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I'm looking forward to just getting my hands on it lol. Haven't been this excited in a long time. Have a feeling, I'll end up gifting it to one of the kids and starting over after. But they don't know that yet.


Dad!

Is that you?🙃

Lol - while I wish I had more kids - I'm done.

My son and the GF's 3 boys are enough for now.


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Got the colonial in a few days ago and got it together. The finish came out darker than I wanted but it's ok with me. It ain't a collector. I plan on shooting the piss out of it and probably drag it around the woods a bit. Shot it this evening and that was pure fun.

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Dam? picture sucks. I ain't no good with these picture posting.

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Damn that's too cool. I have a .54 Woodsrunner with extra fancy on order from December. Can't wait for my turn to come up hopefully in June.


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I'm still waiting on my Colonial. Have a feeling the Extra Fancy Maple is the hold up.


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Speak of the devil - just got the shipment notification from Kibler. They're gonna send it....


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Jeeper, That turned out beautiful.

Teal, be curious to hear your thoughts on how difficult it is to finish. Buddy has a good skill set and seems to get great results on them.

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I plan on updating my progress/process. etc

EVERYONE says it's uber easy which basically means I'll have kindling by the end of hour 1.


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I went to Kibler’s web site—his rifles are works of art!

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Originally Posted by 30338
Jeeper, That turned out beautiful.

Teal, be curious to hear your thoughts on how difficult it is to finish. Buddy has a good skill set and seems to get great results on them.


It's not hard for someone that has some experience using tools. Watch all the YT videos and try to take your time. Can be some frustration with alignment of pins and such. Take your time drilling the holes out and have extra drill bits on hand. Use the drilling guide as intended. Have a 1/16 punch to help with confirming pins are going where they are supposed to. I let pin push the punch out to make sure pin is going through the holes. I was trying for a darker finish on the stock and it came out a little darker than I was shooting for. It's my first flintlock and I am very happy with it. My percussion guns will take back seat for awhile.

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jeeper - thanks for the tips on the holes.


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It showed up today - intact and well packaged. Really well. Lots of thought there.

So I ordered the last bits of things I wanted to/needed etc. Chisel set I wanted, some more sand paper and scotch brite-red, and a heat gun etc.


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Originally Posted by Teal
It showed up today - intact and well packaged. Really well. Lots of thought there.

So I ordered the last bits of things I wanted to/needed etc. Chisel set I wanted, some more sand paper and scotch brite-red, and a heat gun etc.


I thought they were packaged well also. USPS still tried to tear into the bottom of the crate on mine. Bottom was 2 pieces of press board glued and stapled. they had one end of the press board loose. I think someone may have been trying to take a peek at the contents.
Best of luck with your build. I hope it exceeds your expectations. I am very pleased with mine. Shot it a few times this afternoon in the back. Can't really shoot a lot here anymore. I shot 30 grain loads to keep the volume down. Freakin subdivision coming up behind me. I hope to go to my shooting club Friday and let it roll.

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How’s the rifle coming?


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