Mossy Creek Custom

With the advent of our SM-1 package, you have the option of adding a silver or bronze bead or a tritium night sight.  We have put on both types of sights for our customers and see advantages to either.  The standard sight for the SM-1 is the bead.  For most applications, this will suffice.  When the barrel is cut to 18.5″ you have opened it up a lot, and it follows that you will loose some precision.  This is why we don’t even offer a rifle sight for the SM-1.

Marble Tritium Shotgun Sight

For some of you, the tritium night sight will have definite advantages.  It looks cool, you will primarily be using it at night, or you are in L/E where this will be a duty gun that must be able to go anywhere.  You can upgrade (about $30) to this with no problem at all.  Either choice leaves you with a great gun that will serve you well.

Great website that has good information.  As common sense dictates, you should still check with the individual states before going with firearms, but these maps are very helpful.  Let’s work hard to get the TN law banning concealed carry in restraunts that serve alcohol repealled.  If you’re at Applebee’s and don’t drink, what’s the problem?

With all of the great shotguns that are out there today, why choose to only use the Remington models for the SM-1?  It’s a great question with a few simple answers;

1. Availability-Most people can get their hands on a Remington 870, 1100, or 1187 easily.  They have been around forever, and you can genereally find them used in large quantities at gunshows.
2. Custom Options-While any other shotgun can be modified, the Remington accessories are plentiful, and easy to obtain without breaking the bank.  The Options for the Remington are more often than not well made.  There are lots of accessories that are poorly made, and they reflect that in their performance.
3. Proven Track Record-These guns have seen lots of rounds, and they are great.  It doesn’t hurt that everyone at MCC has used Remington products for years.
4. Price-We have seen 870’s for less than $200, and 1100’s for less than $300.

All that adds up to a great platform for a shotgun.

Chuck Taylor (not the Converse guy) has an interesting article on his website about the combat shotgun.  It describes some testing that his school did with pumps and autoloaders.  They were trying to answer the question of whether or not there is a clear winner of the best combat shotgun designation from a test and evaluation standpoint.  They tested, Remington, Mossberg, Benelli, and Browning by shooting them with multiple types of shot at varing distances.  What they discovered might surprise you.

Evaluators did not choose the well known Benelli as the best combat shotgun.  It gets a lot of praise from magazine articles, but it somehow left the evaluators with the idea that there were things that should have been improved.  I would add that because it is priced so high, it should deliver better.

The point is that you don’t just get a great shotgun based on the name, and at the end of the day there really isn’t that much difference between the guns, especially for the home defense segment of shooters.  You can go to a big name company or a builder, and end up with an average shotgun when you factor in what you have paid.  Before you buy, check out your options.  You may just find that there is something better out there.  Check out our SM-1.  We think you will like what you see.

A few months ago, we were asked to turn an ordinary Remington 1100 into a versatile home defense shotgun.  We liked it so much, and the response was so great we have decided to combine the best features available for the Remington family of shotguns into a package we call the SM-1.  The great part is that we use your existing Remington 870, 1100, or 1187.

This means that you can have a great home defense shotgun for under $500 with every accessory you need.  How do we save you so much?  We don’t you the gun.  So many of our customers have 2 3/4″ shotguns laying around the safe because they have upgraded through the years to the larger loads.  Now you have a use for that gun.  One customer found a Remington 1100 at a gunshow for almost nothing and turned it into a great shotgun.  Clean out your safe or get to the local gunshow and find a deal that works for you.  We supply the parts and do the rest, and you get a great combat, L/E or home defense shotgun.

We have added an entire page to the sight with a full description.

If it has not happened to you be careful, it hurts.  Hold on to your gun.

With the weather being hot, it seems appropriate to mention a product that has been around for a while, but it might be new to some shooters because they have never thought that it could be used in a shooting application. Most of us at MCC are runners, and with the season getting ready to start in Nashville this fall we have already started training. A friend of ours named Tim put us onto the Camelback hydration system. We have tested them on a few runs and they work great.

They come in all shapes and sizes for anything you might need, but the smaller packs seem to be the best. They are comfortable to wear, and don’t move around as much as you might think while you are active. Most of them come with a small zippered pouch that is perfect for your i-pod, keys or a cell phone. For the sportsman/shooter, these can be great. A few possible uses would be;

1. Range officers at IDPA/IPSC matches. If you shoot Cowboy action, this just won’t be cool. Try a creek or a trough.
2. Sighting in rifles at the range.
3. Physical training for the fall tournament season.
4. Scouting that big buck you missed last year!

One thing that works well is to cut some Gatorade with water 1:1. Gives you a little flavor without all of the other stuff. Whatever you do, just make sure you stay hydrated this summer

I was test firing the other day, and it reminded me how important magazines are for your semi-automatic weapons.  By the way, a clip is sometimes referred to as a magazine, but only by the uniformed.  Don’t make the same mistake that I did and call it a clip to a professional if you want to be taken seriously.  Anyway, back to the point of test firing.

In any semi-auto, the magazine will often be the weak link to most of the malfunctions that you are having.  This was true with the a Colt Defender that I was testing.  The stock colt magazine wanted to do some funny stuff with the last round every time I shot.  It was actually flipping the last round straight up into a stovepipe jam, bullet facing up.  I tried a McCormick mag and a Wilson Mag and it remedied the problem.

Obviously both of the mags mentioned are a little more than some that are available.  However, if it helps your gun function reliably, what does it matter if you spent $10 more.  Take the time to make sure all of your mags function reliably, and you will have a better time shooting and the peace of mind to use your gun for defense.