Jerry Miculek – One Gun for the Rest of His Life?

[jack the toad]

Jerry Miculek – One Gun for the Rest of His Life?

Nothing new but I enjoyed this 10 minute talk. Hope you do too and not a repost.


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po1AUyMfhiM[/ame]

 

[UncleEd]

I agree with what Miculek
says but, but, but....but
he ain't tactical or rather
tacticool.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Jerry has a gentle strength that captures attention and a humble "I've been there" way of seeing right to the heart of a matter.

He's on my "chew the fat with" wish list.

 

[jack the toad]

He did a promo demo at H&H gun range in OKC several years ago.
I spoke with him briefly in the parking lot, a very nice and humble gentleman.

 

[UncleEd]

Hope you all noticed in the video
just how dirty his .357 was,
particularly the cylinder. Looked
just like a couple of his guns he
used at a Wisconsin show in the
1990s. He once remarked that
it's the revolver's insides that
count, not its outside appearance.
I believe he and Bill Wilson are
in agreement about how much
they hate to clean guns.

 

[Buford57]

I can't quarrel with his logic, but my vision of circumstances where.I could only have one gun leans more toward self-defense in a restrictive or repressive society than a post-apocalyptic survival situation. In that case I would want the most powerful arm in a common caliber that I could conceal easily and thoroughly, also following JMs bias toward simplicity.. In other words a .38 or .357 J frame snub.

 

[UncleEd]

Miculek's choice of a shotgun
really reflects the thinking of a
lot of people in the 19th and
much of the 20th centuries.

The shotgun outsold just about
any other gun when it came to
civilian use because of its
"all purpose" design.

The preposterously oversized
10 gauge in the 2008 Western
"Appaloosa" and the sidekick's
blaster in the old Wyatt Earp
TV series captures some of
thinking. In a photo I saw
of guards for silver ore, they
were all armed with long
barreled Winchester Model 97s.

And who doesn't recall the 97's
use in WWI trench warfare.

Indeed many a shotgun was
carried by farmers, hunters,
lawmen, soldiers and those
who just wanted some kind
of protection.

 

[H Richard]

Jerry was "discovered" by S&W at an early (either the 1st or 2nd) Masters Shooting Championship. As an unknown he walked up to the action event and with a 6 round revolver (S&W) bettered the times of nearly all the other competitors. Roy Jinks and Sherry Collins (S&W advertising director at the time) leapt out of their chairs and ran over to talk to him. By the time the event was over, he was signed up to the S&W Shooting Team.

He is just as down home good old boy as he appears on the above video, I still remember when he met Kay Clark, who became hsi wife and when their little girl was born. She would come to all the shoots with them, and several of us wold babysit while Jerry and Kay would be shooting.

Boy does time fly.

 

[BSA1]

It is said "The Winchester 73 is the Gun that Won the West".

It should also be said that "The Shotgun is the Gun that Settled the West".

 

[ZGrand]

I certainly respect Jerry and his knowledge and skill. I can't imagine how he is able to accomplish some of the shooting feats he does.

That said, I have to cringe at how he handles his weapons at times. Putting them down hard on a table, pulling back the hammer partially and spinning the cylinder, slamming the cylinder shut when rapidly reloading and shooting for speed, etc. I'm not trying to be critical -- they're his weapons and he has forgotten more about weapons than I'll ever know. I just have a habit of handling handguns like they were made of glass.

 

[ZGrand]

Sorry - duplicate post. The forum is being a little glitchy.

 

[UncleEd]

ZGrand,

Miculek treats his firearms like
tools and I don't believe he
worries about scratches, etc.

As for spinning the cylinder
while holding back the hammer,
I've done it hundreds of times to
check for high primers and
making sure the ejector star is
seated fully. Got this technique
from reading Bill Jordan. But
that's me and don't recommend it
to others. Only pull hammer slightly
and keep finger off trigger.

As to "slamming" a
cylinder shut, doubt it makes
a difference than from doing it
slowly. Besides I think it's more
a fast and forceful push.

 

[riverrat38]

When every hundredth of a second counts, he can't be gentle on the equipment. I think that shooting eight 357 rounds in under one second is hard on the action. That cylinder is starting and stoping real fast, and that equates to wear. Probably why top competitive shooters are also gunsmiths and hand loaders. When reloads are part of the competition, the cylinder gets closed fast, just like everything else. His trigger finger is waiting on it!

73,
Rick

 

[Protocall_Design]

Jerry has made some good videos about how to make a revolver last when shooting fast, and the proper way to handle and use them in that type of shooting. He is very conscious of exactly what he's doing, even then.

I have spent some time with him at the Bianchi Cup, shooting the match, on the practice range, and dinner a few times. The Cup is a week long event, so everyone knows everyone else, like a big family. Jerry is a nice person, down to earth, fun to be with. The real Jerry is just like you see on his YouTube videos, what you see is what you get. These days he shoots mostly 3 gun with his daughter Lena, that's where the money is for him. Lena is a top shooter in her own right.