This blows my mind.... A Nazi Proofed CZ 27 was also the first handgun I fired at damn near the same age (between 10 and 12 years old). My grandfather was at the battle of Anzio in Italy WWII and ended up being captured by the Nazis. He ended up killing one of his captors at the tail end of a prisoner march, disarmed the dead Nazi, then somehow returned to what remained of his unit. He died of a massive heart attack years later at the beginning of August, 1968. I hatched almost 8 years later in late July of 1976, and as I initially said about a decade after that I was introduced to this gun and was told that I'd be inheriting it. Now at 43 years old I still have this gun with the original holster and accompanying spare magazine-----I keep one of his dog tags on a chain from the trigger guard...... THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS JERRY!!!!!
I've never related more to Jerry then when he went to pull that ammo off the shelf and mentioned being given a hard time for how it's organized. It looks crazy but it's controlled chaos. I've got shelves that look the same way but it doesn't mean I don't know where everything is lol.
The only disadvantage of such a system is that you know where everything is, but nobody else does. May not be a problem, idk. Until you ask someone to get something for you
Everything way back in the day was very cheap i remember when both my parents told me they used to be able to buy a case of beer, smokes, and get a full tank of gas for about $10.00 then go have fun and still have money to blow on whatever
@@speeddemon_1369 Yes, and my oldest colleague tells me how he used to pay about 4 pence for a pint of beer but as a newly qualified tradesman back then he took home about £4 per week!
I really do appreciate Jerry's attention to safety. My local range doesn't require chamber flags and to my disdain, almost no one uses one. Even on his own private range he uses a chamber flag. That is respectable.
@@xxxxxxxx183 If you carry along 3 dozen different firearms to the range, it's easy to get distracted and forget what condition each one's at and forget if you've just checked it. Let alone owning 200 firearms. Those SOPs help when the project is scaled up in size.
It was sort of up to your sergeant and the guys on the ship. You get more flexibility if they respected you but basically you couldn't push your luck too much. most people they'd allow one or two items max and not call them on it. they were regulations about what was supposed to be in your duffel and they could make you leave anything that wasn't issued. so it wasn't actually a rule that you could take anything home that would fit in your default it was a general policy that they probably wouldn't call you on anything that would fit you in your default if you weren't an idiot. So just cuz you took an MG42 and a half didn't mean they would probably let you take it home. Some people manage to get Tommy guns or MP40s but most of the time your sgt wouldn't let you keep something like that.
I like your enthusiasm about war bring back guns folks. Actually a lot of armed Europeans consider those firearms as actually stolen. If you own a drilling or a combination gun in its original configuration it is worth more than after an modification.
The fond memories come flooding back. The first pistol I ever shot was my dad’s 50s vintage Colt Woodsman. I taught my daughter to shoot with it. My granddaughter owns it now. ❤️
Sarah says hello doesn’t quite sound right tho does it. “Next time grab whatever gun out of your room full of safes? “ lol. Typically prominent people in the shooting/gun world have a secure room. Thus it acts as a very large safe. Having multiple safes is unnecessarily inconvenient.
Love it. I just bought my first 1911, and I remember it was the very first pistol I ever fired at 11. Was a friends grandparents from WW1. A really 1911, made in 1911.
You just made my day. I have the same pistol that was passed down to me from my grandfather who told a similar story about bringing it home with him. That is a cherished memory.
My Dad was in the Army Air Corp as well. B-17 Bombardier flying out of Thorpe Abbotts, England. He did 24 missions and then was shot down and spent the last year of WWII in a POW camp in Poland. Same camp as the "Great Escape". I always enjoy hearing about parents or grandparents that served in WWII. So much history, so many memories. I enjoy how genuine you come across in your videos, Jerry. I hope you keep "getting some" for a long time.
Thanks for sharing Jerry!! I moved to Indiana in 96 from Canada when I was 16. One of my dad's friends took us shooting for the first time ever!! My first pistol I shot was a Glock 19, the second was a Sig Sauer P226 9mm. Best day ever. Been loving firearms and the 2A ever since. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I appreciate the comment about your Dad saying that you cannot hit anything with a pistol. My Dad taught me to shoot in 1952 using a 22 pump that he had bought new in 1921. (I still have it and it shoots great.). I remember that he had a rifle and a shotgun for use around the farm. Every farmer we knew had a 22 rifle and a shotgun. Nobody owned a pistol. I can still recall the comments from guys who came home from WWII talking about the 1911. The consensus among them was that could not hit anything with one that was more than 6-8 feet away! When the river was up people would go to the river bridge and shoot at passing junk coming down the river. One day a guy asked me if I would like to shoot his pistol. That was 65 years ago but i can remember it vividly because I was crazy about guns, in a good way. The pistol was a Luger. He pointed to something that was maybe 30 yards away that was stuck on the riverbank. My first shot was high, the second was low but the third was dead center. I was about 12 at the time and it was years before I shot a handgun again because I couldn’t afford to buy one and I didn’t know anybody that owned one. My how things have changed.
I really love hearing your old stories like this jerry, and the old school gun knowledge and stories are so fascinating too!! Love to see more of these
I love your stories jerry. Reminds me of how my father and grandfather used to tell me stories of their time back in the days. It brings me to a time period that i wish i could of experienced. Stay safe out there and much love
That's very interesting, I never would've guessed a CZ-27 was the first pistol you ever shot. I also inherited a CZ-27 as well, from my great uncle. Via the serial # it's a 1943 production & my great uncle told me he captured it in 1945 near Leipzig. He also kept the original black leather holster that the pistol was in when he captured it and I inherited that as well. The holster is marked "oub". The CZ-27 has always been one of my favorite pistols. Very reliable, accurate, and they hold 9+1 rounds which was a pretty decent capacity for pistols from that era. You rarely ever see them used in WW2 movies & such so they really aren't well known like the other pistols used by Germany in WW2 (Luger, P38, PPK), but ~475,000 were produced under German occupation so they saw fairly widespread use.
I am so impressed by Mr. Miculek's consistent focus on safety and teaching safe practices. I gave up my membership at a nearby range when it was inundated with first time pistol owners who seem to have learned firearms safety from the movies.
My dad was in WWII. He went in at 14, and served honorably for 5 years. He brought home a lot of stories, but no "tools". Thanks for your story Jerry. God bless you. 🇺🇸👐
Come back to this video 1 year later because I was recently gifted a model 27. It is also a WWII brought back but missing a few parts. Finally found all the parts it needs and repaired it myself. It is a sweet shooting little thing. And using fiocchi .32acp, it is actually a pretty accurate gun. Shoots 2 inch groups at 7 yards on my first test fire is really not bad, considering I wasn't really aiming, just testing function to make sure it didn't blow up, LOL 😆.
First firearm I fired ever - 12 gauge double barrel shotgun, I was 6 years old and we (I and my parents) went to village where my father's friend lived. That friend was hunter - and had that shotgun - and we went to field and shoot some bottles, and I also get possibility to fire few shots. First rifle I was shooting - was AK-74, during military course at my university - and I was around 18 years old. And first ever handgun - Dan Wesson PM7 (actually stainless 1911 in 45ACP), it was few month ago in Czech Republic (then I also shot Bushmaster M4, CZ 75, Glock 17). That's a little bit sad - at my country firearms policies are enforced in unconstitutional way - we have no laws regulating firearms - and only police regulations. For getting possibility to get long firearm like shotgun - you should go through a lot of bureaucracy and short guns - like pistols - are totally prohibited. Also there are some smoothbore 'traumatic' pistols - but only police-workers, military, journalists and politics can get them. I was been 'gun guy' from 13 years old - was always interested in gun history and mechanics - and now, being 28 years old guy, I planning to move to some country with normal gun laws to finally get right to have a gun. Thanks for video!
Great story Jerry! I have a very similar story myself as my first pistol shooting was with a FN (Browning) model 1922 that my Grandfather brought back from WW2, also chambered in .32 acp. The pistol still sits in my safe and although not worth much, is one of my most prized possessions. One night years ago when I was cleaning it I saw some paper crinkled up and stuffed down in the bottom of the holster. With some very careful extraction with tweezers my dad pulled out the Army transfer paper that my Gramps had signed in 1945, transferring the item into his possession. The pistol is heavily marked with Nazi insignia. As a young boy I was told the story that my Gramps traded a German prisoner water for the firearm. Once I got older I wondered why a prisoner would have a pistol...
12yo shot my first hand gun... Belgium Browning 9mm, that was 50 years ago. My dad passed it to me and I still shoot it once and awhile. Fell in love with it back then that continues today.
A *Historic* Man, and Gun! First firearm I ever shot, I was 8 yrs. old, father had me sit indian style, handed me a 444 marlin, after I squeezed the trigger, and opened my eyes, I had the rifle in my hands and was looking up at the sky.. Great times.
That's something you don't forget. My Dad wasn't a 'gun guy'. I have a photo of him in the Pacific (USN) during WWII holding an M1A1 Thompson and Colt 45 on his side, but when he came home he didn't own a gun until we had a burglary. He bought an H&R 922 pistol. We use to shoot it at his home place, I could hardly pull the trigger and it was loud. Dad died in '74, I have the little gun now.
TTiger 8626 Was it a safety lesson? My dad had me shot at fence posts with a twelve gauge as soon as I could hold one (barely). After he had a few brief comments about respecting the power of weapons. I had to agree.
Very cool. I have my first shot pistol. An original BearCat my dad purchased new when I was born and started on it when I was 3-4. That purchase was made a few years ago, 1969 and both my kids started on it as well. Hopefully someday I’ll have grandkids who will get to teach their grandkids the ropes on it as well.
Beautiful peice of history sir thank you for sharing that with us! Personally I love a little bit of history on old guns and then to see them still functional after all that time warms my heart. Great lill chunk of functional history that can be passed down again 1 day!!
What a nifty little gun with alot of history. The first centerfire handgun that I shot was a Canadian Hi Power on the tailgate of my granddad's old Ford, good times indeed 😊
Love that part of the country Jerry, my little sister and her husband lived in Bayou La Batre for quite some time. After dad died mom sent my young brother down there to settle him down, lol didn't work, fellow gunner here that loves those old ones, keep up the good work.
I had a good size orange tie wrap in my pistol. The R.O. told me, "Next time show-up with a legit chamber flag"? So the following week I put my pistol cable lock in the gun. He new I did it to upset him but couldn't say a thing! Best to ya',,,,!
That's really cool. My first pistol shot was my dad's S&W .357 that he carried as a county sheriff. Of course he loaded it with .38s until I could handle it. The first pistol I bought was a 1979 Sig Sauer P6. I was in my early 20s at a pawn shop and had no idea what I was doing, but after a few dry fires of several guns I knew I wanted the Sig. Lucky draw... those go for double what I paid back then.
That is awesome. My uncle brought one back from WW2 and gave it to my Dad. Trigger is very light and my Dad said that he "creased his pants leg" with it once. We never had any ammo for it while I was growing up. I played with it all the time. In the 8th grade, I took it to school to show my friends. That was in the mid 60's. I shudder to think of what would happen now if I'd been caught. Those were the days. I took a Trapdoor bayonet to school for show-and-tell. Teacher let me pass it up and down the rows of desks so all of the students could handle it. No one was injured. Anyway, the CZ-27 was stolen out of my car one day when I was about 16 or 17. I have no idea why I had it in my car. So when I became a collector of interesting firearms, a CZ-27 was one of my priorities. Found one at Ramkota gunshow in Sioux Falls in 1998. Turns out it is one of my many occupation produced WW2 German used pieces. Beretta 1934 and 1935 and Radom 1935 were all made during German occupation in their home countries.
With regard to video content you should do whatever you feel is valuable. You're the expert and you know what is useful to shooters. Your experience and knowledge are what is unique. Thank you.
Jerry Great video. Excellent story about your father that shows you what his generation did to fight and sacrifice for all of us. Be safe and stay healthy.
The first centerfire pistol I shot was a S&W model 686, 2 years later I bought one as my first handgun. The first rimfire pistol I ever shot was a .22 colt woodsman ,34 years ago. First rimfire rifle was a marlin pump ,36 years ago. Wish I still had that 686. That was a great pistol.
My grandfather was in the Army Air Corp and brought home a Beretta 1934. He traded a carton of Lucky Strikes for it from a captured Italian officer. I taught myself how to field strip it as a young teen and shot it many times. It’s currently in a museum in Aliceville, Alabama. He grew up there, and it just happened to be a German POW camp.
When I was finally old enough to buy a handgun in 1970, I bought a 69C Browning HiPower for about the price of 359 packs of smokes - they were about 47¢ a pack back then. It's seen a lot of use, and remains my pride & joy today.
Wow that model CZ27 looks a lot like my model CZ vz/26. My pistol is in 9mm short. I bought it off of my ex brother in laws father. He was an Army vet who fought in Italy near the Po river. He acquired it off a SS officer. He even gave me a few copies of is paper work letting him bring it home. Thanks for the video.
Love these vids. First gun I ever fired was a custom built 1911 in 9x19 (based on an STI if I remember correctly). I was 24 at the time, but to me it was like firing a handheld nuke as the most powerful thing I’d fired prior to that 1911 was a co2 powered .177 💥
Very interesting video. I really like the history of that pistol that your father brought back from WWII. Your children and grandchildren will have something very historic to pass down to their posterity.
Nice!!! My first was, like for many here in the Czech republic, CZ75 but these little model 27 are still around and many guys I had them like a cheap first gun. The background "wall of shame" is my dream. :)
My father was able to bring home two WWII souvenirs (a Japanese revolver and a Japanese rifle) from Iwo Jima. They were the first firearms I was able to handle but could never fire them because we never had compatible ammunition. The first firearm I was able to fire was a 2-inch barrel .357 Colt Lawman. Have loved .357 revolvers ever since.
I've heard a lot of history of World War 2 fire arms, but have never heard of the "Duffel bag cut". I had always wondered how guys acquired bring home guns. Most of the stories I have heard were people sneaking them home. Thank you sir!
The very first center fire hand gun I ever fired was my dad's 1909 Colt in 45LC. I was 7 I think. I still have a P-38 my friends dad brought home after WW-2. He sold it to me when he was very sick because he thought I would take better care of it than his boys would.
The first firearm I ever used was my grandfather's (now sadly deceased and greatly missed) Beretta Model 70 in .22LR. My grandad loved pistols and shooting and anything with a little history behind it. He like the Model 70 after reading how the Mossad agents hunting the Munich Olympics terrorists and also Israeli air marshals carried and used this model of pistol. He wasn't interested in politics or anything but that was enough history with the type of gun for him to take an interest. He also had a Smith and Wesson Model 59, an old (rather worn out) first World War Luger and a Walther 1936 Olympia all of which I enjoyed shooting at the club when I was in my late teens. The gun club was a friendly place where people would generally let you have a go with anything they brought that day, especially if you bought some ammunition for it. Back in those days, in my part of the British Isles, the laws were not so strict and ammunition was sold from the boot of a car by a regular at the club. You could buy a few rounds of pretty much anything and have a shoot with a borrowed gun for a few minutes. Those were the days!
First handgun I fired was a WW2 Luger. I was 14 and was out shooting my Daisy CO2-200 BB pistol at a local sandpit when some older guys showed up to sight in some hunting rifles at 100 yds. One of them had this Luger and let me try a few shots. I was hooked after that.
My first centerfire pistol was an Interarms Walther PPK/s, and I was roughly the same age as Jerry. This was back in a time when almost all handguns available were revolvers, not automatics. I can also remember when I was just a little older, riding my bike to the local gun shop and buying a box of .380 ACP's for it, then riding over to my friend's house and shooting the Walther. I eventually learned to reload using a single stage "rock chucker" because .380 was expensive. I could buy a brick of .22lr and shoot all weekend, or a box of .380's and shoot for about 5 minutes (we only had one magazine for it at the time).
For me it was Ruger MkIII first, Beretta 92 second and last for now. Both same day, a bit of fun at the end of a business trip to the USA. Hopefuly I'll go back someday and get some.
Jerry's dad is probably saying, Wow can he shoot. You can learn a lot just by watching Jerry's you tube channel, so knowledgeable it's almost unbelievable, Jerry 2020🇺🇸
10 year old Jerry: that .32 is pretty powerful. Jerry now: shooting a Barrett .50 cal like an AR...
This blows my mind....
A Nazi Proofed CZ 27 was also the first handgun I fired at damn near the same age (between 10 and 12 years old). My grandfather was at the battle of Anzio in Italy WWII and ended up being captured by the Nazis. He ended up killing one of his captors at the tail end of a prisoner march, disarmed the dead Nazi, then somehow returned to what remained of his unit. He died of a massive heart attack years later at the beginning of August, 1968. I hatched almost 8 years later in late July of 1976, and as I initially said about a decade after that I was introduced to this gun and was told that I'd be inheriting it. Now at 43 years old I still have this gun with the original holster and accompanying spare magazine-----I keep one of his dog tags on a chain from the trigger guard......
THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS JERRY!!!!!
Great history, thanks for sharing.👍
Rest in peace German soldier.
That is awesome how you keep your grandfather’s old pistol. The love and respect shown with his dog tags being a part of it. God Bless!
I've never related more to Jerry then when he went to pull that ammo off the shelf and mentioned being given a hard time for how it's organized. It looks crazy but it's controlled chaos. I've got shelves that look the same way but it doesn't mean I don't know where everything is lol.
Until your wife goes and straightens it up for you...
@@jutde Then it looks all clean and tidy, but you can't find s***
The only disadvantage of such a system is that you know where everything is, but nobody else does. May not be a problem, idk. Until you ask someone to get something for you
"It's not a mess, it's an organized mess, I'll find what I was looking for, just give me time."
@@adamschaeffer4057 Its an ammo shelf, do you send people into your gun room to get "something?"
A Luger for a pack of smokes ... and I thought I'd missed out on some good deals.
It’s not a Luger.
@@LS1007 It isn't, but he said you could get one just as easily.
Fuq classicfirearms you used to be able to get a Luger for a pack of smokes and now they want $1000s!!! Price gouging buttholes xd
Everything way back in the day was very cheap i remember when both my parents told me they used to be able to buy a case of beer, smokes, and get a full tank of gas for about $10.00 then go have fun and still have money to blow on whatever
@@speeddemon_1369 Yes, and my oldest colleague tells me how he used to pay about 4 pence for a pint of beer but as a newly qualified tradesman back then he took home about £4 per week!
I really do appreciate Jerry's attention to safety. My local range doesn't require chamber flags and to my disdain, almost no one uses one. Even on his own private range he uses a chamber flag. That is respectable.
as a guy who never held a gun, i can see that too. you can never give too much attention to safety.
Although redundant, it has to be respected
I never use a chamber flag because my guns are always loaded lol
Andrew Mason sometimers is a bitch! I do the same thing. If it doesn’t have a flag then it’s loaded, cocked and locked; ready to go!
@@xxxxxxxx183 If you carry along 3 dozen different firearms to the range, it's easy to get distracted and forget what condition each one's at and forget if you've just checked it. Let alone owning 200 firearms. Those SOPs help when the project is scaled up in size.
I think I would have brought back a bag full of guns and forgot about my clothes LOL.
Right? Forget about cutting things, give me a screwdriver, I'll come back witha bag full of parts a reassemble.
It was sort of up to your sergeant and the guys on the ship. You get more flexibility if they respected you but basically you couldn't push your luck too much. most people they'd allow one or two items max and not call them on it. they were regulations about what was supposed to be in your duffel and they could make you leave anything that wasn't issued. so it wasn't actually a rule that you could take anything home that would fit in your default it was a general policy that they probably wouldn't call you on anything that would fit you in your default if you weren't an idiot. So just cuz you took an MG42 and a half didn't mean they would probably let you take it home. Some people manage to get Tommy guns or MP40s but most of the time your sgt wouldn't let you keep something like that.
not enough money to do that
Sew about 5 bags together..... I Swear I Got It From Supply Just Like That Srg!!
I like your enthusiasm about war bring back guns folks. Actually a lot of armed Europeans consider those firearms as actually stolen. If you own a drilling or a combination gun in its original configuration it is worth more than after an modification.
The fond memories come flooding back.
The first pistol I ever shot was my dad’s 50s vintage Colt Woodsman.
I taught my daughter to shoot with it.
My granddaughter owns it now. ❤️
For any future video, please grab whatever gun out of your safe, sit down and talk about it, then go shoot it. I will watch every time!
Seconded!
Safe? Dude he probably has a room full of gun safes.
Sarah says hello doesn’t quite sound right tho does it. “Next time grab whatever gun out of your room full of safes? “ lol. Typically prominent people in the shooting/gun world have a secure room. Thus it acts as a very large safe. Having multiple safes is unnecessarily inconvenient.
Interesting story! The history is what really makes that pistol a treasure! My first centerfire shot was a Smith & Wesson wheel gun in .32 long.
The first handgun I ever fired was a 1951 Russian TT-33 chambered in 7.62x25, to bad our Dictator Trudeau wants to take it away.
I can just see Little Jerry pulling that first trigger and saying "Get some!" The addiction was born...
There's nothing cooler than Jerry Miculek wearing a Jerry Miculek shirt.
Now that's a t-shirt I want!
i think chuck norris has a Jerry Miculek T-shirt.
Of course there is; Jerry Miculek wearing a Jerry Miculek shirt telling a Chuck Norris joke to Chuck Norris.
I wonder if the Jerry on the shirt is wearing a shirt with Jerry on it.
Love it. I just bought my first 1911, and I remember it was the very first pistol I ever fired at 11. Was a friends grandparents from WW1. A really 1911, made in 1911.
You just made my day. I have the same pistol that was passed down to me from my grandfather who told a similar story about bringing it home with him. That is a cherished memory.
Same here!!!! I just posted my story above too!!!
Dad's guns are always special. Great video thanks for sharing.
My Dad was in the Army Air Corp as well. B-17 Bombardier flying out of Thorpe Abbotts, England. He did 24 missions and then was shot down and spent the last year of WWII in a POW camp in Poland. Same camp as the "Great Escape". I always enjoy hearing about parents or grandparents that served in WWII. So much history, so many memories. I enjoy how genuine you come across in your videos, Jerry. I hope you keep "getting some" for a long time.
Thanks for sharing Jerry!! I moved to Indiana in 96 from Canada when I was 16. One of my dad's friends took us shooting for the first time ever!! My first pistol I shot was a Glock 19, the second was a Sig Sauer P226 9mm. Best day ever. Been loving firearms and the 2A ever since. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm so impressed at how fast you found that ammo in that shelf...
I appreciate the comment about your Dad saying that you cannot hit anything with a pistol. My Dad taught me to shoot in 1952 using a 22 pump that he had bought new in 1921. (I still have it and it shoots great.). I remember that he had a rifle and a shotgun for use around the farm. Every farmer we knew had a 22 rifle and a shotgun. Nobody owned a pistol. I can still recall the comments from guys who came home from WWII talking about the 1911. The consensus among them was that could not hit anything with one that was more than 6-8 feet away! When the river was up people would go to the river bridge and shoot at passing junk coming down the river. One day a guy asked me if I would like to shoot his pistol. That was 65 years ago but i can remember it vividly because I was crazy about guns, in a good way. The pistol was a Luger. He pointed to something that was maybe 30 yards away that was stuck on the riverbank. My first shot was high, the second was low but the third was dead center. I was about 12 at the time and it was years before I shot a handgun again because I couldn’t afford to buy one and I didn’t know anybody that owned one. My how things have changed.
I really love hearing your old stories like this jerry, and the old school gun knowledge and stories are so fascinating too!! Love to see more of these
That's a nice little piece of History, thanks for sharing Jerry.
I love your stories jerry. Reminds me of how my father and grandfather used to tell me stories of their time back in the days. It brings me to a time period that i wish i could of experienced. Stay safe out there and much love
That's very interesting, I never would've guessed a CZ-27 was the first pistol you ever shot. I also inherited a CZ-27 as well, from my great uncle. Via the serial # it's a 1943 production & my great uncle told me he captured it in 1945 near Leipzig. He also kept the original black leather holster that the pistol was in when he captured it and I inherited that as well. The holster is marked "oub".
The CZ-27 has always been one of my favorite pistols. Very reliable, accurate, and they hold 9+1 rounds which was a pretty decent capacity for pistols from that era. You rarely ever see them used in WW2 movies & such so they really aren't well known like the other pistols used by Germany in WW2 (Luger, P38, PPK), but ~475,000 were produced under German occupation so they saw fairly widespread use.
We need more story times with Jerry love more old shooting stories glad to see the chanal making a come back.
I am so impressed by Mr. Miculek's consistent focus on safety and teaching safe practices. I gave up my membership at a nearby range when it was inundated with first time pistol owners who seem to have learned firearms safety from the movies.
My dad was in WWII. He went in at 14, and served honorably for 5 years. He brought home a lot of stories, but no "tools". Thanks for your story Jerry. God bless you. 🇺🇸👐
I love Your Show Mr . Jerry Miculek . Dużo Zdrowia !!!!
I love my little 32 it's a original 1903 Colt that thing is just a nail driver with no recall whatsoever thank you Jerry keep them coming love you man
Jerry's father: "Son, handguns aren't accurate"
Jerry: "1,000 yard shot with 9mm handgun"
Come back to this video 1 year later because I was recently gifted a model 27. It is also a WWII brought back but missing a few parts. Finally found all the parts it needs and repaired it myself. It is a sweet shooting little thing. And using fiocchi .32acp, it is actually a pretty accurate gun. Shoots 2 inch groups at 7 yards on my first test fire is really not bad, considering I wasn't really aiming, just testing function to make sure it didn't blow up, LOL 😆.
Hi Jerry. Love the videos and info. I'm originally from Chackbay. You know, halfway between Thibodaux and Vacherie. Have a blessed day.
First firearm I fired ever - 12 gauge double barrel shotgun, I was 6 years old and we (I and my parents) went to village where my father's friend lived. That friend was hunter - and had that shotgun - and we went to field and shoot some bottles, and I also get possibility to fire few shots. First rifle I was shooting - was AK-74, during military course at my university - and I was around 18 years old. And first ever handgun - Dan Wesson PM7 (actually stainless 1911 in 45ACP), it was few month ago in Czech Republic (then I also shot Bushmaster M4, CZ 75, Glock 17). That's a little bit sad - at my country firearms policies are enforced in unconstitutional way - we have no laws regulating firearms - and only police regulations. For getting possibility to get long firearm like shotgun - you should go through a lot of bureaucracy and short guns - like pistols - are totally prohibited. Also there are some smoothbore 'traumatic' pistols - but only police-workers, military, journalists and politics can get them. I was been 'gun guy' from 13 years old - was always interested in gun history and mechanics - and now, being 28 years old guy, I planning to move to some country with normal gun laws to finally get right to have a gun. Thanks for video!
This channel is Coronavirus proof ♥️🕊️💕
Got that right!! We ain’t stopping for nothing!
@@MiculekDotCom that shelf of ammo is also coronavirus proof!!😮😮
This channel has a contaminated gunademic
@@MiculekDotCom I'm still waiting for you to be in a John Wick movie as his opponent 😁❤️😁
@@jonathanjackson4136 John wick would be in serious trouble
Great story Jerry! I have a very similar story myself as my first pistol shooting was with a FN (Browning) model 1922 that my Grandfather brought back from WW2, also chambered in .32 acp. The pistol still sits in my safe and although not worth much, is one of my most prized possessions. One night years ago when I was cleaning it I saw some paper crinkled up and stuffed down in the bottom of the holster. With some very careful extraction with tweezers my dad pulled out the Army transfer paper that my Gramps had signed in 1945, transferring the item into his possession. The pistol is heavily marked with Nazi insignia. As a young boy I was told the story that my Gramps traded a German prisoner water for the firearm. Once I got older I wondered why a prisoner would have a pistol...
Thanks for sharing your Dad's pistol and your memories with us.
Your videos are the best part of the day. Thanks again Mr. Jerry
I feel those great days slipping away...great men and women doing great things. I hope we recover.
12yo shot my first hand gun... Belgium Browning 9mm, that was 50 years ago. My dad passed it to me and I still shoot it once and awhile. Fell in love with it back then that continues today.
Love the nostalgia and the stories. Keep up the great work. Get some!
A *Historic* Man, and Gun!
First firearm I ever shot, I was 8 yrs. old, father had me sit indian style, handed me a 444 marlin, after I squeezed the trigger, and opened my eyes, I had the rifle in my hands and was looking up at the sky.. Great times.
That's something you don't forget. My Dad wasn't a 'gun guy'. I have a photo of him in the Pacific (USN) during WWII holding an M1A1 Thompson and Colt 45 on his side, but when he came home he didn't own a gun until we had a burglary. He bought an H&R 922 pistol. We use to shoot it at his home place, I could hardly pull the trigger and it was loud. Dad died in '74, I have the little gun now.
TTiger 8626 Was it a safety lesson? My dad had me shot at fence posts with a twelve gauge as soon as I could hold one (barely). After he had a few brief comments about respecting the power of weapons. I had to agree.
Legend laying some history on us, thanks Jerry! Remind me a lot of my dad and love seeing your videos
Anyone else surprised that Jerry wasn't born with a Pistol in one hand and a Timer in the other?
Very cool. I have my first shot pistol. An original BearCat my dad purchased new when I was born and started on it when I was 3-4. That purchase was made a few years ago, 1969 and both my kids started on it as well. Hopefully someday I’ll have grandkids who will get to teach their grandkids the ropes on it as well.
Nice. My first pistol was a Colt Woodsman, and it's still one of my favorite guns to shoot.
I know i speak for all of your other viewers, no matter how long or short these daily posts are, we love it!
Beautiful peice of history sir thank you for sharing that with us! Personally I love a little bit of history on old guns and then to see them still functional after all that time warms my heart. Great lill chunk of functional history that can be passed down again 1 day!!
Love this. Anything with history attached to it is always interesting. Great video as always Jerry.
The wife thinks "I have too much ammo"...
then I showed her 'Jerry's wall...
we don't argue about my ammo anymore. 😆
joey dubbs76 till she finds out his net worth vs yours 😂😂😂 jk
A lot of that stuff behind him is loading dies, etc. but still a crap ton of bullets!
I was just thinking that those shelves must be built like a tank.
What a nifty little gun with alot of history. The first centerfire handgun that I shot was a Canadian Hi Power on the tailgate of my granddad's old Ford, good times indeed 😊
Love that part of the country Jerry, my little sister and her husband lived in Bayou La Batre for quite some time. After dad died mom sent my young brother down there to settle him down, lol didn't work, fellow gunner here that loves those old ones, keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing this great family heirloom. My Dad got a Beretta 35 for a carton of smokes. I really love these milsurp CZ’s.
Good stuff!👍🏼
I had a good size orange tie wrap in my pistol. The R.O. told me, "Next time show-up with a legit chamber flag"? So the following week I put my pistol cable lock in the gun. He new I did it to upset him but couldn't say a thing!
Best to ya',,,,!
My Grandfather brought one of those home as well. I have it, the spare mag, holster, ammo that was in it, and the capture papers.
I love his love for guns and how he educated me. Get some, you truly are amazing.
That's really cool. My first pistol shot was my dad's S&W .357 that he carried as a county sheriff. Of course he loaded it with .38s until I could handle it. The first pistol I bought was a 1979 Sig Sauer P6. I was in my early 20s at a pawn shop and had no idea what I was doing, but after a few dry fires of several guns I knew I wanted the Sig. Lucky draw... those go for double what I paid back then.
That is awesome. My uncle brought one back from WW2 and gave it to my Dad. Trigger is very light and my Dad said that he "creased his pants leg" with it once. We never had any ammo for it while I was growing up. I played with it all the time. In the 8th grade, I took it to school to show my friends. That was in the mid 60's. I shudder to think of what would happen now if I'd been caught. Those were the days. I took a Trapdoor bayonet to school for show-and-tell. Teacher let me pass it up and down the rows of desks so all of the students could handle it. No one was injured. Anyway, the CZ-27 was stolen out of my car one day when I was about 16 or 17. I have no idea why I had it in my car. So when I became a collector of interesting firearms, a CZ-27 was one of my priorities. Found one at Ramkota gunshow in Sioux Falls in 1998. Turns out it is one of my many occupation produced WW2 German used pieces. Beretta 1934 and 1935 and Radom 1935 were all made during German occupation in their home countries.
With regard to video content you should do whatever you feel is valuable. You're the expert and you know what is useful to shooters. Your experience and knowledge are what is unique. Thank you.
Jerry Great video. Excellent story about your father that shows you what his generation did to fight and sacrifice for all of us. Be safe and stay healthy.
Never knew about your cajun background. Makes sense now. Boudin n crayfish !!!! Thx Jerry.
Love hearing from you Jerry! Cool story thanks for sharing!
The first centerfire pistol I shot was a S&W model 686, 2 years later I bought one as my first handgun. The first rimfire pistol I ever shot was a .22 colt woodsman ,34 years ago. First rimfire rifle was a marlin pump ,36 years ago. Wish I still had that 686. That was a great pistol.
My first was a Dirty Harry S&W 44 mag...a friend's first handgun purchase...we were both 21yrs old..in Jersey. It jump started my gun fun...
Thanks for sharing! How interesting to hear your fathers take on a pistol in light of what you’ve accomplished. Great stuff
My kids all shot great-grandpas, walther model 4, 32 acp, very proud of the story behind how he brought it home, get some!
Your newer content and more frequent uploads has been nice to see. Keep up the good work.
My grandfather was in the Army Air Corp and brought home a Beretta 1934. He traded a carton of Lucky Strikes for it from a captured Italian officer. I taught myself how to field strip it as a young teen and shot it many times. It’s currently in a museum in Aliceville, Alabama. He grew up there, and it just happened to be a German POW camp.
Jerry, thank you for sharing with us.
"I got one. Get some" That made me laugh :)
Greetings from Norway
When I was finally old enough to buy a handgun in 1970, I bought a 69C Browning HiPower for about the price of 359 packs of smokes - they were about 47¢ a pack back then. It's seen a lot of use, and remains my pride & joy today.
Wow that model CZ27 looks a lot like my model CZ vz/26. My pistol is in 9mm short. I bought it off of my ex brother in laws father. He was an Army vet who fought in Italy near the Po river. He acquired it off a SS officer. He even gave me a few copies of is paper work letting him bring it home. Thanks for the video.
Love these vids. First gun I ever fired was a custom built 1911 in 9x19 (based on an STI if I remember correctly). I was 24 at the time, but to me it was like firing a handheld nuke as the most powerful thing I’d fired prior to that 1911 was a co2 powered .177 💥
Jerry goes right to the ammo he wanted, out of 10,000 other boxes. What a guy!
Jerry is such a cool guy. I bet he is a lot of fun to hang out with.
Very interesting video. I really like the history of that pistol that your father brought back from WWII. Your children and grandchildren will have something very historic to pass down to their posterity.
Nice!!! My first was, like for many here in the Czech republic, CZ75 but these little model 27 are still around and many guys I had them like a cheap first gun. The background "wall of shame" is my dream. :)
My father was able to bring home two WWII souvenirs (a Japanese revolver and a Japanese rifle) from Iwo Jima. They were the first firearms I was able to handle but could never fire them because we never had compatible ammunition.
The first firearm I was able to fire was a 2-inch barrel .357 Colt Lawman. Have loved .357 revolvers ever since.
I've heard a lot of history of World War 2 fire arms, but have never heard of the "Duffel bag cut". I had always wondered how guys acquired bring home guns. Most of the stories I have heard were people sneaking them home. Thank you sir!
This brought a smile to my face. Thank you.
Great story 👍 thanks for taking the time to share it. Rly enjoyed it.
Great story Jerry! Thanks for sharing it. I have my dad’s old H&R .32 S&WL revolver. 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Always a pleasure Sir, to be invited into your world. Even for just one story, and two shots.
Howdy from Nevada, Jerry.
Thanks for sharing Mr. Miculek !!
*Jerry Miculek - Pro Shooter* Thanks for taking the time to keep us entertained. God Bless brother.
Thanks for sharing that story with us Jerry
I love your videos, thanks and many greetings from home of the CZ.
Oh this is interesting. Stuff like this is neat *edit* Your friend had a Drilling?! That's amazing! Sad to see he modded it
Honestly, that adds charm to the piece in my opinion.
He used it. Respect
@erozpl01 Waaaaaaa
The very first center fire hand gun I ever fired was my dad's 1909 Colt in 45LC. I was 7 I think. I still have a P-38 my friends dad brought home after WW-2. He sold it to me when he was very sick because he thought I would take better care of it than his boys would.
Very Cool Pistol. Thanks for showing it , Mr. Miculek !!!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of the best videos Jerry
The first firearm I ever used was my grandfather's (now sadly deceased and greatly missed) Beretta Model 70 in .22LR. My grandad loved pistols and shooting and anything with a little history behind it. He like the Model 70 after reading how the Mossad agents hunting the Munich Olympics terrorists and also Israeli air marshals carried and used this model of pistol. He wasn't interested in politics or anything but that was enough history with the type of gun for him to take an interest. He also had a Smith and Wesson Model 59, an old (rather worn out) first World War Luger and a Walther 1936 Olympia all of which I enjoyed shooting at the club when I was in my late teens. The gun club was a friendly place where people would generally let you have a go with anything they brought that day, especially if you bought some ammunition for it. Back in those days, in my part of the British Isles, the laws were not so strict and ammunition was sold from the boot of a car by a regular at the club. You could buy a few rounds of pretty much anything and have a shoot with a borrowed gun for a few minutes. Those were the days!
Beautiful piece of history. Thank you for sharing.
First handgun I fired was a WW2 Luger. I was 14 and was out shooting my Daisy CO2-200 BB pistol at a local sandpit when some older guys showed up to sight in some hunting rifles at 100 yds. One of them had this Luger and let me try a few shots. I was hooked after that.
I always liked the CZ 27, they're nice pistols. My Grandfather snuck home a Colt 1903, an M1 Carbine, his helmet and most of his field gear.
Jerry watching your video from Ireland and love your ammo shelf but more important is the way you think safety first.
My first center fire was a old Smith an Wesson m@p given to me on my birthday. I remember that day like it was yesterday, good memories.
My first centerfire pistol was an Interarms Walther PPK/s, and I was roughly the same age as Jerry. This was back in a time when almost all handguns available were revolvers, not automatics.
I can also remember when I was just a little older, riding my bike to the local gun shop and buying a box of .380 ACP's for it, then riding over to my friend's house and shooting the Walther.
I eventually learned to reload using a single stage "rock chucker" because .380 was expensive. I could buy a brick of .22lr and shoot all weekend, or a box of .380's and shoot for about 5 minutes (we only had one magazine for it at the time).
The first handgun I ever shot was my dads S&W model 28 no dash Highway Patrolman. I love that gun, I STILL have one right now.
Given the opportunity to spend the day hanging out with ANYONE of my choice, I would easily choose Jerry Miculek!!!
I'm so glad you're making daily videos
Keep the great content
For me it was Ruger MkIII first, Beretta 92 second and last for now. Both same day, a bit of fun at the end of a business trip to the USA. Hopefuly I'll go back someday and get some.
Jerry's dad is probably saying, Wow can he shoot. You can learn a lot just by watching Jerry's you tube channel, so knowledgeable it's almost unbelievable, Jerry 2020🇺🇸