I bought my kit in 2017. My plan was to use the company shop after hours. Somebody complained. So I boxed up my kit. I retired 4 years later and this last winter I got the kit out and finished it. It was a good learning experience. Thinking of building another one. It shoots great.
Took my time finishing the gun. It was an easy finish, just took time to make sure everything fitted nice and tight. Browning was a lot easier than I thought it would be, again just make sure the parts are free of defects. The wood finishing was done by my best friend Richard, he is master at doing wood finishing and it shows. The only thing I had any kind of trouble with was the ram rod hole it had a wood chip down inside and would not come out, a small copper air line and 80 psi did the trick. I wish the kit would have been around fifty years ago. If you have the dollars now buy a kit from Kiblers, you won't be sorry.
Have put together other kits, but this one was exceptional. Thinking very hard about getting another one in the bigger 45cal. One I got was a 36.
I’ve built a couple kits from other folks, chambers, etc. This, by far, is the easiest most exact kit I’ve built. Honestly, I felt like I was cheating it was so easy. The other kits would take a month or so of evenings and weekends when I could sneak in the time. I put the Kibler kit together in one weekend. It took a bit longer to apply the stain and finish.
The inletting was exact. I removed very little material. Most of the parts fit right in. The cnc machining is amazing.
The rifle I built is beautiful and I am really looking forward to using it during turkey season.
I look forward to when they put out a Fowler!
Highly recommended.
I strongly encourage all kit builders to test fit the drill guide to the predrilled holes in the stock before attempting to drill the barrel lugs or the pipe flanges.
The stem of the guide will deform under excess pressure.
Needle file the holes in the stock to achieve a "slip fit" if necessary.
Lesson learned from a very expensive mistake I made.
Les Macura
I bought my kit in 2017. My plan was to use the company shop after hours. Somebody complained. So I boxed up my kit. I retired 4 years later and this last winter I got the kit out and finished it. It was a good learning experience. Thinking of building another one. It shoots great.
Used this on a curly maple stock on my Bedford County flintlock. It turned out beautiful, and very much exceeded my expectations. Thank you for sending this in a timely manner.
