Jerry Charles Miculek Jr. is an American professional speed and competition shooter known for his many world records, appearances on TV, and internet videos. Miculek is widely regarded as the fastest and most proficient all-around speed and competition shooter in the world, emptying a five-shot revolver in 0.57 seconds in a group the size of a playing card, thus often being dubbed "The Greatest Shooter of all Time". Miculek currently holds five officially sanctioned world records in revolver shooting and over 15 unsanctioned records with firearms ranging from rapid firing pistols to the Barrett M107.50 BMG rifle. Additional accomplishments include six shots in.98 seconds with a Barrett M107.50 BMG rifle and a 1000-yard shot off hand with his signature 9mm Smith & Wesson revolver. Miculek is also an experienced gunsmith who tunes and adjusts his own firearms for optimum function. In addition to having one of the top firearms channels on YouTube, he has his own reality show, Shootout Lane on the Outdoor Channel. Born in Freeport, Texas, Miculek grew up in southern Louisiana. Miculek is of Czech descent. He worked as a millwright at Freeport Chemical for fifteen years before becoming a professional shooter in 1989. He is married to Kay Clark-Miculek, herself an accomplished shooter, holding numerous national and world titles. His daughter, Lena Miculek-Afentul, is also a successful shooter who has won several IPSC world titles. Miculek is endorsed by Smith & Wesson, who created the model in honor of him. In 2014, Smith & Wesson released the Miculek series Smith & Wesson Model 929 9mm revolver, designed in part by Miculek himself. Mossberg offers Miculek signature series shotguns and a rifle compensator of his design.
Biography and early career
Born in Freeport, Texas, Jerry was a Texan for three days before moving with his family to southern Louisiana where he lived for the next thirty-seven years. Remnants of his Cajun accent can still be heard even though he has lived in northern Louisiana since 1990. Although he was the third born of five boys, Jerry Charles Miculek Jr. was named after his father after being born on his birthday. Growing up, Jerry showed little interest in “traditional” sports- Shooting and hunting were his passions from an early age. Most of his free time was spent shooting at a local dump in Gramercy, Louisiana with his younger brother, Donnie Miculek. Jerry worked as a millwright at Freeport Chemical for fifteen years before becoming a professional shooter in 1989. At age thirty-seven, Jerry met his future wife, Kay Clark Miculek, the daughter of world-famous gunsmith, Jim Clark Sr., and a competitive shooter since age six. At age thirty-nine, Jerry received a crash course in childbirth, when the mid-wife scheduled for a planned home birth arrived five minutes too late. Lena Rosalie Miculek weighed in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces- Born March 22, 1995. Jerry is a complete handyman, gunsmith, mechanic, certified welder, pipe fitter, and machinist. Jerry estimates that in his lifetime he has shot over 2 million rounds of ammunition, which equals approximately 30 tons of lead.
Major accomplishments and wins
An avid shooter, Jerry holds over 100 national and world shooting titles including:
One time Bianchi Cup NRA World Action Pistol Metallic Champion
Miculek is also one of the only people in the world to hold a life achievement award for shooting.
World records held
Miculek also demonstrated the ability to fire five shots from a revolver on target with a S&W Model 64ported barrel revolver in 0.57 seconds on September 25, 2003. This is slower than the record held by Ed McGivern of 0.45 seconds. 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 0.40 and 0.45 seconds.
