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  1. brushyspoons

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I wasn't very happy with the quality of inletting I did for a lollipop tang, I was swinging above my weight and it showed with the gaps around the tang head. I re-breeched the barrel with another long tang breech plug and plan on shifting gears to make this rifle a plain early Deep River-ish...
  2. brushyspoons

    Kibler side effect?

    Was he only making rifles from pre-carved stocks? I might find that statement odd because I've only made a rifle with simple hand tools, but I can't think of any real differences in making a right-hand rifle or left-hand rifle when inletting everything with chisels and gouges.
  3. brushyspoons

    Fly position on SMR lock

    Here’s my Kibler Late Ketland lock, the fly is the shiny steel nub that you can see at full cock.
  4. brushyspoons

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I got the tang inlet today, I'm not sure I was setting myself up for success with a lollipop for my second ever tang inlet, but I learned a few things that should make the next one easier and hopefully a little better.
  5. brushyspoons

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    This project of mine has sat idle for too long, today I got the tang shaped. I'll get a draft filed and inlet it this week.
  6. brushyspoons

    A muzzle loading renaissance they say

    That rifle headlining the article looks like it would fit right in with one of those Call of Duty games. My European history isn't great but I thought the Renaissance was the revival of Classical art, not the complete abandonment of it.
  7. brushyspoons

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Second time's the charm for the rear trigger, maybe.
  8. brushyspoons

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I got a trigger plate mostly fleshed out and started working on the triggers today. I finished the rear trigger, but I'm not too happy with it so I'll probably redo it. Luckily 1/8" flat bar is cheap.
  9. brushyspoons

    Why Patch -Boxes &

    Why patchboxes? Because they were common on originals. Isn't that the same reason we more often than not use octagon barrels as well?
  10. brushyspoons

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I drilled the ramrod hole for my new build this morning. This is my second ramrod hole, and it wandered off center as best I can tell about 1/16" - 3/32" away from the lock panel. Next up is shaping the tang into a lollipop and making simple set triggers.
  11. brushyspoons

    My Kibler SMR Build Log

    How is this a death sentence for a rifle build? Nothing some mild steel, solder, files, and patience can't fix. Those second tang 'bolts' were often wood screws on southern Appalachian rifles.
  12. brushyspoons

    Cracked Stock Repair

    You can make a nose cap out of 22 ga. mild steel sheet and some silver solder, you should be able to find the stuff at any hardware or home improvement store. The only tools I used were some tin snips, a bench vise, needle nose pliers, a propane torch, and a file or two.
  13. brushyspoons

    Want for Kibler Colonial in Curly Maple?

    There's a market out there, but if I was going to lay down some thousands of dollars on a rifle to be built I'd like to see a fairly well cataloged portfolio of rifles/guns by the maker, and I'd want them to be able to put together a muzzleloader better than I can, and I'd probably be asking for...
  14. brushyspoons

    My Kibler SMR Build Log

    16 ga sheet metal from Lowe's or Ace is what I used to make the toe plate on my first rifle. And those are the tools I used to make it. I cut it out a little wider than the toe of my buttstock, inlet it and screwed it on, then filed it flush with the wood on the sides.
  15. brushyspoons

    Inletting Black

    I was going to tell you to check MLBS since that’s where I bought my Jarrow’s, but it looks like they’re out of stock too. Did the maker of Jarrow’s close up shop? I can’t find it available anywhere
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