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  1. K

    Naming your guns?

    Uncle Fud Who sent the main character a letter in the Eddie Arnold song " Tennessee Stud" that starts out ......Along about 1825
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    Hello from Cornwall uk.

    Welcome from Minnesota, USA. It's fun when like minded people can get together! 😀
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Oven cleaner, which is lye, sprayed on. Wipe the oven cleaner lengthwise along the stock, let it sit for 10 minutes, wipe off and let it dry. After that, linseed oil - let it soak in for 10 minutes then wipe off. Each time I clean it, it gets treated with my own "waterproof " mixture of...
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    Hello from Norway.

    Hello from Minnesota. I was in Bergen in 2019. What a beautiful place! We had some moose meat there (called elg in Norway). I'm very happy with the Kibler SMR I finished. Unlike other flintlock's I've owned, this fires reliably with no delay. It's an accurate replica of rifles built 1800-1850...
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Yes, heated it with a map gas torch and bent them around a nail that's the same diameter as the vent pick.
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Yes I did. Also put a point on the ends and drilled starter holes.
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Yes I did.
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Thanks! Yes it does shoot as good as it looks. Zero delay with 3F powder in the frozen. It does not blow smoke it your face either. As for the holders, they are just the 1/16" pin stock bent in a horseshoe at tapped into the wood. The vent pick is a scrap of 12 guage copper electric wire that...
  9. K

    My Jim Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle is done

    Very nice! Thanks for showing it.
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    If you look at the original Whitson rifles and research narratives that the Kibler SMR is based on, the cheek rests on these 1800-1850 rifles often had a decorative crease carved in. Vent picks were typically mounted under the cheek rest, as evidenced by the pick holders. The actual picks are...
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Linseed oil
  12. K

    Kibler SMR in cherry

    I made it out of a piece of old shelving.
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    After 200 years it will look great :)
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    This is a Kibler rifle. 46" swamped barrel gives it the perfect balance. lock made by kibler, 61" overall length. Everything only required minor fitting and finishing. This worked well for me since I'm not a "wood guy", but a metal guy who usually wrenches and does bodywork on old vehicles...
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    Cherry Southern Guns?

    Please see the first post
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Thanks! See my post below in this thread.
  17. K

    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Since I really don't have 200 years for my SMR to develop a natural patina, something had to be done. The cherry bed in my old pickup still looked like a carrot after 3 years, so it was the guinea pig. The cherry gun stock is aged with easy off oven cleaner for 9 minutes at 60*, then wiped...
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    Kibler SMR in cherry

    Finally finished my 45 caliber rifle with a cherry stock. What strikes me is the perfect balance of this rifle. With the ramrod in you can carry it on two fingers.
  19. K

    Just one more Kibler

    I have a Kibler 45 caliber SMR, cherry stock, on order. Reading this thread just makes me more excited for it to arrive!
  20. K

    northern minn.

    North Branch, MN here.
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