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Sorry I missed the shoot guys. I did not keep up with the date and hammered here badly. But there is some good news for the Elmer Keith fans, I shot Ben Lomond Gun Club Open House event 6/11/11.  Using the Keith method with a karl Lippard mix here is the result:
It was 50   mph wind from the back but I shot 4 for 6 on an 18" gong at 600 yards   in one magazine. 9 close witnesses I guess, a retired Marine Pilot Steve Davis also Range Master, Two Marine Sniper/ Instructors, Marine Gunner Charles Henderson, a Retired Navy and Air Force were who I remember standing close. I continued to demonstrate in spite of the Wind holding what appeared to be 5 feet into the wind and up 2. I did have a flier every once in a while but the Black Hills +P 230 FMJ HP seemed to group pretty well out at 600. I fired three with the same hold and they hit together the size of a milk jug at 7 o'clock about 1-2 feet down with Charles spotting, so I adjusted for the wind and shot the gong. I loaded three later and made a call shot on the gong when someone noted an Afghan rise up at 600 and I took it down with one shot represented again by the gong. But I also missed a lot and think probably the average was 3-4 in 10 at the 600 but all agree that no man would stand up out there if a Combat NCO was shooting at you. As there was SO MANY witnesses at the shoot I expect to have a lot of testimonials about the effectiveness of the Combat NCO and to confirm my claim that a man under adverse conditions can give supporting fire at 600 yards without much difficulty. What was amazing was to HIT the 18" targets which would seem to confirm that this average sample pistol #26 does hold 3  minute accuracy or less at 100 yards even with a human shooting the gun AND the serious nature of wind present. I continued shooting in the wind  hitting the gong many more times for show during the day. The crowd loved it.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The wind was too bad and blew down target stands so the shooters had to shoot the NCO at 100 yards and most did pretty well. Wind was 5" drift and holding on the shoulder edge gave good groups for me in the ten ring or chest area offhand. There was some other odd rounds which may take some research but likely shooter error. Charles shot well too and I think most people shot better than their ability suggested. The women shot the gun fairly well at 100 and could use some instruction but all in all for a first time, not TOO bad. They thought the recoil was less than a 9mm and a .40 cal and none found the NCO unpleasant to shoot. I hope to collect their reviews to post under Testimonials soon on www.karllippard.com/military.
 
Fun stuff. A lot of pride today. It has been a long time since I shot the 600 with a pistol open sight and today I guess I hold the record at Ben Lomond Gun Club for open sight pistol, .45acp, six hundred yards, that will no doubt stand for a while.
 
Elmer would have been proud. There too was a Marine with a S&W Model 29  .44 mag. I had hopes to see the gun limber up at the 600 but seeing it done with an automatic on the line it never was drawn. The only other shooter on the line was a .50 cal Barrett. His grouping at 600 I don't know but shooting next to a pistol ringing a gong does not inspire conversation.
Karl Lippard

We are still getting our reports together from last weekend, but I'll tell you, at 600 yards, few are in your class! Mark your calender for 1st or 2nd weekend next June, (not sure which yet), come out west and show us how it's done.
Al

Sure will Al. A lot of fun shooting distance. Elmer Keth people are the only ones who believe a pistol or revolver can shoot past 20 feet. ..I think if we stay around 300 yards most shooters I can put on target using the Keith method with my pistols easily. From 350 to 400 is work and a tough animal depending on the terrain to give referrence. 600 you are going to get down and shoot. I was pushing it for sure.
I kept eyeballing that M29 the man had. First words out of my mouth was Elmer Keith.
Karl