Jerry Charles Miculek Jr. ( ; born September 7, 1954) is an American professional
competition shooter known for his achievements in
3-Gun and
speed shooting. He holds five officially sanctioned
world record
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s in revolver shooting and over 15 unsanctioned records with firearms ranging from
9mm
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semi-automatic pistol
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s to the
.50 BMG Barrett M107 anti-material rifle
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.
Additional accomplishments include rapid-firing 12 shots (including one
quick reload) from a
six-shooter in 2.99 seconds, fast-shooting six shots in .98 seconds from a handheld
Barrett M107, and a 1000-yard off-hand shot with his 9mm
Smith & Wesson
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revolver.
Miculek is also a gunsmith who tunes and adjusts his own firearms for optimum function. In addition to a channel on
YouTube
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, he has a reality show, ''Shootout Lane'' on the
Outdoor Channel
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.
Miculek worked as a millwright at Freeport Chemical for 15 years before becoming a professional shooter in 1989. He is married to
Kay Clark-Miculek
Kay Clark-Miculek is an American sport shooter
with two IPSC Handgun World Shoot gold medals in the Open division Lady category (1993 and 1996) and one silver medal (2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Phys ...
, herself a shooter with national and world titles. His daughter,
Lena Miculek-Afentul, is also a shooter with
IPSC world titles.
Miculek is endorsed by Smith & Wesson, who named the S&W Model 625JM model for him. In 2014, Smith & Wesson released the Miculek series Smith & Wesson Model 929 9mm revolver, designed in part by Miculek.
Mossberg offers Miculek signature series shotguns and a
rifle
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compensator of his design.
Biography and early career
Born in
Freeport, Texas, Miculek was in Texas for three days before moving with his family to southern
Louisiana
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where he lived for the next thirty-seven years. He was the third of five brothers. Miculek was named after his father after being born on his birthday.
Miculek worked as a
millwright
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at Freeport Chemical for fifteen years before becoming a professional shooter in 1989.
At age 37, Miculek met his future wife, Kay Clark Miculek, another competitive shooter.
Miculek estimates that in his lifetime he has shot over two million rounds of ammunition, which equals approximately 30 tons of
lead
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.
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Major accomplishments and wins
Miculek holds over 100 national and world shooting titles including:
*Two time Overall
IPSC Revolver World Champion (
2002
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and
2005
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), and two time Senior IPSC Revolver World Champion (
2005
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and
2011
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).
*Seven time
USPSA 3-Gun National Championship
*Four time National
USPSA Multigun Champion
*Four time 2nd Chance Bowling Pin Champion
*1997, 2007 and 2011 American Handgunner World Shoot-Off Champion, and the only person ever to win this title with a revolver.
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*Twenty-one time International Revolver Champion
*Member of seven time winning pro team at the Sportsmans Team Challenge
*Eight time National USPSA Revolver Champion
*Three time Masters International Long Gun Champion
*Ten time IDPA
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Enhanced Service Revolver Champion
*One time Bianchi Cup NRA World Action Pistol Metallic Champion
World records held
Miculek also demonstrated the ability to fire five shots from a revolver on target with a S&W Model 64 ported barrel
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revolver
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in 0.57 seconds on September 25, 2003. This is slower than the record held by Ed McGivern of 0.45 seconds (first shot on 9/13/1932, reproduced 4 times on 12/8/1932). Originally recorded as "two-fifths of a second", the resolution of the timing equipment in 1932 was only 0.20 of a second, so the actual figure could have been anywhere between 0.25 and 0.65 seconds.
References
* Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting, Ed McGivern, 1938
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External links
Miculek.com Youtube
Miculek.com
Official Site
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1954 births
American male sport shooters
IPSC shooters
IPSC World Shoot Champions
World record holders in shooting
People from Freeport, Texas
Sportspeople from Texas
Living people
20th-century American sportsmen