Jerry Miculek

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.

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-material 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 is also a gunsmith who tunes and adjusts his own firearms for optimum function.

In addition to a channel on YouTube, he has a reality show, Shootout Lane on the Outdoor Channel.

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-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.

Jerry worked as a millwright at Freeport Chemical for fifteen years before becoming a professional shooter in 1989.

At age 37, Jerry met his future wife, Kay Clark Miculek, the daughter of gunsmith, Jim Clark Sr., and a competitive shooter since age six.

Jerry estimates that in his lifetime he has shot over 2 million rounds of ammunition, which equals approximately 30 tons of lead.

Miculek holds over 100 national and world shooting titles including:

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).

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.

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.

Although he was the third born of five boys, Jerry Charles Miculek Jr. was named after his father after being born on his birthday.