Pretty good wood for ‘semi-fancy’ from Jim Kibler!

[Rawhide67]

I too assembled one for a friend. He ordered a piece of plain maple for a SMR in 40cal. The stock was pretty highly figured when it arrived and came out nice. Can't imagine what a higher grade would have looked like.

 

[Tenring]

All this talk makes me want to build a SMR in 45 Cal. Why can’t Money grow on Trees. LOL..

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

I would be remiss if I did not add … thank you all for your kind words and sentiment … for my friend. That means a lot !

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

You're a good friend and I'm sure it will be a wonderful piece.

 

[M. De Land]

I’ve often heard he had good sources of wood, but WOW, I have stripes for the full length and on both sides! The only place where there aren’t as many stripes is on the patch box, but maybe that will come out once nitrated and stained. Look at the stripes in the tiger-striped wood!

I'll periodically update (in the builder’s Forum) w/ build pictures.

FYI, I will be making this Kibler muzzleloader kit, a 54-cal Colonial flintlock longrifle, for my best friend who had lost wife last July to ALS, 3-months from diagnosis to passing. So I gotta git to it …

Now it’ll never remove the pain he’ll always carry by any means … but I want him to have it before the anniversary of her passing. At least this should give him something to look forward to, for next Fall.

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French red stain would really make that grain POP ! Nice stock wood !

 

[david w]

I would be remiss if I did not add … thank you all for your kind words and sentiment … for my friend. That means a lot !

It is special to me that there are still some people in this world that cares about their brother. Everything is not about "me".

 

[hanshi]

Sometimes you get more than you paid for when dealing with good people. My .32 has a nicely figured stock, I ordered it with just a plain stock.

 

[Magungo1066]

This is a project we can all get behind! What a good friend

 

[M. De Land]

I’ve often heard he had good sources of wood, but WOW, I have stripes for the full length and on both sides! The only place where there aren’t as many stripes is on the patch box, but maybe that will come out once nitrated and stained. Look at the stripes in the tiger-striped wood!

I'll periodically update (in the builder’s Forum) w/ build pictures.

FYI, I will be making this Kibler muzzleloader kit, a 54-cal Colonial flintlock longrifle, for my best friend who had lost wife last July to ALS, 3-months from diagnosis to passing. So I gotta git to it …

Now it’ll never remove the pain he’ll always carry by any means … but I want him to have it before the anniversary of her passing. At least this should give him something to look forward to, for next Fall.

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I don't know Kibler but I can tell he is a smart and talented business man. He is getting probably thousands of dollars worth of free advertisement from this good deed making a very happy and probably repeat customer.
I've heard it said that an unhappy customer will often tell ten people of his disappointment on average and a happy customer will tell three or four.
Well Kibler got a well deserved bonus I would say on this good deed and good for him!

 

[BillKilgore]

Kudos to you, @Flint62Smoothie . You are indeed a good friend.

You and I both would be all over a sinister Kibler.

 

[Penske]

I hope in time that your friend and yourself can make some new memories around the rifle and they can help lessen his bereavement over loosing his wife. You are a true friend indeed.
Regards

 

[rickystl]

Good for you Flint. May blessings surround you.

Rick