Anyone else chomping at the bit for the Kibler smoothbore?

[Clark Badgett]

Yes you sure did.
I do apologize for posting basically the same answer.
Take Care Stay Safe

It’s not a problem. No harm done. No need for an apology.

 

[1:66 twisted]

I recently assembled a Colonial American Longrifle from Kibler.
A .58 smoothbore.
Love it...
Take Care Stay Safe

Building one now. 58 smoothbore. Colonial

 

[PEARL DRUMS]

Gimme that proper Hawken kit! I am waiting for that jewel to be available.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

I’m waiting on a Kibler M1861 Springfield rifled musket kit with correct progressive depth rifling.

 

[Gum Slough Muzzleloader]

Gimme that proper Hawken kit! I am waiting for that jewel to be available.

I'm waiting for that one also.
I turn 60 at the end of January 2025.
My wife said that, that would be my birthday gift....
Hope Jim has available by then..

 

[TDM]

While I’ll probably buy the Fowler Kit eventually, I’m thinking that another .54 Woodsrunner will come first. I want each of my Sons and grandsons to have both a SMR and Woodsrunner.

 

[TDM]

I'm waiting for that one also.
I turn 60 at the end of January 2025.
My wife said that, that would be my birthday gift....
Hope Jim has available by then..

Yep, I’m really surprised that the Fowler isn’t out yet. Shouldn’t be too much longer.

 

[Gum Slough Muzzleloader]

Yep, I’m really surprised that the Fowler isn’t out yet. Shouldn’t be too much longer.

I'm thinking about squeezing in a Woodsrunner before then, and I really like the SMR also...
I will put the Fowler off for now because I have the .58 smoothbore Colonial.

Take Care Stay Safe

 

[planefixer da50]

my woodsrunner 50 is at mr. hoyts to be a 55 smoothe.

 

[S.Kenton]

The wait is killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I intend to use mine as an upland/bunny/turkey gun.

I have always been interested in Chambers PA fowler, but I think the wait is almost over for the Kibler, maybe two more months?

I’m pretty excited! I have a Jackie brown fowling piece, that I reworked, to play with until then. It’ll be up for sale pretty soon though.

 

[Salty Cracker]

I'd be interested in one. Don't own a.smoothbore. is it supposed to be an English style.fowler?

 

[Clark Badgett]

I'd be interested in one. Don't own a.smoothbore. is it supposed to be an English style.fowler?

When I talked to Mr Kibler at a show in Ohio in 2020 he said he was leaning strongly towards copying the Wilson Fowler in ‘Of Sorts for Provincials’.

ETA: I see he posted a few months back that he has studied many export grade originals to base his on.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

If Kibler prices his smoothbore similar to the other 3 kits he offers....
he won't be able to make the kits fast enough.

 

[Jim Wag]

Ch amping

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Hopefully the barrel walls on his fowler/trade gun are THIN and the gun is LIGHT, as were the originals.

So many reproductions have thick, heavy barrels that balance and handle nothing like the original guns had, instead having barrel walls thicker than most muskets of the period.

 

[Clark Badgett]

Hopefully the barrel walls on his fowler/trade gun are THIN and the gun is LIGHT, as were the originals.

So many reproductions have thick, heavy barrels that balance and handle nothing like the original guns had, instead having barrel walls thicker than most muskets of the period.

My repopped trade gun with the Colrain barrel in 20 bore is lucky if its barely over 6lbs.

 

[TDM]

Hopefully the barrel walls on his fowler/trade gun are THIN and the gun is LIGHT, as were the originals.

So many reproductions have thick, heavy barrels that balance and handle nothing like the original guns had, instead having barrel walls thicker than most muskets of the period.

Agree, but any increased heft is largely a legal/liability issue. Have to thank the lawyers for it.

 

[Mowich]

Does anybody know for sure what style of fowler Kibler's new kit would be. I can't think of any 19th century, so I assume some kind of 18th century fowler?

 

[Bnewberry]

Hopefully the barrel walls on his fowler/trade gun are THIN and the gun is LIGHT, as were the originals.

So many reproductions have thick, heavy barrels that balance and handle nothing like the original guns had, instead having barrel walls thicker than most muskets of the period.

As I recall he has said that the plan is for a 16 gauge and a 20 gauge each with the same barrel profile. This likely means the 16 ga will be lighter than the 20 gauge.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

One of my question,s was exactly that, As to what style will this model be after. Will it be a hybrid of many styles?