Unacceptable kit condition?

[Zutt-man]

I’ve received and put together one kit which was a Kibler. The gun turned out great. I’ve also had a kit on order since February and it finally arrived. I won’t say where this kit was ordered from at this time.

I unbox the new kit and wondered if this is acceptable? Seems like careless handling and inletting to me, but wanted to run it by you forum members to gather your thoughts

 

[Phil Coffins]

Plenty of wood to work with and the inletting is only a rough start. I would consider it typical of many kits. After a Kibler everything will seem crude.

 

[Pete G]

It's a kit. Fix it.....

 

[Erzulis boat]

Totally fine, and normal. You will have a much more pleasurable experience putting that one together vs. a Kibler. Take your time!

And, there is PLENTY of wood left over despite the dings etc. A lot of wood will be coming off.

 

[Sidney Smith]

I was going to say the same thing. I think every kit I've ever bought showed up like that. Looks like you've got plenty of wood that those dings will disappear once the stock is final sanded etc.

 

[digger658]

Normal

 

[Trot]

That's the way it should be.

 

[billraby]

Looks good to me. Most of the kits I build start off looking a lot more like a board than a rifle.

 

[EC121]

Better than some "kits". At least the buttplate is started. You can't use Kilber's kits as the norm.

 

[ord sgt]

Dents in the wood can be raised with water and heat. Steaming dents back up to the surface is easy. Small chips can be made to disappear with some scraping or filing. Wood working is easy, if you know the little tricks. Metal can be bent.

 

[ZUG]

Looks like a nice piece of maple. The Kibler kits are a far cry above other kits for fit & assemble there is no comparison to the others. What you have is normal and with careful workmanship the "block of wood" can be made into a very fine rifle. Good luck with it.

 

[TreeMan]

That’s way better than a few kits I’ve gotten over the years. Totally normal.

 

[ILoveMuzzleloading]

Like many posters here, I'm betting by the time you are done the exterior blemishes will be gone. I wouldn't worry about the inlets, the old timers hogged those out and only cared that the part fit, looks didn't matter if it was covered by a plate.

Keep on keeping on and have fun.

 

[Zutt-man]

Thanks, folks!

 

[megasupermagnum]

Looks about as good as my kit from Track of the Wolf did. So far so good with that.

 

[Miles42]

Not acceptable tome. But to each his own.

 

[Rudyard]

Well since most of my guns started with a plank & Iv'e never made any kits as such, Nearest I got was Pecatonica Or Fort Hill , Even if seconds I got at F' ship all made nice guns . I did knock up a run of Trade guns 'in the white' s' is as near as I got to' Kits' but even the cliched or knotty "Fire wood stocks ' they all made guns . One short plank from Vern Davis had a shake in it so he sold it me cheap It was great hard curly maple so its now a 58' English lock' Cheek stock carbine with a tool box covering all trace of the shake . & One of Pecatonica' s had just 4' of barrel space So I made a' turn off ' flint breach loader from it . This is sounding like the Monty Python " You where lucky '' ! bit ..so ile dissist .
Cheer.s Rudyard

 

[JBird]

The lock inlet looks like mine did on my TVM, is the breech area of the barrel also gouged from the router going into the barrel channel? The rest of the problems are easy to fix.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
That kit looks fine. You will actually learn and develop some gun making skills building it.

dave

 

[olskool]

i am a professional transmission rebuilder. when i buy a rebuild kit it don't look like a transmission, i have to make that happen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,