Jerry Miculek

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 records in revolver shooting and over 15 unsanctioned records with firearms ranging from 9mm semi-automatic pistols to the .50 BMG Barrett M107 anti-materiel rifle. 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 revolver. 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, herself a shooter with national and world titles. His daughter, Lena Miculek, 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 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 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 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.

Major accomplishments and wins

Miculek holds over 100 national and world shooting titles including:

Two time Overall IPSC Revolver World Champion (2002 and 2005 ), and two time Senior IPSC Revolver World Champion (2005 and 2011 ). 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. 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 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 revolver 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.