Steven Mace
06-03-2005, 04:17 AM
Article Published: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 5:33:03 PM PST
Winning draw for this shooter
Miculek to display his talents at sports fair
By Keith Lair, Staff Writer
Superman might have trouble keeping up with Jerry Miculek.
The comic book hero may be faster than a speeding bullet, but could he match the speed of all six of Miculek's shots? Or how about all 12?
The action sports shooter has successfully fired six revolver shots into a target in three-fourths of a second. Six years ago, he emptied six shots into a target, reloaded and emptied six more bullets into a target in 2.99 seconds. On that same day, he put six bullets into a target in less than 1 second and two shots each on four targets in 1.06 seconds.
People do not call him the fastest shooter in the world for nothing.
"It's just for fun," the 50-year-old Smith & Wesson pro says. "We're just doing fun stuff."
Miculek will be showing his skills at the annual Shooting Sports Fair that runs Friday through Sunday at Mike Raahauge Shooting Enterprises in the Prado basin. Joining Miculek will be fellow action shooting experts Todd Jarrett and Ron Leatham. Also at the fair will be shotgun trick shooter Pat Cloherty of Glendora, and archery and dog-hunting exhibitions. Nearly every firearm manufacturer in the world will be in attendance and show-goers will have the opportunity to try out most firearms on display at the show, including a Civil War Gatling gun.
This year, Miculek will try to put five shots into one target in two-fifths of a second, equaling a record last accomplished in the 1930s.
"I want to see if I can do it," he said.
The Princeton, La., resident said he picked up the sport while having fun.
"We would just go plinking," he said. "We would go out in the woods with our rifles. It was just for fun. It was being laid back and having a good time."
Miculek would fire off as many shots as he could and then challenge his buddies to beat him. Not many could.
He won nine of the first 10 International Revolver championships, and has won two Great Outdoor Games titles in rifle speed shooting, an event in which he plans to compete next month in Kissimmee, Fla.
Miculek was a semi-pro competitor for 14 years before joining the Smith & Wesson staff two years ago. He said vision and technique are about 60 percent of his sport.
"You have to get excited, you have to get the adrenalin going," he says of his sport.
He explains that it is completely different than target shooting, where breathing and hitting targets on the mark are paramount.
"If you get behind, you can make up for it with your speed," he said. "If you only hit an 8 in regular target shooting, it's a lot harder to make it up. They're completely different types of competitions."
The sport is also different than quick-draw, where pistols are drawn from holsters. Competitors use electronic timers to judge shooting times.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~29583~2899130,00.html
Steve Mace
Winning draw for this shooter
Miculek to display his talents at sports fair
By Keith Lair, Staff Writer
Superman might have trouble keeping up with Jerry Miculek.
The comic book hero may be faster than a speeding bullet, but could he match the speed of all six of Miculek's shots? Or how about all 12?
The action sports shooter has successfully fired six revolver shots into a target in three-fourths of a second. Six years ago, he emptied six shots into a target, reloaded and emptied six more bullets into a target in 2.99 seconds. On that same day, he put six bullets into a target in less than 1 second and two shots each on four targets in 1.06 seconds.
People do not call him the fastest shooter in the world for nothing.
"It's just for fun," the 50-year-old Smith & Wesson pro says. "We're just doing fun stuff."
Miculek will be showing his skills at the annual Shooting Sports Fair that runs Friday through Sunday at Mike Raahauge Shooting Enterprises in the Prado basin. Joining Miculek will be fellow action shooting experts Todd Jarrett and Ron Leatham. Also at the fair will be shotgun trick shooter Pat Cloherty of Glendora, and archery and dog-hunting exhibitions. Nearly every firearm manufacturer in the world will be in attendance and show-goers will have the opportunity to try out most firearms on display at the show, including a Civil War Gatling gun.
This year, Miculek will try to put five shots into one target in two-fifths of a second, equaling a record last accomplished in the 1930s.
"I want to see if I can do it," he said.
The Princeton, La., resident said he picked up the sport while having fun.
"We would just go plinking," he said. "We would go out in the woods with our rifles. It was just for fun. It was being laid back and having a good time."
Miculek would fire off as many shots as he could and then challenge his buddies to beat him. Not many could.
He won nine of the first 10 International Revolver championships, and has won two Great Outdoor Games titles in rifle speed shooting, an event in which he plans to compete next month in Kissimmee, Fla.
Miculek was a semi-pro competitor for 14 years before joining the Smith & Wesson staff two years ago. He said vision and technique are about 60 percent of his sport.
"You have to get excited, you have to get the adrenalin going," he says of his sport.
He explains that it is completely different than target shooting, where breathing and hitting targets on the mark are paramount.
"If you get behind, you can make up for it with your speed," he said. "If you only hit an 8 in regular target shooting, it's a lot harder to make it up. They're completely different types of competitions."
The sport is also different than quick-draw, where pistols are drawn from holsters. Competitors use electronic timers to judge shooting times.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~29583~2899130,00.html
Steve Mace