I thought I would share the project I am currently working on. It is a Kibler Colonial Ive had for a while that is .54 rifled. Ive wanted a smoothbore for some time now, and having the desire to always be different I knew I wanted to build off my current platform. So I ordered the largest bore size Kibler offered (58 smooth) and sent it off to Bob Hoyt. I told him to bore as large as he deemed safe which ended up being .620 or 20gauge in shotgun terms. I will update as I go, but wanted to go ahead and share the photos of the freshly rebored barrel. From researching on the forum I havent been able to find anyone else who has had a Kibler barrel bored out.
Attached are photos of the barrel, how it fit unaltered into the stock, and the weights of everything.
The next step will be drilling the under lug holes once the drill bit guide arrives.
Attached are photos of the barrel, how it fit unaltered into the stock, and the weights of everything.
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