Did a search here in the "Bench" forum and found nothing on this topic: I was wondering if anyone here built a Kibler Colonial and replaced the wooden patch box cover with their own brass patch box cover?
Kibler Colonial Brass Patch Box Cover
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CuNosecap
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I did this on a Chambers York 50 cal. Easy task, except for the complicated inletting work and the latch work. (Lancaster Co. style ornate box)
Did you frabricate your brass cover yourself or did you order one from somewhere? The inletting I can do; the metal work is another question. It would be my first effort to do that.
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I have,
The patch box was from Chambers. Kibler made me a stock with no patch box cut out. I made the cut out using a milling machine. The release is the button in the top of the butplate.
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You need Jim to not cut the patch box mortise in the stock and not dovetail the butt plate.
dave
You need Jim to not cut the patch box mortise in the stock and not dovetail the butt plate.
dave
Not a Colonial, but a Woodsrunner. To me the WR has Berks county style to it, so I'm doing (attempting) mine to somewhat mimic a Jacob George. I filed a piece of brass to fit the dovetail in the buttplate, and soldered it in. Then cut the finial to kind of match the picture in the "Berks County Longrifle" book, gun #23, and inlet into the stock. I plan on glueing a piece of wood against the butt plate to fill in the notch and dovetail there. I just wanted it to be different than everyone else's.
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CuNosecap
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Wiscoaster, I may have gotten my PB from Chambers before they had the domed lid model. I just don't remember 25 yrs ago. It could have come from Track, or less likely Pec River.
CuNosecap
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Is that a single-set trigger on the top one? Never seen a trigger quite like that before. Unique!!
CuNosecap
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Nope. Just a simple pinned trigger on the York.
I'm working on one now. There are several tutorials on making brass patchboxes on line and in several books. Not hard to do. I filled the dovetail on the buttpiece with a brass "plug", silver soldered into place. Check out flint rifle smith's page, for some info on domed boxes. Bill Rabe has a couple of series, on Rumble, on scratch building, in which he demonstrates making a patch box, but you might have to wade through a few videos to find them. A search on "flintlock rifle building," there should bring up his page.
Nice work everyone. I'm working an my 5th kibler. Woodsrunner in cherry. And wanted a brass patch box.
When I orderd the kit I put in to the ordering notes. No patch box and a butt plate to match.
The kit arrived WITH the standard cutouts for the wood patch patchbox.
So my takeaway ftom this is to call Kibler when placing the order.
I'm slowly working on finishing it up. Likley with wood patchbox.
Boy there are to many other things to do in the summer.
When I orderd the kit I put in to the ordering notes. No patch box and a butt plate to match.
The kit arrived WITH the standard cutouts for the wood patch patchbox.
So my takeaway ftom this is to call Kibler when placing the order.
I'm slowly working on finishing it up. Likley with wood patchbox.
Boy there are to many other things to do in the summer.
My apologies that we missed your note. We offer the Colonial without a wood box, but the Woodsrunner only comes with a wood box.
Jim
Nice work everyone. I'm working an my 5th kibler. Woodsrunner in cherry. And wanted a brass patch box.
When I orderd the kit I put in to the ordering notes. No patch box and a butt plate to match.
The kit arrived WITH the standard cutouts for the wood patch patchbox.
So my takeaway ftom this is to call Kibler when placing the order.
I'm slowly working on finishing it up. Likley with wood patchbox.
Boy there are to many other things to do in the summer
Thank you.
When I orderd the kit I put in to the ordering notes. No patch box and a butt plate to match.
The kit arrived WITH the standard cutouts for the wood patch patchbox.
So my takeaway ftom this is to call Kibler when placing the order.
I'm slowly working on finishing it up. Likley with wood patchbox.
Boy there are to many other things to do in the summer
I wounder if that was the case. Interrupting the set process of a CNC run was not an option.
Thank you.
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