Squirrel Rifle

[Jack Barnes]

Like previously mentioned. Watch Kiblers quick ship page. I just finished my second SMR in .36 cal the bace price was like $790. Of course rember $315. For the lock.
The stock was plane maple with a dark intrusion. You'll learn that the intrusion, worm stains just don't matter. And often blend in. I've put together 4 of the blem stock rifles. And there's nothing wrong with them.
My first flintlock was a used Pedersoli Kentucky. I was in the process of rebuilding it. I definitely didn't get a winner with that Rifle. I don't know how many previous owner that it had. But there are definitely some bad components on that old model Kentucky. The short story is that I started to replace bad parts and decided to just get a flintlock that works. And orderd my first Kibler SMR. 45. My only regret is I've ran out of wall space to hang my six Kiblers. The Pedersoli is still a disassembled non working project. Sometimes the blem stocks just call out to me. Here are a couple of examples.

Blem just means character!

 

[longcruise]

I would love a Kibler, just don't have the extra funds right now with newborn twins. The rifles I'm deciding between:

If you must choose between those two, I'd say the Pedersoli. The Investarm is going to be pretty heavy in a small caliber.

The Traditions Crockett seems to have a strong following among the squirrel hunting members here and avoids the potential stock fit problem of the Pedersoli. If you decide to upgrade the Crockett re sells pretty good.

Twins!! Another thing to keep in mind is you need two of everything for your estate! Just trying to help you young guys with seeing down the road.

 

[Jack Barnes]

If you must choose between those two, I'd say the Pedersoli. The Investarm is going to be pretty heavy in a small caliber.

The Traditions Crockett seems to have a strong following among the squirrel hunting members here and avoids the potential stock fit problem of the Pedersoli. If you decide to upgrade the Crockett re sells pretty good.

Twins!! Another thing to keep in mind is you need two of everything for your estate! Just trying to help you young guys with seeing down the road.

I do like the Crockett, just can't find a flintlock version!

 

[longcruise]

I do like the Crockett, just can't find a flintlock version!

I see that. Could be my mistake. They may not offer it in flint.

 

[Jack Barnes]

Any thoughts of the Track of the wolf kits? Mainly quality and difficulty putting together

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Any thoughts of the Track of the wolf kits? Mainly quality and difficulty putting together

My dad bought a Track Kit…years later, still not finished. Kibler Kit, finished in about 1 week. The Kibler Kit is simply surprising how well built they are…

 

[Trev]

In the meantime take that .50 out and make some meat, have some fun.
I used to hunt squirrels with my .50 cal. T.C.; sometimes with the .54. I wasted the heads, but I never was much on eating the heads anyway. Over the years the sights on those rifles have gotten kinda fuzzy, and I don't climb hills as well as I used to. Grandpa hunted them with a 12ga when I was kid, measured powder and shot in his hand.

 

[yellowhammer]

In the meantime take that .50 out and make some meat...

Agree. Search for "bloop loads" in here.

I'm paraphrasing off of memory; some guy said in here before, you could probably fill the Grand Canyon with squirrels killed in the past by .45's, .50's and up.

 

[yellowhammer]

Bark 'em with that .50 !

 

[Trev]

The eye is a better aiming point.
As to that canyon; that's a lot of squirrels, I'm kinda skeptical of that, but I'm also skeptical that a one gun frontier family living off the land, and with the threat of savages, ever kept a small bore as that only gun, so of course the defense gun doubled as squirrel gun.

 

[yellowhammer]

Yep, prob a 20-balls-to-the-pound smoothbore "po' boy".

 

[snakebit]

Jack Barnes, I totally understand the $$$ aspect, believe me.

.45 SMR getting finishing touches:
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Jack, meet Rusty. Rusty Shackleford........

 

[longcruise]

Any thoughts of the Track of the wolf kits? Mainly quality and difficulty putting together

They are the same quality as the Pecatonica kits but Pecatonica has a much wider selection.

http://www.longrifles-pr.com/

 

[Ditt44]

Not sure about the worry of the fit or drop on the Scout. From what I found in my experience with mine is that it seems to fit me better than any TC I own as far as cheek weld. I'm tall, 6'2, long arms happiest with a 14.25 or 14.5 LOP in most cases. I find the Scout shoulders very naturally for me and I can align the sights pretty quickly without feeling I need to lean/lay into the stock. I own a Scout flint .50; Seneca .36 and .45 and a Cherokee .32 and the Scout is the most natural feel but love them all, mostly equally.

Pic is of the three most prominent girls... Crockett, Seneca, Scout. I did have to resize the Seneca and Scout a bit from the images I found so that they were more or less normalized by overall length, so close but not perfect.

 

[RocketMan58]

I think you've all convinced me to save up for awhile and get the Kibler

FWIW, I've seen recent Ship Next Day" Sothern Mountain Rifle kits offering on their website for as low as $770 in recent times. Looks like there is a nice 36 cal SMR on their right now discounted to $820. Admittedly there is a $315 additional charge for the lock but ( and I have no idea if they can do this), maybe you could ask them to delay in shipping and billing the lock for a few weeks to lessen the impact to your toy fund. There is an awful lot of work that can be done on the kit before you "need" the lock. FWIW, I'm building my own 40 cal SMR as I write this. I had experience in the past with lesser kits. (Namely a .50 CVA Hawken and a .32 Traditions Crockett) The Kibler SMR costs more but is on a whole other level of quality and detail. I'm REALLY getting my $'s worth in entertainment value out of this build!
p.s. I'll also add that this community has been ultra helpful with advice/guidance in keeping me on the right path with my build on the occasion I'm scratching my over some detail.