Southern Mountain Rifle Kit +$315 Lock Billed Separately
Pricing
- Prices do not reflect the price of $315 lock which we will bill separately after your order. After you place your order, you will get an email with instructions on how to pay for your lock. (By separating the billing we are able to avoid excise tax complications.)
$870 Base Price Kit = $1190 Total - $315 Ketland Lock billed separately (do not purchase through the store)
$1190 total Standard Maple (approx. 5-35% curl) or Cherry. $870 plus $315 lock billed separately
$1345 total if Fancy Maple (approx. 35-65% curl) or Walnut. $1030 plus $315 lock billed separately
$1505 total if Extra Fancy Maple (approx. 65-90% curl). $1190 plus $315 lock billed separately.
Shipping typically runs around $40-$100 but varies based on location.
Description
- Styling from the 1820s based on the work of Whitson in western North Carolina
- Stock has a pull of about 13.75” and a drop of approximately 3 5/8” and no cast off
- Available in curly maple, walnut or cherry wood or provide your own stock (2 " by 61" by 7" minimum blank size)
- Buttplate is approximately 1.375” in width and 4.5” in height.
- Iron mounted
- 44” custom profiled barrels. Breech .938” and waist approximately .700”. A very nice contoured barrel. It comes standard in square bottom rifling.
- Kibler's CNC Ketland Flintlock
- Kibler's CNC machined double set triggers.
- Stock CNC machined for extremely close tolerances and fine surface finish
- All holes drilled in the stock.
- Minimal work required for part fitting.
- Barrel has all sight dovetails cut, the underlugs are machined into the barrel, and the barrel is drilled and tapped for a White Lightning style touch hole liner which will come pre-installed
- Breech plug is fully machined and shaped and comes fit and installed
- Comes with all parts necessary to complete the rifle
- Right hand only.
- A very precise and well-designed kit with beautiful lines and styling.
Included parts
- Stock
- Barrel
- CNC Ketland Lock
- Kibler Double Set Trigger
- Touch hole liner
- Buttplate
- Trigger Guard
- Ramrod Pipes (3)
- Lock bolt washer
- Underlugs (4)
- 5/16 Hickory Ramrod
- Tapered Ramrod tip
- Front sight
- Rear sight
- Lock bolt
- Forward Tang bolt
- Rear Tang bolt
- .037" Pin stock
- Buttplate screws
In the white
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This service is available as an add on to a kit gun order. This is $700 for this service.
A gun provided "in the white" will be completely assembled and functional. The wood will need sanded and finished. The metal will also benefit from some cleanup. This is typically a little light filing on the rough spots followed by a little polishing with abrasive paper. The metal can be left in this condition or can be blued, browned, aged etc.
Your kit will arrive assembled, ready for you to customize and finish.
Finished rifles
We recommend the work of talented and experienced gunsmith, Chuck Edwards, for those who would like additional finishing work done on their Kibler Rifle. He can be reached at (573) 421-5098 and his online page is found on Facebook. He has finished out many Kibler rifles and does fantastic work. The pricing will vary depending on the work and should be discussed with Chuck.
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I wanted to wait until this rifle was finished until I left a review, and I am finally able to do that. This is my second rifle kit from Jim Kibler (the first was a .54 cal Woodsrunner). I enjoyed building the Woodsrunner so much that I ordered an SMR shortly after I’d fired a few hundred lead balls through my first rifle and was thoroughly impressed. The SMR was shipped quickly and packaged just as well as my other kit-on this SMR I opted for a .36 cal in extra fancy maple for something different than my first build. I will say that the SMR takes a little bit more time and effort to get to a finished product, but by taking your time and watching all the videos Jim has put out you’re sure to end up with an outstanding rifle-both of these guns will be extensively used for hunting and if the SMR is anywhere near as accurate as my Woodsrunner I’ll have some very successful big game and small game seasons. My experience with these kits and Jim’s customer service has only encouraged me to look into getting another-thank you once again.
I absolutely loved putting this rifle together. I had minimal cutting to do to make
everything fit. The extra fancy curly maple wood was beautiful. This is my 3rd rifle from Kibler's and I haven't had any problems building them. Very good product.
If you are looking for a kit gun this is probably the one you want although it is not perfect. in my experience it is better than some of the ones I have previously put together. The only two complaints I have is the breach plug Tang slot milled in the maple stock was about 3/16 over-cut, now I have a large gap to deal with. Also the frizzen spring screw could not be removed without taking it to a machine shop and getting it milled out. The problem is the screw is not an off the shelf screw. Therefore I had to leave it in and brown the lock with it still on. Oh well. My suggestion to the company would be to put anti-seize on the screws before shipping it out. In fact for anyone thinking about purchasing one of these you might want to have them ship you the lock dissembled I wish I would have. Other than these two problems, pretty decent kit gun.
I highly recommend both the southern mountain rifle and the colonial rifle kit if you’re interested in building a flintlock. Simply, they just work.
Fun to build and to learn new skills.
My next build will be the new Fowler kit!
Keep up the good work Mr. Kibler!
Great rifle and great experience
Shipping
Liquid Shipping
Liquids will not ship in the kit box. There are different regulations that apply to the chemicals that we sell and they will need to ship ground, when the kits will ship USPS Priority Mail. Plus, it would really stink if a liquid were to leak on your beautiful new kit!
Order tracking
You will receive tracking information when your item ships. For kits, you will be contacted before shipment and after shipment so there is no need to worry about a kit box shipping when you are out of town. All other packages will ship when available and you will be emailed a tracking link.
Get in touch
If you have questions, feel free to email us at info@kiblerslongrifles.com or give us a call at 330-551-5844. Even if you have to leave a message, we promise to get back with you right away. Bree can answer most questions and she will be sure to ask Jim when needed.
I wanted to wait until this rifle was finished until I left a review, and I am finally able to do that. This is my second rifle kit from Jim Kibler (the first was a .54 cal Woodsrunner). I enjoyed building the Woodsrunner so much that I ordered an SMR shortly after I’d fired a few hundred lead balls through my first rifle and was thoroughly impressed. The SMR was shipped quickly and packaged just as well as my other kit-on this SMR I opted for a .36 cal in extra fancy maple for something different than my first build. I will say that the SMR takes a little bit more time and effort to get to a finished product, but by taking your time and watching all the videos Jim has put out you’re sure to end up with an outstanding rifle-both of these guns will be extensively used for hunting and if the SMR is anywhere near as accurate as my Woodsrunner I’ll have some very successful big game and small game seasons. My experience with these kits and Jim’s customer service has only encouraged me to look into getting another-thank you once again.
I absolutely loved putting this rifle together. I had minimal cutting to do to make
everything fit. The extra fancy curly maple wood was beautiful. This is my 3rd rifle from Kibler's and I haven't had any problems building them. Very good product.
If you are looking for a kit gun this is probably the one you want although it is not perfect. in my experience it is better than some of the ones I have previously put together. The only two complaints I have is the breach plug Tang slot milled in the maple stock was about 3/16 over-cut, now I have a large gap to deal with. Also the frizzen spring screw could not be removed without taking it to a machine shop and getting it milled out. The problem is the screw is not an off the shelf screw. Therefore I had to leave it in and brown the lock with it still on. Oh well. My suggestion to the company would be to put anti-seize on the screws before shipping it out. In fact for anyone thinking about purchasing one of these you might want to have them ship you the lock dissembled I wish I would have. Other than these two problems, pretty decent kit gun.
I highly recommend both the southern mountain rifle and the colonial rifle kit if you’re interested in building a flintlock. Simply, they just work.
Fun to build and to learn new skills.
My next build will be the new Fowler kit!
Keep up the good work Mr. Kibler!
Great rifle and great experience