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  1. kansas_volunteer

    Wanted - parts Sling and bayonet

    Looking for a proper sling and bayonet for Springfield 1795 musket. I'll buy from you, or perhaps you can tell me where I might get them.
  2. kansas_volunteer

    1795 musket kit

    Has any one here assembled a Pedersolli 1795 Springfield musket kit? I'd like to know your opinion of them.
  3. kansas_volunteer

    Fitting stock to shooter

    Recently I saw somewhere online a post relating how to take measurements of a shooter and convert that into stock dimensions. As I recall five measurements are taken from the shooter, and these converted to length of pull, cast-off and so on. I can't find that post on any forum now and I need...
  4. kansas_volunteer

    Aging cherry

    For those working on cherry stocks these items might be helpful. https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=77833.0 https://www.woodcraft.com/blog_entries/adding-age-to-cherry
  5. kansas_volunteer

    Woodsrunner pics

    Everyone working on Woodsrunners might find the pics and discussion here of value. https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=49297
  6. kansas_volunteer

    To carve or not

    I've read here very fancy wood ought to be allowed to speak for itself and left undecorated with carving. Plainer wood is better dressed up with carving. The grain in fancy wood is harder to carve precisely than the more forgiving plainer wood, which can be carved more easily. I've received a...
  7. kansas_volunteer

    Peace loving half-stock

    I bought a Kibler Quaker half-stock to practice carving on. It's a Woodsrunner. It has a few tiny knots and a very small ding. I could finish it, I wouldn't reject it. I can see a reenactor putting one on a Woodsrunner with the story the full-stock was broken and he decide to just redo it as an...
  8. kansas_volunteer

    Pop my cherry

    Me too. I have a woodsrunner kit with cherry stock. I had wanted to do a little incised carving on it. The book Checkering and Carving Gunstocks says wild cherry carves and and checkers well. In another publication -- the title escapes me -- it says the opposite. Opinions and experience carving...
  9. kansas_volunteer

    Bum shoulder, help me

    Somehow I've injured the muscles in my left shoulder, the rotator cuff. The doctor says it isn't bad enough for surgery to make it right, Last night I tried to take an offhand shooting position with a rifle I'm putting together. It has a one-inch 54 cal barrel 36 inches long. It's heavy...
  10. kansas_volunteer

    Oops! I did it again.

    I've got another Kibler kit on the way. Paid for it this morning. This time it's an SMR with figured pear wood stock. My previous order was for a cherry woodsrunner. Pear is not at all a commonly used, and almost never for gunstocks. Most pear used in the US is imported from Europe.i can...
  11. kansas_volunteer

    Kibler screwed me

    My Woodsrunner kit from Kibler arrived today. Man, are there lots of screws holding the cover on the box. They're more than I want to take out with a screwdriver in my arthritic hands and my battery powered drill is dead. Bummer! I'll put off opening it for a bit. However, I'm really curious to...
  12. kansas_volunteer

    Kibler SMR barrel?

    Tell me about weight of Kibler SMR barrels. What is difference by caliber? I'll be ordering one soon in either 36, 40 or 45. I've decided against the 32 as the balls are small and my fingers not very nimble Is there a consensus agreement on caliber?
  13. kansas_volunteer

    Kibler called

    Found a voice mail from Kibler's on my phone this evening. My .45 cherry stock Woodsrunner is boxed and ready for shipping. Hooah! and Yippee! I'll call them back Monday and arrange the arrangements. I ordered the kit in June. It's going to be interesting to see. I'll have to put other projects...
  14. kansas_volunteer

    What a hoot

    Check out this muzzleloading expert.
  15. kansas_volunteer

    Making original gun safe and shootable

    I'm getting interested in antique original guns. What needs to be done to inspect and fix an old gun and make it new again? I've read in the forums that some pull the breach plug for inspection.l have read mentions of replacing drums and nipples on old percussion guns. What if you pull the drum...
  16. kansas_volunteer

    Nipple knowledge

    Do you know what thread dimension nipple to order for a Mowery rifle? I want to order some spares for a new-to-me gun, and I don't have a thread gauge to check.
  17. kansas_volunteer

    Incised carving

    I've been thinking ahead to a future project. I'd like to do some incised carving on the rifle. Those of you who've done it, can you give me your how-to advice? Those who've only given it some thought but not done I'd appreciate your ideas as well. I'm wondering how much incised carving might...
  18. kansas_volunteer

    Gentleman 's shooting pouch

    Imagine you are a well fixed gentleman living in a settled peaceful part of the country. You own a fine rifle you bought at the very end of the percussion era. A couple of decades have passed and you're still shooting the gun in matches. What would your shooting bag look like? You can afford...
  19. kansas_volunteer

    Woodsrunners

    In an email today Lorie at Kiblers told me they expect to start shipping Woodsrunner kits in early to mid October. We may begin getting them in a month or so.
  20. kansas_volunteer

    Powder flask sling

    What sort of strap or cord was used to suspend a large Civil War style powder flask? I'm not reenacting the Civil War, I'd just like to have something period correct for my flask -- I prefer a flask to a horn. Let's not go down the exploding flask road. I use a measure to pour powder down the...
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