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    Kibler barrel lug drilling/ relief cuts...

    Hello all! When building my Kibler Colonial, I felt I "cobbed " it, in that I was totally unable to make the relief cuts on the barrel pin lugs. I ended up just using the drilled holes figuring I would get back to them.... Now I am preparing to get started on my SMR, and thinking....lets get...
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    Open Black Powder Shoot, Fulton NY June 10 and 11

    Here is an open invitation to black powder shooters for our clubs spring black powder shoot, June 10 and 11th. We are a small mellow club, strictly traditional cap and ball (no conicals, open sights only) . We meet for a weekly league shoot every Monday night and have several open shoots a year...
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    Fire bluing SMR parts, Jax blacking barrel ....thoughts?

    I fire blued many of the small parts of my Kibler Colonial rifle ,(trigger plate, wood screws, rear sight, tang bolts and such) and was very pleased with the results. I am looking ahead to my SMR now. I was originally going to Jax Black the steel. Now I am considering fire bluing as much of the...
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    Lock Stock and Barrel Spring open ML shoot 4-15

    Any one in the area, my club is having an open spring meat shoot this saturday. We are a small club in Fulton NY but have fun, and are a pleasant bunch of guys. Strictly patch and round ball, open sights. Route 6, Fulton NY.
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    Does Jax Black protect like bluing/browning would?

    I am planning for my Southern Mtn Rifle later this year...I hear a lot about Jax Black for the nice finish it gives, but does it provide any protection like browning/bluing would? I have attempted several searches, but do not come up with much. My shooter will likely see damp weather and...
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    Planning for my Kibler SMR...

    I learned a lot from building my Kibler Colonial last year, especially patience...I still havea few rough spots on the stock that I should have found and taken care of, and my patch box isnt quite to my liking. That aside... I am eagerly looking forward to getting a Kibler SMR, .45 with a cherry...
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    Forty Four Years Of the Life of a Hunter

    Great book /autobiography by Meshach Browning, c. 1780-1860, He tells of his life as a hunter in the early pioneer days of Maryland and West Virginia, when truly game was aplenty in the oak and chestnut forests of the east. He made a living as a farmer, miller, but seasonally a hunter (always...
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    October 2022 Muzzleloading deer

    New Yorks ML season opened on the 15th. Any ML qualifies (including scoped modern ML with modern propellants. I choose to stay with my traditional patch and ball, black powder charged Lyman GPR. Last year was my first dry year in ...over thirty years. Although it didnt bother me at all not to...
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    I finished my first build...Kibler Colonial

    I have a little bit of tweaking to do yet, but I think I can call it completed. I started it in mid august ...really just clearing the dedicated work area and figuring the plan of attack, needs ,etc. This is the first rifle "build" for me, and first attempt at anything of any detail or...
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    Vent picks on a Colonial?

    I have always thought a vent pick holder made a lot of sense on any flintlock, but I really havent seen them frequently except on customs, probably more frequently on southern rifles. I will be completing my Kibler Colonial (which will be pretty plain jane) soon, and am considering putting one...
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    Aaargh...minor crisis with my Kibler!

    I have been slowly plugging along with my Kibler Colonial .58 since last summer. In cold winter progress is limited by me needing to fire up the wood stove in the garage where my work shop is. I have been happily progressing to completions, with me finishing blushing the aqua fortis last night...
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    Winter shoot!

    Whoever might be interested, Lock Stock and Barrel black powder club is having an open shoot on saturday 2-19 at their club in Fulton NY. Patched round ball only. The snow level is down and the weather is looking to be in the thirties next week end. Whoohoohoo! Fun fun fun!
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    Inlay recommendations for idiots

    Hi all....Looking for recommendations on first inlay projects... I am slowly picking away at my Kibler Colonial. I am happy to keep it simple with out any carvings, etc. thinking its beautiful lines speak for itself, but as more time goes on, I would really like to give it a simple appropriate...
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    Hate to sound excited...but my Kibler is on the way!

    I recieved notice that my Colonial (.58, extra fancy maple ) rifle was shipped today! I ordered it on July 3rd!!!! I was anticipating a bit more time to get some essentials together, but I will be able to start on some of the more basic stuff....filing the bbl, etc. I was somewhat amazed to get...
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    Suggestions for a vice/clamp for working on my upcoming rifle...

    Apart from clearing a dedicated work bench for my Colonial rifle (I know it shouldnt take all that long, but I am planning on stretching it out...I rush and I get sloppy), I am figuring out what I will need for a vice /clamp to hold the stock and barrel when I am working on them. I have regular...
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    What type of rifle would have been in use...Colonial upstate NY?

    Good Day! I have long wanted a quality long rifle...will see use both for deer hunting and target. My hope is for a type that would have been typical of a hunter/ pioneering settler (C 1770s to 1820s)-in Upstate NY (that is, most anyplace west of the Hudson, but my families roots are more from...
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    Origin of gun inlay styles?

    I am starting to plan my upcoming Kibler Colonial rifle. I out of necessity will be keeping adornment quite simple, but I think the beautiful lines of the gun can speak for itself. That said, What do folks think are some of the more traditional inlay designs and thier origins? Say, like...
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    First outing with the Pedersoli/Lyman GPR

    My wife kindly gifted my the above mentioned rifle for my 60th birthday...my first flinter, but I have had a Lyman GPR percussion for twenty years that I am quite proficient with, and have been trying to do my homework. I kept both in 54 caliber for consistency and supply ease. I happily had the...
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    New Pedersoli Lyman GPR fresh out of the box today...

    I had long wanted a flinter, and had my opportunity for my 60th birthday. I wanted to keep it practical, and as easy to keep up as possible. I have had a percussion GPR for many years and thought a practical first flinter would be one in the GPR...with the added benefits of being in the same...
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    Trying to recreate a lost family rifle....

    For many years my uncle had a 1/2 stock (striped maple) percussion rifle that had been in the family for at least several generations. No historical claim. I was preparing to borrow with the intent of blue printing it to replicate it when it was stolen from his home never to be recovered (about...
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