Jerry Miculek
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Jerry Miculek is a speed shooter and competition shooting instructor, experienced in nearly every type of firearm made. He is renowned as one of the fastest revolver shooters in the world, emptying a five-shot revolver in 0.57 seconds in a group the size of a playing card. Miculek currently holds five world records in exhibition revolver shooting. He is married to Kay Clark Miculek, herself an accomplished shooter, holding numerous national and world titles.

In addition, Miculek is an experienced gunsmith who tunes and adjusts his own revolvers for optimum function.

He is endorsed by Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson is the largest manufacturer of handguns in the United States. The corporate headquarters is in Springfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1852, Smith & Wesson's pistols and revolvers have become standard issue to police and armed forces throughout the world...

, who created the S&W Model 625JM model in honor of him.

An avid shooter, Jerry holds numerous national and world shooting titles:
  • Seven time USPSA
    USPSA
    USPSA may refer to:* United States Practical Shooting Association* United States Power Soccer Association...

     3-Gun National Championship
  • Four time USPSA
    USPSA
    USPSA may refer to:* United States Practical Shooting Association* United States Power Soccer Association...

     Multi-gun National Championship
  • Four time 2nd Chance Bowling Pin Champion
  • 1997 and 2007 American Handgunner World Shoot-Off Champion (The only person ever to win this title with a revolver.)
  • Nineteen time International Revolver Champion
  • Member of seven time winning pro team at the Sportsmans Team Challenge
  • Eight time USPSA
    USPSA
    USPSA may refer to:* United States Practical Shooting Association* United States Power Soccer Association...

     National Revolver Champion
  • Three time Masters International Long Gun Champion
  • Two time IPSC
    IPSC
    IPSC may refer to:* Induced pluripotent stem cell, a type of pluripotent stem cell* International Practical Shooting Confederation, a shooting sport based on the concept of practical shooting...

     World Revolver Champion
  • Ten time IDPA
    International Defensive Pistol Association
    The International Defensive Pistol Association , founded in 1996, is an organization based in Berryville, Arkansas, USA that promotes defensive pistol shooting as a sport, using equipment including full-charge service ammunition to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios...

     Enhanced Service Revolver Champion
  • One time Bianchi Cup
    The Bianchi Cup
    The Bianchi Cup is the NRA National Action Pistol Championship, a major Action Pistol tournament held over three days in late May, in Columbia, Missouri at the Green Valley Rifle & Pistol Club. It has the largest purse of any tournament on the action pistol calendar and is the premier action...

     NRA World Action Pistol Metallic Champion

World records held

Task Firearm(s) Used Time (sec) Date Notes
Fire six shots (each) from 10 different .38 caliber revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

s
S&W Model 64 revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

s (10)
17.12 September 25, 2003 Broke Ed McGivern
Ed McGivern
Edward McGivern from Lewistown, Montana, was a famous exhibition shooter, shooting instructor and author of the book Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting...

's record of 25 seconds.
Fire six shots, reload, fire six shots from 1 revolver S&W Model 625
S&W Model 625
The Smith & Wesson Model 625, is a six round single & double action revolver chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge & .45 Colt also known as "Long Colt" or "LC"...

 revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

2.99 September 11, 1999
Fire eight shots from a revolver on a single target S&W Model 627 V-Comp revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

1.00 September 11, 1999
Fire eight shots from a revolver on four targets (2 hits each target) S&W Model 627 V-Comp revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

1.06 September 11, 1999


Miculek also demonstrated the ability to fire five shots from a revolver on target with a S&W Model 64 ported barrel revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...

in 0.57 seconds on September 25, 2003. This nearly matches the record held by Ed McGivern of 0.45 sec (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 1/20th of a second, so the actual figure could have been anywhere between 0.40 and 0.45 seconds.

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