SMR Photos Please

[IanH]

.32, 46", barrel, walnut with a little figure, Tru-oil, the sunlight made the walnut look lighter than it actually was. I sold this rifle because my 73-year-old eyes couldn't see the rear sight. I had cataract surgery a year after I sold the rifle and could see rear sights again, oh well, it went to a good home. I narrowed the comb a little and took the wrist a little further back into the butt stock as well as adding a toeplate and molding lines.

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I wish I had done both of those modifications to mine, the comb is just about 1/2" too long and ever so slightly too high for me, but it was my first longrifle of the style and didn't really know it didn't quite fit me until it was done and I had shot it quite a bit. Fancy grain on a plain rifle is nice, but plain grain is also very nice, I like yours a lot.

 

[wiscoaster]

Walnut Kibler SMR .45 View attachment 254871

I really like that. A totally different approach than mine. Very well done!!

 

[wiscoaster]

This is my second SMR I used red transtint and alcohol for color then Tru-oil.

You got that much curl enhancement from just Transtint? Wow, I'm impressed. What dilution ratio did you use?

 

[WBNovak]

Here is an SMR in walnut. . . Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

 

[tom mesa]

You got that much curl enhancement from just Transtint? Wow, I'm impressed. What dilution ratio did you use?

I just add transtint to a container of denatured alcohol and keep adding until I get the color I'm going for. No set ratio, I work slow as I have only one arm that is fully functional ( old age might be another concern). I used the same tint and alcohol on all three of my Kiblers and got different results on all of them.

 

[PHolder]

Here is an SMR in walnut. . . Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle

That is one nice looking piece of walnut. Do you know how it was finished?

 

[WBNovak]

That is one nice looking piece of walnut. Do you know how it was finished?

Tried and True Varnish oil, a few coats rubbed in. When I could not get the shine I wanted, I put on a coat of Minwax Antique Oil finish. Final polish with rottenstone. No stain.

 

[wiscoaster]

.... I used the same tint and alcohol on all three of my Kiblers and got different results on all of them.

Ya, I hear ya. It all depends on what the wood wants to give you.

 

[hanshi]

I don't own a Kibler but do own a couple of SMRs. First one is a .36 and I shoot it more than my larger calibers. The second is a SMR in .32 that's a joy to own and shoot. Mine are all plain Jane and get used.

 

[hanshi]

I seriously do like "eye candy" threads, and this one is solid full of it.

 

[rickystl]

Premium ++ maple (according to the builder) made from a blank...

Rick

 

[reddogge]

This isn't a Kibler either but it's walnut with a little stain (can't remember what) and BLO. .32 squirrel rifle.

 

[olskool]

i just ordered my 3rd Kibler SMR, this one in a 40 and extra fancy maple,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[winter1857]

Not a great picture but you get the gist of it. 36 Kibler SMR. Cherry but without any stain or tint. Many, many thin coats of Tried and True and as much sun as I can manage. I hope to get this thing in the canoe soon and head down the river and into the trees.

 

[Dale Lilly]

Not a great picture but you get the gist of it. 36 Kibler SMR. Cherry but without any stain or tint. Many, many thin coats of Tried and True and as much sun as I can manage. I hope to get this thing in the canoe soon and head down the river and into the trees.

May not be a 'great' picture, but that is a gorgeous rifle.

 

[Robin Henderson]

One I built several years ago. 40" 3/4 across flats .32 calibre. Birdseye maple stock, no butt, a combination of steel and brass hardware, poured pewter nose cap, Cochran lock, John Anderson trigger guard, TOW trigger kit modified to look southern.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

I posted pics on this thread in 2021of a Kibler I put together. If I recall I listed the bbl length incorrectly but couldn't edit the post. It should read 44".

My Jim Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle is done/

 

[Undertow]

My .32 in extra fancy maple. I can't remember what I finished it with. I'd like to add that's not my squirrel in the pic, but rather my wife's first that she got yesterday with a Marlin .22. I've been out with the flintlock a bunch but haven't been able to get my first one with it yet.

 

[Salty Cracker]

One I built several years ago. 40" 3/4 across flats .32 calibre. Birdseye maple stock, no butt, a combination of steel and brass hardware, poured pewter nose cap, Cochran lock, John Anderson trigger guard, TOW trigger kit modified to look southern.
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Right as rain. Beautiful rifle.

 

[Spikebuck]

Dangler's Reddish-Brown alcohol stain. Permalyn finish.