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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.
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The next step will be drilling the under lug holes once the drill bit guide arrives.
 
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hanshi said:
I think you're on to something pretty neat. That will be a gun you may use for everything
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Thankyou! Thats my thouht process behind it. I like the idea of having one gun that can do it all, and having the rebore done was the most cost effective way to do it. So now Ill have a rifle when i want to hunt land game, and a shotgun for flying game simply by swapping barrels.
 
Johnny Too-Tall said:
Well O'le Bobby Hoyts about to be busy now. Good information. I bet you got to 62 due to the shallow dovetails Kibler cuts.
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For the price he charges I dont see why anyone wouldnt do the same to have more versatility in their platform of choice. He only charged $80 plus return shipping to bore it.
 
That is a truly impressive looking bore…62, geez! One of these days I’ll send some worn TC barrels for a rebore.

Do you plan to use that as a SG or still lob round ball? Would like to hear about the pattern (with pics!) if you run it as a shotgun.
 
blackeagle said:
That is a truly impressive looking bore…62, geez! One of these days I’ll send some worn TC barrels for a rebore.

Do you plan to use that as a SG or still lob round ball? Would like to hear about the pattern (with pics!) if you run it as a shotgun.
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I plan to use it mainly for shot, i may try a few roundballs down the line. Soon it will hopefully be getting threaded for choke tubes.
 

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