New World Record

My favorite revolver in my lineup has his name on the side. He’s pretty impressive.
 
Old Dog said:
That man is 69 YEARS OLD! (At least he's conceded his eyesight is old and has gone to an MRDS).

Did y'all see that trigger when he was dry firing? I wanna know who tunes his revolvers. Talk about smooth.
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I believe he tunes his own. I would be surprised if he allows anyone else to touch his guns.
 
Wish I coulda went down the road to Smith and watched the man Jerry break those records.
 
He tells part of how he managed to get so good in the video. He never stops trying to improve. He's always looking for a better way and willing to give up the old method if he does find a better way. In other words, he doesn't let ego hinder him. He doesn't say: "This is how I like doing it and that's why I do it." or "This is my way of doing it and that's why I do it this way." He says: "This method gives the best results of all the methods I've tried so far." If someone else's method gives better results, he's going to change even if it's not something he devised himself.

He doesn't tell some of the other things that got him to this level. Here are a few I've heard him talk about in the past.
  • He trains at the range, he doesn't just shoot. How fast did I shoot that? How accurate was I? What slowed me down? What caused that miss? What do I need to work on to make it better? He is constantly objectively measuring his performance (e.g. using shot timers and keeping track of misses) and working to correct issues and improve performance.
  • He trains a lot. I believe he said at one point: "If you shoot a million rounds on your own getting good, you may be lucky enough to find someone to pay you to shoot the next million."
  • He has a significant amount of natural ability.
  • He's very systematic. He stops and thinks about things. For example, when he started trying to shoot revolvers really fast, he didn't just pick one he liked, he evaluated the available options and realized that out of what was available at the time, the S&W offerings had the characteristics he would need--especially a very positive trigger return--to let him get the speed he needed. He didn't go with conventional wisdom, he tried things and realized that a serrated trigger gave him the best results. He realized that he needed his grips to be smooth in order to achieve what he wanted to do at the range.
 
Thank you for posting the link to that tremendous video. Jerry is a living legend and I'm proud to say that I once attended a demonstration that he put on at a local gun shop's shooting range, back in the 1990's. Even back then, it was an unbelievable sight. I was watching him shoot and my brain couldn't believe what my eyes were witnessing. Nowadays, even at age 69, he is still an incredible talent.
 
Thanks! That was fun to watch :D

A phenomenal shooter, a genuinely nice, funny and humble guy. He is a true ambassador for the shooting sports.

Rifle, shotgun, auto or revolver; no matter what is in his hands Jerry is one amazing shot. :thumbup:

Stay safe.
 
tark said:
Jerry's right index finger is registered with the ATF as a class III non-transferrable fully automatic weapon. :what: :what: :what:
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You beat me to the concept. I was going to wisecrack that if the ATF can ban bump stocks, they can ban Jerry Miculek.
 
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