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I’ll be interested to hear from people attending the event about their impressions of the new gun.

In my cylinder bore 12 gauge T/C New Englander, the best I can do is about 27 yards. Beyond 25 yards patterns fall apart quickly, and a clean kill at 30 yards would probably be a matter of luck. This makes range estimation vitally important. Being able to quickly tell the difference between 25...

Thanks for the input guys. I think I’m gonna fold up my cash and wait for the Kibler fowler kit. I can get along pretty well for the next season or two with my old New Englander.

Eric— that’s a sweet turtle-back slate call.

I’ve got a Woodsrunner and several percussion rifles for round balls; this will be a dedicated turkey gun. Limiting the range to 25-30 yards is what I expected, and most of my turkeys in the last 50 years have been taken at this distance. I’m doing this because in recent years turkey hunting...

I’m looking for some feedback on a decision. In the near future I’m going to buy a Kibler smoothbore flintlock kit for use as turkey gun (with perhaps the occasional squirrel or rabbit hunt thrown in). After seeing the results some folks are getting with the smoothbore 58 Colonial, I had pretty...

I finished my 54 caliber Woodsrunner this morning. Fancy maple stock with two coats of Aqua Fortis and four coats of Tried & True. The Steel parts are done with Jax Black and the brass was toned down with Jax Brown. I did pretty minimal carving on the rifle, just a few stock and cheekpiece...

To be honest, you strike me as someone who wants attention more than you want the good solid advice being offered to you by the experienced builders on this forum.

Problem solved. There wasn’t any varnish in the lock mortise, but I found that I had cut the front trigger guard pin just a tad too long, and it was extending into the lock mortise, keeping the lock from seating fully and causing the phenomenon that IanH warned about. I removed the pin...

I’ve sent an email to Mr. Kibler. In the meantime I was hoping for some advice from you guys.

I’m doing the final assembly on my Woodsrunner today, and in the last stage there seems to be a fly in the ointment. I put the lock in place and it will not cock. I notice also that there is pressure between the trigger and the sear when the cock is fully forward, which I suspect is related to...

Fine job. I expect mine to be ready to shoot next week. That Tried & True finish requires a lot of patience.

Sorry for the late response. Yes, I used a single line checkering tool for most of the straight line moldings. I found mine on eBay. On the forestock, I first scribed a line with an old fashioned marking gauge, and then carefully followed up with the checkering tool and finally a small needle...

This is an amazing upgrade, and the stock in Kibler’s video provides a good sense of the potential of CNC carving on his future offerings. I’m looking forward to seeing one of these stocks fully finished. Someone earlier in this thread mentioned the possibility of offering the carving in...

Thanks for all the advice, guys. Three applications of the Jax Brown didn’t get me where I wanted to be, so I tried the diluted Jax Black. Perfect results.

I agree, pictures will help, but it’s tough to get an image that shows the situation. The small parts turned out better (darker) than the barrel. Maybe I’m expecting too much, but the barrel finish after two coats just seems to be close to raw steel.

Thanks Kevin. Are you saying that the color on the barrel was made darker by rubbing with the wet Scotch Brite pad? I was just sort of using it as a sponge to apply the liquid, as Jim’s video seemed to suggest. Should I be actively scouring the barrel with the wet pad?

I’ve got a couple questions about using the Jax Brown product Kibler sells on the barrel and steel parts for my Woodsrunner. I’ve watched Jim’s video on putting patina on steel parts and I’ve followed his directions as best I could. The results haven’t been great so far. The first...

Yes sir. Well put.

Walked up and down the rows of a bean field for a couple hours this afternoon, and found this nice flint blade, still sharp enough to dress a deer after a couple thousand years. Somehow it survived intact in a field that’s been plowed at least a hundred times.