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Offline elk killer

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kiblers .20 ga.
« on: July 29, 2025, 07:23:33 PM »
what size round balls for this?
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Offline rich pierce

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Re: kiblers .20 ga.
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2025, 08:18:30 PM »
I have shot .600 and .605 balls in my 20 ga guns regardless of maker.
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Offline Tony N

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Re: kiblers .20 ga.
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2025, 08:29:52 PM »
I use .600 in mine, no problems and very good accuracy out to 50yds
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Offline Daryl

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Re: kiblers .20 ga.
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2025, 12:35:29 AM »
Mine is slightly choked  so I use a. 595" ball.
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Offline bob in the woods

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Re: kiblers .20 ga.
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2025, 02:40:47 AM »
Mine has a great fondness for paper cartridges made with a .600 ball
or ...a bare ball .610 loaded on the powder with a blanket wad on top of it all.
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Offline smallpatch

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Re: kiblers .20 ga.
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2025, 05:46:18 AM »
This works well in mine.


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Offline elk killer

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Re: kiblers .20 ga.
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2025, 11:55:04 AM »
great thats what i thought, since i have over 1500 .600 round balls
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Offline Brokennock

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Re: kiblers .20 ga.
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2025, 03:48:23 PM »
Quote from: elk killer on July 29, 2025, 07:23:33 PM
what size round balls for this?
I don't have the Kibler but I have two other 20 gauge smoothbores with barrels from different makers. I have good results with either .595 balls patched or .610 balls with wadding or wads and cards. By good results, I am looking for sub 4 inch groups off the bench at 50 yards, preferably closer to 3 inch.
I used .600 ball when I got my 1st one because that's what the previous owner recommended, then I got brave enough to experiment with what others have written and found better results with combinations easier to load.
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