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Balance will different also. A shorter gun feels lighter to me.....longer ones hand better in my hands.
Like an Officer’s Model?It would be great to have a Brown Bess in 20 gauge. He already has 20 gauge smoothbore barrels for his new smoothbore line. A more effective roundball with less lead to waste.
Ohio Rusty ><>
Jim will get notice when someone posts. Maybe he is still researching.I’m still clinging to hope Mr. Kibler announces he is going to do this kit.
I'm pretty certain he gets a computer alert whenever his business is mentioned: then, he reaches for the Excedrin, as calls for this-musket-that-musket, here a 20 ga. Bess, there a Long Land, look out, now a 1728 French! Let the poor guy do what he does best, which is not getting involved in picky-picky re-enactor stuff! (JMHO: no offence meant!) I re-enacted over ten years, so love 'em all! This comment is made in good humor, don't fire back!Yes!
Make a Long Land
And 1728 French
These will cover the F&I war and the REV.
And since Kibler will do his homework and make them correctly, they will be the most correct and not need defarb modifications.
The re-enactor is a small sub-group of a larger sub-group of traditional ML enthusiasts whose numbers slowly decrease every year as the older guys age out.Here is my thought on this: The majority of people that use a Bess are the new reenactors and they don't care what it truly represents as long as it looks like a Bess and goes boom when the trigger is pulled. If they stay in the "game" for some time, then they will want something that DOES look like a real Bess. These are the people that will want a Kibler or other high-quality Bess. How many of those are out there - who knows? For me I would one as a wall hanger and not cost me an arm or a leg.
I am with you, the talent to build a beautiful rifle, wasted on a clunky military musket.OMG ... to me this would be THE biggest waste of talent and time for the Kibler operation, LOL!
That question as to which Model to offer would be a contentious point; re-enactors doing various periods would want their favorite Model!! Maybe choosing a variant that covers the most "mileage" would have to suffice.
He’s already said a Bess in his video… that would be what sells — not some Schangal gun.Yes!
Make a Long Land
And 1728 French
These will cover the F&I war and the REV.
And since Kibler will do his homework and make them correctly, they will be the most correct and not need defarb modifications.
Bear in mind there are many options and variations of the land pattern muskets that were used. So many that I doubt it would be practical for Jim to develop a CNC manufacturing program for all the variations.