Jim Zubiena

Jim Zubiena served as a firearms instructor on the television show Miami Vice. He was also an accomplished IPSIC shooter in the seventies and eighties.His nickname was "Lightning Jim" due to his phenomenal speed and accuracy with a 1911A1. The gun handling skills he displayed in the famous episode The Hit List from the first season of Miami Vice were real not rehearsed. He can now be found competing on the Cowboy Action Shooting Circuit. He also designed the custom 1911A1 used by Don Johnson in Nash Bridges.

Jim Zubiena can be seen using firearms in the following films:

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Jim Zubiena as the hired killer Ludovici Armstrong firing his Ruger AC556 in the Miami Vice episode The Hit List (1984)

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Jim Zubiena as the hired killer Ludovici Armstrong firing a 1911A1 in the Miami Vice episode The Hit List (1984).

• 1911A1 as Ludovici Armstrong in Miami Vice
• Ruger AC 556 as Ludovici Armstrong in Miami Vice
• Franchi SPAS-12 as Ludovici Armstrong in Miami Vice
• Winchester Model 70 as Ludovici Armstrong in Miami Vice