Author Topic: Kibler SMR kit arrived  (Read 1348 times)

Michael Hill

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Kibler SMR kit arrived
« on: December 17, 2018, 06:59:28 AM »
 Wasnt ecpecting it to come until Monday but it showed up Saturday. What an awesome kit! Im blown away by just how slim and balanced the rifle is. I started on gtting the tang settled into the mortise, used a small oil lamp to smoke the tang and breech. after about an hour of slowly shaving off high spots I came to realise i was being a bit carless when putting the tang in, causing soot to transfer in areas that didnt need material removed. So, the result is a couple small gaps...nothing glaring, but a definate lesson learned.
 Anyway, the tang, lock, trigger plate, trigger guard, and butt plate are all fitted up. Just need to drill and tap the lock plate and trigger plate to tie them in solid. Hopefully that will get done tomorrow after work.

Michael Hill

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Re: Kibler SMR kit arrived
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2018, 04:58:56 AM »
 So far I have totally failed at taking pictures...tomorrow I will get some. As I had hoped, I got the trigger plat and lock plate drilled and tapped this evening.  Everything is coming along nicely.

Offline M. E. Pering

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Re: Kibler SMR kit arrived
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2018, 05:57:28 AM »
Easy to get excited and into it, and forget pictures.  ;)

Is it your first build, Michael?

Matt

Offline J. Talbert

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Re: Kibler SMR kit arrived
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2018, 07:05:16 AM »
Michael, 
That's an important lesson for many beginners.
Not everyspot of transfer media must be removed. In general the vertical walls of an inlet only need to be trimmed when the part is too tight to reach the bottom of the inlet, or too tight to be easily removed.

Jeff
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Michael Hill

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Re: Kibler SMR kit arrived
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2018, 11:58:44 AM »
Easy to get excited and into it, and forget pictures.  ;)

Is it your first build, Michael?

Matt

 Yes this is my first one, if you dont count the old CVA kit when I was a kid lol.

Michael Hill

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Re: Kibler SMR kit arrived
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2018, 12:03:22 PM »
Michael, 
That's an important lesson for many beginners.
Not everyspot of transfer media must be removed. In general the vertical walls of an inlet only need to be trimmed when the part is too tight to reach the bottom of the inlet, or too tight to be easily removed.

Jeff

 I agree, and thankfully I realised what was going on before it was too bad. Also learned that a different transfer media like Dykem may be a better choice, it can be applied more sparingly and not leave such a heavy transfer.