Kibler .40 SMR order

[azmntman]

I did it! Extra fancy wood too cuz I wont get another chance. Any reports on accuracy potential appreciated.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Oh now ya did it lol!
I sure love mine in .45. I hear a .40 shoots nice and flat.

 

[Cattywompuss]

Dinna own one myself, but the general consensus is that Jim Kibler makes a straight shooting barrel. As of last year each groove was cut by a single cutting jig, one at a time, but he was talking about finding a way to make it faster and better. The rifling is about the only thing that Kibler does't do on a CNC machine. But I might find a way one of these days.

 

[azmntman]

what kinda groups ya getting Hatchet?

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

what kinda groups ya getting Hatchet?

Well my eyes aren't what they used to be but on a good day I can shoot 2" groups offhand at 25 yards maybe 3" at 50 which is not all that good for a Kibler gun. You should be able to shoot clovers with these guns if you do your part.

 

[biliff]

Been shooting my Kibler .40 since spring of 2021. Sighted dead nuts on at 50 yds. 40gr FFFg Goex, drill patch, spit lube and a .395 home cast ball. From the bench on a calm day, it groups under 2 3/4" at 100 yds. 50 yds is sub 1" groups. Did my cold clean barrel POI test at 50 yds (first shot of the day on a completely calm day from the bench, repeated over the course of several weeks as wind conditions allowed) and it printed dead nuts on from a clean barrel each time. At our fall club shoot, the bench rest competition was shot at 50 yds and I won that competing against bench guns. Also won the flintlock offhand shoot with it. So yeah, it shoots.

And the lock is fast.

 

[azmntman]

Awesome, Thats what I wanna hear! Hope I didnt overdue it with the extra fancy wood!

 

[biliff]

Shoots better with fancy wood.

 

[zerosprk]

Shoots better with fancy wood.

And with extra fancy wood it ought to shoot super-good!

 

[longcruise]

Dinna own one myself, but the general consensus is that Jim Kibler makes a straight shooting barrel. As of last year each groove was cut by a single cutting jig, one at a time, but he was talking about finding a way to make it faster and better. The rifling is about the only thing that Kibler does't do on a CNC machine. But I might find a way one of these days.

I thought he was using Green Mountain barrels?

 

[treetophunter]

Is 50 yards a typical distance for a flintlock? It seems that most you tube videos are 50 yards as well. It there a loss in accuracy on longer shots, like 100?

 

[Zutt-man]

Is 50 yards a typical distance for a flintlock? It seems that most you tube videos are 50 yards as well. It there a loss in accuracy on longer shots, like 100?

You’re shooting open sights. Easier to focus on a bullseye at 50 than it is at 100. I’m 30, and I’m not sure I could get you really good groups at 100 (even though I have no issue shooting a deer at that distance)

 

[thompson50]

Awesome, Thats what I wanna hear! Hope I didnt overdue it with the extra fancy wood!

Never

 

[Zutt-man]

I thought he was using Green Mountain barrels?

He is, but with .32, .36, and .40 they receive barrels blanks (from GM) and rifle themselves

 

[MIOutdoorsman]

Congrats man. I'm jealous. That's the caliber of my fancy these days, and Kibler knocks it out of the park for kits.

 

[oldwood]

The wind works on my .40 a bit , at 75 to 100 yds.. . I am in love w/ the .40 for most other work. It digests almost anything shoved in it's muzzle , and for an old guy , that's important. I hunt small game in the Pa. big woods , and like the .40 better than the other smaller calibers. Gives me a feeling I have a chance against the 700 + lb black bears in case one gets frisky , and wants my candy bar. A 95 gr. r/b in the face just might change it's mind long enough for me to get more firepower in my hand. Here , bears are a PITazz. Folks living here shoot them if they get too close to the kids. Thanks to govt. regs. , we have too many bears. Again , my .40 gives me peace , that I could fend one off until other measures can be mustered.............oldwood

 

[Flintandsteel]

This is a Rice barrel, Kibler .45.
First 7 shots out of a new barrel. No load work up, on sight adjustments.

 

[biliff]

Is 50 yards a typical distance for a flintlock? It seems that most you tube videos are 50 yards as well. It there a loss in accuracy on longer shots, like 100?

Sighting in distance is more a function of intended purpose than anything else. No sense sighting in at 100 yds if all you intend to do is shoot squirrels at 25.

 

[Cattywompuss]

I thought he was using Green Mountain barrels?

He does, but last week I watched a video of him cutting the rifling in house

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Just wish Jim could offer a 42" barrel. That 46" makes for a tough to transport gun.