Mossy Creek Custom

We Have Moved

mossycreekcustom — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:04:57 +0000

Thanks for visiting our site. We have a new home now at:

Check out our new site which includes updated info and our new online store.

Where Have You Been?

mossycreekcustom — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:40 +0000

I wanted to give everyone a status update to explain the brevity and lack of posts over the last few weeks. We have been very busy a usual with gun work and with the parts side of things. Thank you to all of you who have waited patiently to get guns back, and thank you to all our fans who have been purchasing the MCC Glock Mag Extension. We have been making them as fast as we can.

The main reason for the content slow down has been two fold. We are finalizing applications with the State of Tennessee to begin the Mossy Creek Training Academy so we can offer the TN handgun permit class. This is something we have been working on for the last month. Our waiting list for the class is getting bigger all the time, so we know that this is the right time to get the Academy started. One of the classes getting a lot of attention right now from our customers is the option to have a ladies only class. Be looking for more on the site in the next week or so. We are working up a promotional video.

Speaking of the site, we hope that next week we will have a new website up and running. In fact a nice lady who just became a permit holder has been working with us to direct the overall look of the site. Also, I can’t ever say enough about Bill at MicroExplosion. He is the best in Nashville at helping companies get their act together.

We wanted to offer a better look, but we also needed to step up the way we do our online business. The new site has an integrated shopping cart that will allow you to use credit cards to pay for any of our services. It will also allow us to track your orders and keep you informed of progress.

Thanks for your understanding of all these things. We will be back on schedule very soon. By the way, if you are a subscriber, you may have to subscribe again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Slow Down

mossycreekcustom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:03:47 +0000

One of the biggest mistakes all shooters make is going to fast. They work hard to shoot faster when in reality they should be working hard to shoot smoother. By shooting faster they end up wasting a lot of range time, ammo, and actually program bad habits.

If you focused the little bit of practice that you get this year into a smooth session that saw your fundamentals increase, you may be surprised to see your shooting skills improve with less time and money. Smooth=Fast in shooting. When you become a smooth shooter, you will be a faster shooter. By the way, shooting smooth will also make you accurate. Focus on the fundamentals at your next range session by going smooth and see better results.

Sighting in Your AR-15

mossycreekcustom — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:57:45 +0000

One of the questions that is floating around is how to sight in the AR-15. The AR is an unbelievable platform that works well for Law Enforcement, Military, and Civilian competition. The AR is accurate, low recoiling, and completely customizable making it the best choice for many shooters.

D.R. Middlebrooks of Tactical Shooting Academy is famous for saying the AR is good for anything from 3 yards to 300 yards. Considering your options for setting up your gun, one must determine the correct point of impact.

A few years ago Richard Fairburn wrote a great article on the difference sighting in at 25 yards and 1.2″ below aim at 25 yards. It doesn’t seem like much, but it makes a 9″ difference at 200 yards. I realize that most of you don’t get out to 200 yards that often, but sighting at 25 yards makes you shoot 9″ high at 200 yards, while sighting in 1.2″ below at 25 yards will lead to a drop of only .7″ at 200 yards. Seems to make sense doesn’t it.

Check out the Fairburn’s entire article here.

Are You Ready?

mossycreekcustom — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:14:21 +0000

With the start of the new year, this is a question that we should all be asking. Are You Ready? It is really easy to think that we are ready for lies ahead and accept the complacency that seems to be so rampant in other people’s lives. If 2010 is going to be different for you it will be because you took the time to get ready for what you really wanted to accomplish.

Are You Ready? What steps do you need to take to ensure the safety of your family members? There is no time like the present to schedule some training. The most common mistake in our business is that buying a gun somehow makes you safe. You must know how to deploy that tool if you ever need it. Spend the money.

Are You Ready? Have you started reloading yet to get ready for the competition season? Winter is a reloader’s dream. There isn’t any reason for you to be outside. Stay where it is warm and load the year’s ammo. Start your dry fire practice now so you when the shooting season starts you will be ready.

Are You Ready? Waiting until September to get your hunting gear together is a mistake. The stores never have what you want, and shops like ours are slammed. Use the offseason. The time you have with that gear at the range will be priceless.

If you are waiting for it all to come to you this year, prepare to be disappointed. Prepare and plan to do well and have a great 2010.

What to do with that junk gun?

mossycreekcustom — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:05:10 +0000

Many of our readers find at least one gun in their collection that either isn’t worth $.02 or doesn’t work anymore. When you find yourself in this situation you have several options;

Have a FFL dealer log the gun in and destroy it. This is accomplished by cutting the frame to make it in operable. This isn’t much fun, but it gets it off your records, and prevents anyone who shouldn’t have the gun from getting it.
Use it to practice something. You’ve always wanted to see if you could refinish a stock, so why not try on something that won’t lose any value if you mess it up.
Call Numrich. Sometimes they will take guns in for parts. Don’t expect to get much, but it is better than nothing.
Save it for your kids inheritance. Nothing says I love you like a worthless gun. This is something my grandfather did for me. I laugh because it reminds me of him constantly. He never believed in maintenance. So I have a semi-auto I am sure he paid less than $100 for during his lifetime, but I still keep it to remind me of him.

If all else fails, disable the gun and hang it above the fireplace. I am sure the Mrs. in your life will approve as much as mine would.

Trijicon Uses Bible Verses on Scopes

mossycreekcustom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:42:46 +0000

NY Daily News Photo

Trijicon has been a household name for many of you for a long time. I have used their stuff for years, and until this week I was unaware they added a Bible Verse inscription to their scopes. It has generated a lot of heat. One commentator called it proselytizing. I certainly think they are within their rights to do so, because they are a private company. I guess more than anything this story cracks me up because it really doesn’t seem like it should be news. They are great scopes, and you don’t have to buy from them if you don’t like their views. There are plenty of companies I choose not to buy from because of their views, political and moral.

Here is the NY Daily News story and a picture they ran with it. By the way, John 8:12 says, “. . . I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” NIV

SP101 Bobbed Hammer

mossycreekcustom — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:54:57 +0000

We recently did an SP101 package where we bobbed the hammer and converted it to Double Action Only. There are a couple of reasons to do this:

Pocket carry is much easier because the draw motion is simplified.
No worry about the Single Action Mode. The Double Action Trigger Job we do makes it really easy. Besides, you aren’t going to have time to manually cock the gun.

We also chamfered the cylinder for easy reloading. Add the XS Big dot sight and you have a great gun. Check out the pictures below.

Installation of XS Sights for Ruger SP101

mossycreekcustom — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:00:00 +0000

James just asked an interesting question in the comments section of the website concerning the installation of XS sights on an SP101. It is actually a little more involved than the Glock sites, so let me quote the steps from XS’s installation brochure:

Place gun in padded vise.
Drive out the front sight pin(s).
Remove the old sight and insert the new Express Sight into the slot. Some fitting may be required.
Hold the sight in the slot (red threadlocker may be used to hold the sight in place) and drill the hole(s) for the retaining pin. Drill half way through from each side. Drilling through from both sides will give a straighter hole for installing the retaining pin.
Apply red threadlocker to the pin, then drift the retaining pin into place to secure the sight.

I have asked XS what size drill to use on these sights, and they would not recommend one, claiming that Ruger changes the diameter of the pin from time to time. I have not found any variation in my experience, but that may be true. I have used a 1/16 drill bit before, but a word of caution: be very careful because the drill will have a tendency to walk on you, enlarging the hole. This isn’t the end of the world, but it makes the hole not look so great. Get some red threadlocker from your hardware store because it doesn’t come with it, like on the Glock sights.

Other than these precautions, we love them. The XS Sight Systems seem to work great. I wish they had better customer service, and I wish their website was better. Other than that, I don’t have any complaints with the sights themselves. They are solid and easy to use.

Who needs a Pistol Lanyard

mossycreekcustom — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:00:34 +0000

One of the things that comes up from time to time is the usefulness of lanyards for pistols. Some of the 1911′s offered today by custom makers are offering the lanyard loop again on the mainspring housing. This leads us to ask, “Is this practical or simply tacticool?”

This is a tricky one, because there is no hard and fast rule to help you decide. If you want a lanyard loop on your gun, so you can say you have one, it is probably not a good idea. If you want a lanyard loop to hang your lucky charm on it, again, not a good idea. If you want people to think you were part of the MEUSOC, not cool.

However, there are several people who can benefit from them. Obviously active duty military and Law Enforcement could benefit from the weapon retention. Hunters who are carrying a sidearm for backup. We recently completed a lanyard loop install for a Glock Pistol that didn’t have one. The customer is a kayaker who wants to make sure the fish don’t get to enjoy his pistol.

In certain situations lanyards can be a lifesaver or a matter of protecting your investment. Other times, they simply make you a wannabe. You have to decide.