“Combat NCO” Pistol Debut in .45 ACP
Members of the Tri-Lakes Chapter of the Ben Lomond Gun Club were treated to a special presentation by Joseph Brazier’s own Karl Lippard at their regular meeting on June 8, 2006 in Monument, Colorado.
The presentation included a lecture on firearms design theory focusing around the idiosyncrasies of the famous Colt 1911 originally designed by John Browning followed by a question and answer discussion session.
Attendees were also presented with the rarely seen Combat NCO pistol - a .45 ACP calibre 1911-style weapon designed by Mr. Lippard that integrates numerous functional improvements to the original John Browning design.
The audience was made privy to some of the design features of this extraordinary pistol that incorporates over a dozen mechanical and design improvements making it capable of firing accurately and unfailingly at extreme temperature and environmental conditions.
So precisely engineered is the Combat NCO, it has a demonstrated effective range of 300 yards and has been shown to place 40% of shots fired on target out to an astounding 450 yards - even after severe abuse. With parts manufactured to micron tolerances, the pistol components demonstrate no “play” and return perfectly to battery with every round fired making it unmatched in its class.
The use of special proprietary alloys used to construct the gun make it indestructible and allow it to fire continuously without jamming, even when exposed to massive shock, mud, water, sand and dirt.
Originally designed as an offensive combat weapon, many of the improvements in the Combat NCO were derived from Mr. Lippard’s own close-quarters combat experience in Viet Nam.
Previously, this very unique weapon was produced in very limited quantities some 20 years ago when Mr. Lippard was Division Manager and chief designer for Pachmayr. Those same pistols remain in use under combat conditions by U. S. Special Units in theaters around the world to this day.
Also in attendance for this enlightening event were Mr. Michael Blank of the Save Winchester effort http://www.savewinchester.com/
and Mr. Charles Henderson, author of such best selling military books as “Marine Sniper”, “Goodnight Saigon”, “Silent Warrior”, and “Marshalling the Faithful”.