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    2023 Fall Squirrel Season...........

    Thanks. Would you believe it, that is actually a plain maple stock. Kibler definitely undergrades his wood. I think that it was graded plain because the figure is not consistent through the whole stock.
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    2023 Fall Squirrel Season...........

    First squirrel with the Kibler 32. Beautiful morning to be out.
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    32 Caliber Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

    Yep, I’m with you on that. I took some bone black and mixed with an oil finish. It is quite a bit darker now, but still pretty light. As I use it it will pick up plenty of darkness. I’ll have to look at it again when I get home tonight.
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    If only....

    I’ve been wishing the same thing. I thought I found a loophole for Missouri, but when I read the actual statutes the hole did not exist. PA allows rifles, or at least did when I lived up there ten years ago.
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    Needs some advice on possibles bag

    Yep. A guy at work just made me a flint pouch and won’t take more than 10 bucks. He’s pretty fast and a pouch is not that complicated, but it still had to have taken him 3 or four hours. I keep trying to convince him to take more. Guess I’ll give home some homegrown bacon an steaks.
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    Needs some advice on possibles bag

    I made my first pouch from a crazy crow kit. The second bag I just picked up a cheap piece of leather and made my own. Took some time but cost me less than $10.
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    32 Caliber Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

    Shot it again today. Was pretty happy with the 5 shot group. There are 6 shots total on this target. Also shot against dad at 100 yards off hand at 14” saw blades. Still used 15 grains of 3F. Ball dropped a little over a foot. Was able to make 4 out of 5 off hand hits.
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    March 2023 Postal Target

    Not very good. Rifle is pretty new and I have not adjusted sights yet. Also shot this after shooting for several hours and was getting tired. Enough of excuses. 😀 Score of 27. Edit: forgot to subtract other shots. Score of 20. Edit 2: after reviewing others rescored and came up with a score of 37.
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    Which caliber for squirrel rifle

    So I had the same quandary a while back and I opted for the .32 SMR. Here are the results. I’ve not shot it much but I am happy with it. It is primarily a squirrel/paper gun. I wanted a rifle that was very cheap to shoot. But like everyone else has said, it is really your preference.
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    32 Caliber Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

    Thanks @hanshi. I planned to sight in at thirty yards. I guess we’ll see if I can reliably hit anything at that range.
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    32 Caliber Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

    Tannic and ferric acid. Rubbed back with Chamber's Oil Finish.
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    32 Caliber Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

    Well I am glad to hear that you’ve found it easy. This coming weekend I am going to shoot with Dad and hopefully try out several different load combinations. I think 15 will probably be my minimum load and I’ll try up to 30 or 35 grains. Have your bullseye loads been somewhere in that range? I...
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    32 Caliber Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

    Hi Sean, The barrel is basically a 1” barrel. At the ends it is o.938” and in the middle it is 0.7”. I have not weighed the rifle, but it should be right at 7 lbs. Since the same barrel contour is used for all calibers, a 0.45 is in the 6 lb range. Due to the larger bore. It balances very...
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    A day horn

    Nice horn. How do you cut the scallops near the tip?
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    Finished my kibler

    Very Nice
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    32 Caliber Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

    So many people post their builds that I figured me posting mine would not add a lot of value, but here are the finished results. I like dark and plain rifles. So I ordered an SMR in 32 caliber. Finished the metal parts with Jax blackener. Stock finish is a layer of tannic acid then a layer of...
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    Day Horns

    Nice looking horns. Those are my kind of style.
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    How old are ya?

    40. Starters shooting muzzleloaders about 12 years ago, took a hiatus when the kids were small, and now am getting back into it.
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    Brand new and ignorant

    Very nice rifle. Great job finishing it!
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    A little shooting

    Looks like an awesome place.
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