking forward to hunting and pleasure shooting for years to come with our NCO's. I'm getting plenty of OOO's and AH's from those laying their hands on ours! I just have to tell them, "GET YOUR OWN"!
Testimonial submitted 6/5/2011 by: FYI - the new 1911A2. I bought one and shot well @ 200yds; couldn't see farther.
Testimonial submitted 5/30/2011 by:
Doc B. and I shot 350 rounds through my NCO today. We did shoot at 25, 100 and 200 yards, and both he and I were impressed with the accuracy, using your use directive on long range shooting. One or both of us actually hit a one gallon bottle at 200 yds... great for old guys with somewhat impaired eyesight....
Testimonial submitted 5/27/2011 by: Karl, Frank and I went down to Cactus Flats for a handgun shoot this morning…interesting place with interesting people.…we had the 25 yard pistol range to ourselves. We both shot one box total with the new NCO pistol and we both had a good time shooting it…the trigger pull was delicate and I am glad we didn't shoot any into the surrounding countryside. The recoil did not seem any more than my PPS 9mm…which is minimal. Thanks, it was worth the wait.
I will try to encourage the local firearms guys to go out to shoot with you. I think if they shot it without the nosepiece and then with it, they would all be amazed. It is not the size for the whole Bureau, but it should be considered by SWAT and SOG…and anyone else man enough to carry a purse to haul it around.
Testimonial submitted 5/18/2011 by:
Karl,
No one can doubt who reads that exposition about the potential of the A2. I think the military special forces of every stripe are your prime prospective customers as the regular forces would have to make a "sea change" in the way they think about the utility of a pistol.
Testimonial submitted 4/22/2011 by:
I went to the range today to do a short functionality test on my NCO....err, let me rephrase that....."test on the magazines" in my Combat NCO. Up front, I will say, this weapon is the most accurate pistol I have ever had the pleasure to shoot...and I have shot many. You were correct when you told me it would shoot one hole...it did, at 15 ft 58 degrees with 35 mph winds...."all 6 rounds". I kept the targets...cuz they impressed me. Dave the Seabee...err, Navy guy, even got to shoot and likewise very impressed with the NCO…
Testimonial submitted 2/25/2011 by: As a collector of firearms and after 35 years of active target shooting I owned hundreds of different handguns and shot twice as much. 25 years ago I entered a lot of contests and shot national and international championships My target pistols were always well-selected individual pieces. My best successes I boasted with a .45 ACP custom made by HK on base of a 1911 with a Caspian frame. I also like to recollect on one of the first pistols made by Peter Stahl. Unfortunately especially the pistols in .45 ACP were exposed a high rate of wastage. As a target shooter you know what it means if your pistol begins to loose precision after 5,000 rounds and you have to do an expensive general overhaul. A couple of weeks ago I received your .45 ACP NCO-Target with a lifetime warranty. From the first beginning I was intrigued by this pistol. In spite of the fact that it has absolutely no tolerance the sleigh moves soft and smooth. Only one time in my live I saw such a piece of fine workmanship at a pistol: it was the Korriphila "Odines Eye" made by Edgar Budischowski from one solid piece of Damascus steel. The price of this piece in 1982 was around 16,000 US $! The practice at the range surpasses all exceptions. The pistol has a great balance, is completely unsusceptible for different ammunition and loads, and the precision overtops every pistol I ever shot. After 20 rounds I was able to shoot touching holes in the 25 yards target. The trigger is nice and "try", the recoil is soft… it's a great pistol! If I have to give away 99 of my 100 pistols (because perhaps President Obama changed the 2nd Amendment to improve the economy…) I would not hesitated keeping the NCO! Many thanks for this progress in developing of the 1911!
Sincerely, |
