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My Kibler 58 settled in right at 100 grains for hunting.
Don
My Kibler 58 settled in right at 100 grains for hunting.
Don
Your going to love it Shadow, just take your time with it. mine shoots great with 85 gr. FFF and FFF in the pan. I'm debating on ordering a new front site though, I was shooting about an inch low at 50 yrds. so I put a file to it, now I'm an inch high. I'll be shooting again in about a week and move out to 75 yrds. and see how things go. your going to love that rifle for sure! be sure to post pics!I am also building Jim Kibler’s Colonial. And also have a slight gap at the stock-breach connection. Lots of good advice on a fix. I had a bit of a gap at the breach on a Traditions Kentucky pistol, it closed up nicely on its own after around 20 50 grain shots. Beautiful gun, hope mine comes out as well
"For stock changes" I just want to point out .Before some youngunI started my Kibler Colonial a few days ago. I live in Florida and according to Laurel Mountain Forge Browning solution directions and reading up on it, it requires high humidity for best results.
so looking at the weather the humidity in my area was going to be in the high 90s yesterday and today with rain too so I figured that should be perfect. so I went ahead and set the barrel, drilled the tenons, oblonged them a little for stock changes, and set the nose cap.
I finished the barrel to 320 grit and started the browning, with this kind of humidity the first coat started to rust in 5 min., off to a good start ! I applied 5 coats 3 hours apart, carded a couple times and applied one last coat this morning, cleaned up and oiled it real good with a couple wipe downs. this barrel came out great ! I don't think I could have asked for a better looking finish.
So...a couple problems,
First, when I set the barrel back in the stock the pins wouldn't go in. big uh oh moment. it turns out that stock was sitting out in that humidity for two days and grew 1/6" with an ever slight bow downwards. I elongated the the holes in the tenons and alls good again, in a way it might have been good for this to happen because this rifle is going to see a lot of humid days hunting and now I won't end up with bent pins or stock problems in the future and wonder what happened.
Second problem is when I set the barrel I got a little too ambitious with the inletting, in the end I have the tang fitting perfect in the mortise, the bolster is making good contact, but the back of the barrel has a gap of 12-14 thousands between it and the stock.
I'm thinking now I need to either place a backer shim behind it or a shmeer of JB weld, does anyone have an opinion of the best way I should go with this ? Thanks...
Get it to fit, no force.Time is not an issue. Figure out why it is not right and fix it.This iz the gunmakers task.I am also building Jim Kibler’s Colonial. And also have a slight gap at the stock-breach connection. Lots of good advice on a fix. I had a bit of a gap at the breach on a Traditions Kentucky pistol, it closed up nicely on its own after around 20 50 grain shots. Beautiful gun, hope mine comes out as well
You can find flathead un-plated steel wood screws at Track of the Wolf. I used very small flat head steel screws on my Kibler Colonial I bought from them and once installed, ground off the screw slots flush with the brass. Enough of the bevel holds in the countersink in the brass plate. I figured I didn’t ever need to remove them anyway.Yes, the brass plate came with the kit but no screws for it, the only screws I had on hand were phillip's head. I felt really wrong using them...one day I'll find a couple small flatheads to replace them
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