Ralf K. Jensen

Personal Information
Name: Ralf K. Jensen
Date of birth: 08/10/1969
Residence: Malmo, Sweden
Occupation: CRM Project Manager

Shooting Information
Representing: Denmark
Division: Standard
Gun: STI Edge GM
Gear: DAA Race Master Holster, DAA Belt, DAA Pouches

IPSC Background

I started shooting .22 precision rifle shooting at the age of 8 or 9 ? but even though I was really good at it, my interest only lasted about 1 year before I found it too boring. When I was 13 I bought a Diana 35 air rifle, which found heavy use in my parents garden. It shot great. I even helped my mother pick down high sitting apples using this air rifle by shooting the stilch. She would get quite upset with me, if I accidentally hit the apple, so I really tried.

At the age of 16 I got my Danish hunting license and bought a fun-gun (Winchester 94, cal. .44 magnum). Even though the rifle real fun to shoot, I sold it later because I needed the money for a motorcycle.

My first meeting with large caliber pistols:
I turned 18 and my big brother took me to the pistol shooting club, and I was hooked. My first gun was a High-Standard cal. .22, which shot really great. After having shot approximately 1 year, I tried a S&W model 19 with .38 Wadcutter ammo ? I made up my mind, that large caliber pistol shooting wasn?t really to be taken seriously ? period! Oh, well my attitude changed I guess?.

Couple of years later I bought a nickel plated 9mm Taurus PT99 which I shot for around 6 months, before I was able to hit the black center on a 25 m. UIT-target. I improved?and participated in a lot of pistol terrain shooting (distances 10 ? 120 meters), and achieved good placements. I had been shooting pistol for 5-6 years and ?well, I was bored really! I considered to stop shooting, until I in 1992 was introduced to IPSC. Wow ? what an experience: It was dynamic, required precision AND speed, good camaraderie and, and, and?

I quickly took the test and got my license. I still remember my first match (which I even won): I was so full of adrenaline, that I didn?t sleep the following night at all.

The Taurus wasn’t build for large volume shooting and quickly wore out. I switched to a Glock 17L. I was in college and money were hard to come by, so I sold my motorcycle in order to finance a Sphinx Master. I?ve shot the Sphinx?en for many years, and have only praise for it, but I could only shoot minor with it.

Leading up to the European Championship 2001 in Germany, I replaced the Sphinx with an STI 2011 Edge, which I still use today. The STI?s reliability, soft recoil and high mag capacity made me more competitive ? enough for me to achieve 5th. place in the European Championship in 2001 and second place in the Europeans in Czech republic in 2004.

Ralf K. Jensen

IPSC Main Achievements

2nd EHC 2010 (Serbia)
Winner of Nordic Championship 2010
6th EHC2007 (France)
2nd EHC 2004 (Tabor-Operany, Czech Rep.)
5th EHC 2001 (Phillipsburg, Germany)
2002: 14th. World Championship (Pietersburg, South Africa)
14 times winner of Danish Championship

Ammo and Loads

I use a Dillon Super 1050 in .40S&W.
170 grs. Fiocchi FMJ-FP
5,4 – 5,5 grs. Vihtavouri N320
Fiocchi brass
Fiocchi primers
OAL: 29,6 mm
 
The above gives me a powerfactor of approx. 178-180.

Sponsors and Links
STI
Fiocchi
Vihatuavouri
MSA Sordin
Double-Alpha Academy
Recknagel ERA-TEC
Rudy Project

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