2010 Press Articles

At the 2010 European Handgun Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Eric Grauffel achieved another European Open Division win. Eric first won the Europeans in 1998 and also in 2001, 2004, 2007 and now 2010. Five European Open Division Championship wins in a row is something that has never been done before! After the match was over, Practical Handgun took the opportunity to talk to Eric about his shooting career and his preparation for the EHC 2010.

Eric spent three weeks prior to the EHC training, shooting, reloading and getting himself physically and mentally prepared for the EHC.

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On the 2nd November 2008 at World Shoot XV in Bali, Eric Grauffel retained his title as International Practical Shooting Confederation World Champion in IPSC Open Division. He added this championship title to the previous three World Championships that he has won in Philippines 1999, South Africa 2002 and Ecuador 2005. The pistol he used was the Tanfoglio Gold Custom Eric, which is a full Open Division race gun, single action pistol especially designed for IPSC Open Division competition. In addition to his four World Championship wins, Eric has also won the last five European Championships as well.

This handgun is the evolution of the Tanfoglio Gold Custom model that was modified following the suggestions and assistance of the current IPSC World Champion Eric Grauffel. It is supplied with a ported barrel (six or eight holes) with polygonal rifling, a lighter ported slide, a two or three chamber compensator and aluminum grips. The trigger travel can be adjusted using the screw in the trigger while the magazine release catch is reversible for left hand shooters.

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The knowledge and skill base of a champion IPSC competitor's potential is contained in the depth of their experience. Eric Grauffel, one of the most successful IPSC competitors in the world, shares this knowledge and skill base with other shooters in several types of training course. After taking part in an IPSC Level III Championship Match Eric typically runs one of his training courses. I spent one of these days with the current IPSC European and World Champion and closely examined how Eric demonstrated his skills and impaired other competitors with the knowledge to improve their performance in IPSC competition.

Eric started the course with the basic elements of grip, stance, body alignment and sight picture

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